Resident Evil Village Will Be Less Scary In Third-Person

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While the Resident Evil 4 remake was the star of Capom's recent announcements, the company has made it clear that it still has a lot in store for Resident Evil Village. Resident Evil Re:Verse — the six-player PvP multiplayer experience that was supposed to release alongside Resident Evil Village, is finally being released on October 28, 2022. Alongside it comes Mercenaries: Additional Orders, which will allow players to take control of Chris Redfield, Karl Heisenberg, and the Internet's favorite tall lady Alcina Dimitrescu.

In terms of Resident Evil Village's single-player story, a sequel to the main game titled Shadows of Rose will put players in the shoes of Rosemary Winters — Ethan Winters' daughter. Picking up where the epilogue left off, Shadows of Rose will follow Rosemary's attempt to rid herself of the mysterious powers she was born with. What's interesting about this new story is that Shadows of Rose is going to be playable solely from a third-person perspective. What's more, Capcom has announced that Resident Evil Village will include an optional third-person mode that allows players to experience the main game from over Ethan Winters' shoulders. While Shadows of Rose was made to be experienced from a third-person perspective, one has to wonder if Resident Evil Village will retain the same level of horror that the first-person perspective brought.

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Before examining Resident Evil Village, it is important to look at what made its predecessor so successful. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard re-centered the franchise's focus on horror by putting players in the shoes of everyman Ethan Winters as he scoured the Baker household for his missing