Imo you can give a chance to it... it really remembers original RE.
I believe another change in view point will only happen in RE10... it is 3 main RE in first person.
They made the series back with RE7 and now RE8 has the chance to become one of the best RE ever created.
I played it and the separate demo and all the dlc. That DLC was a rip off too. They didn't even finish the game and had to complete it in a free DLC pack. Who the eff thought that was acceptable? And the rest of it is more like the worst parts of the series.
I get that the house into the ship into the lab is reminiscent of the journey from the mansion into the cabin into the lab from the first game. I get that it tries to lean harder into the horror and suspense like the first game. But it really does feel like a sequel to 6 and not a full return to the series roots.
What about the retarded over the top boss battles with the family? That isn't RE1 at all, they are closer to RE6's battles.
I really enjoyed the demo they put out and played it many times.
For anyone who doesn't know, the RE7 beginning hour demo is a free stand alone experience and an amazing horror vignette, similar to P.T. that is not contained in the actual game. Please check it out.
I really don't like the torture porn sub genre of horror and much of RE7 focused on that. If RE8 is like that at all, it will be the first mainline RE game I won't pick up at launch. The trailers look 50/50 right now.
Also the graphics in RE7 weren't great in my opinion. Some elements of the engine were awesome like the textures and lighting, but the hair and facial animations were horrible. The previous games had stronger art direction overall. Luckily for us they corrected these issues in the REmakes.