Next year we will get the next installment in the storied survival horror series with Resident Evil Village. The game has been one that’s been heavy with leaks, like a lot of leaks to the point you wonder what will be new when the game does launch, but hey, such is the modern world. And today comes more leaks, specifically about the game’s main character.
Resident Evil leaker numero uno Dusk Golem took to Twitter to talk about how the game will handle the protagonist, Ethan. If you recall, Ethan was first introduced in Resident Evil 7, and due to the first person nature of the game as well as its experimentation for the franchise, he didn’t have a lot of personality. Golem says that won’t be the case for Village, saying that part of what they want to do with Village was make Ethan have more “presence” and therefore more personality. Part of that will be that his interactions in the game are with more sane people within the titular village as opposed to the psychopaths from RE7, as well as delving into his psychology with hallucinations, giving you a better idea who he is as a character.
Resident Evil Village is set to come sometime in 2021 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and PC. The next time we’ll see the game is TGS 2020, which you can read about through here. You can also catch up with if you happen to have Game Pass on PC or Xbox as Resident Evil 7 is available there now.
(2/4) she wasn't herself, & Ethan wasn't going to talk it out with a bunch of psycho killers trying to kill him.
In RE8, they not only went into it with giving Ethan a lot more presence, there's a lot more happening alternatively Ethan is directly involved in, there's more NPCs
— AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem (@AestheticGamer1) September 8, 2020
(4/4)has to deal with people not trusting him as an outsider, pointing guns at him & dealing with crazy beliefs the locals have he isn't buying, all while trying to escape with others, & people dying & turning mad all around him. Ethan being a more compelling lead plays into this
— AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem (@AestheticGamer1) September 8, 2020