Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Hidden Secrets You Must Find

BY PUNIT RAJ GAUTAM

Resident Evil is back - and it's better than ever. Revealed in a way that would make Hideo Kojima proud, the new sequel has dominated the headlines since its unveiling at E3 this week. Yet, while almost everything is different about the game this time around, from the enemies to the setting to even the perspective of your character, what hasn't been lost is the franchise's dedication to mystery.

And just like P.T. before it, the fabled Silent Hills playable teaser that was absolutely chock-full of hidden endings and secrets that took dedication and ridiculous leaps of faith to find, Resident Evil 7: The Beginning Hour has presented itself as being just as terrifying and enigmatic.

So it comes as no surprise that in the wake of P.T.'s magical Silent Hill reveal people have spent the past week combing through the Resident Evil demo looking for huge bombshells that are still yet to be discovered.

And although some have turned out to be nothing but wild goose chases (a flickering light that everyone thought would turn out to be morse code provided quite an interesting couple of hours as people scrambled to decipher the "message"), there's still plenty of brilliant twists and crazy easter eggs hidden in the demo that you probably missed on your first run through.

1.The Ghost Watching You The Entire Time

See the ghost behind the door!!

While the demented "father" that grabs you at the end of the demo acts the main antagonist of the game, there's actually another ghostly figure that actually follows you throughout the entire experience.

In the VHS flashback in particular, a woman can be spotted haunting you around the mansion, turning up in doorways, windows and even hanging from the ceiling.

While ghosts haven't historically been part of the Resident Evil canon (although they were going to be introduced in the original build of the fourth game), it seems as though they might be getting introduced in the latest sequel.

Because with these sightings as well as rumours of ghostly apparitions dominating the headlines of the in-game newspapers, it looks like the franchise is leaving zombies behind in favour of a brand new menace.

2.Is Umbrella Involved?

Although the Resident Evil demo is light on connections to the older games in the franchise (which isn't a bad thing, considering the still lingering bad taste of the sixth game), there's actually a hidden easter egg that links the events of the demo to the larger RE universe.

On a photograph that can be found in the flashback portion of the demo, a helicopter can be seen that bares the insignia of the Umbrella Corporation, Resident Evil's signature set of antagonists. Combined with a scrawled note on the back that contemplates if the company has been spying on the inhabitants of the abandoned building, it could indicate that Umbrella is once again going to somehow be involved in the events of the upcoming game.

And we already know the sequel takes place almost entirely within a huge mansion, so with hints that there's also a secret Umbrella experiment in the works, we're already wondering whether this new game is actually going to be a retelling of the original game's story.