Resident Evil 7 and Village Prove That Capcom Doesn’t Have to Rely on Legacy Characters in Future Sequels

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Resident Evilgames can more-or-less be identified based upon which characters star in them, as well as the characters involved affecting whether someone may like or dislike an entry in the franchise. The atmosphere and enemies in each Resident Evil game are important and inseparable to them, but their leads are much more definitive as players can usually discern what tone the game will have based on which characters appear. Once Resident Evil 7 released, however, this dynamic shifted due to its supposed lack of legacy characters that fans could depend on to uphold it.

Instead, Ethan Winters became Resident Evil’s newest playable protagonist alongside Resident Evil 7’s dramatic shift to a first-person perspective and a return to survival-horror. Ethan then went on to again lead Resident Evil Village, which will soon launch a DLC update affording a third-person perspective, which also featured some of the most colorful and creative antagonists in the franchise. Chris Redfield does appear in both entries, but Resident Evil should feel confident enough now to not have to rely on legacy characters appearing in future sequels.

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For better or for worse, Ethan is a lackadaisical and verbose protagonist whom players never even officially see the face of in the franchise’s seventh entry. This is likely due to the fact that the game is in first-person and the player is meant to occupy and embody the protagonist’s space, but the off-handed quip or awkward reaction to a grisly event is then even more awkward when Ethan does not have a perceivable reaction to something happening.

It is simply unrealistic, and these reactions carry over into Resident Evil Village with corny dialogue