Resident Evil, for better or for worse, has always been a franchise known to dynamically reinterpret its gameplay and genre from installment-to-installment. Following its humble beginnings as a survival-horror trilogy of polygonal character models with tank controls in fixed camera angles, the fourth entry suddenly debuted an over-the-shoulder, third-person perspective with arcade-like gameplay and more of an emphasis on action. This led to two more entries that leaned into the new action genre fully, and were ultimately the most divisive of the mainline series as a result.
However, the franchise made a sudden and dramatic return to its survival-horror roots with Resident Evil 7, where it also debuted a series-first first-person perspective, chiefly to incorporate VR content support. Resident Evil Villagefollowed with the same first-person perspective as a direct sequel to Resident Evil 7, and fans have wondered since whether Resident Evil 9 will continue this trend or abandon it for third-person again now that protagonist Ethan Winters has met his supposed end. But recent news has offered a tease implying the direction the Resident Evil franchise will take next.
Resident Evil Multiplayer Game Re:Verse Finally Gets Release Date
Yesterday’s Capcom Showcase was icing on the Summer Game Fest cake; fans have already been offered looks at some games shown during the 40-minute presser, but it also revealed some exciting details and content players can look forward to for games such as Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, Exoprimal, and Resident Evil Village. DLC has been long overdue in Resident Evil Village since it was announced last June, and it has finally been unveiled in full as the Winters’ Expansion, or through a compiled Gold
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