Future Resident Evil games need to support their antagonist formula

Resident Evil is a series that most of all loves to defy tradition and start over at every moment. This led to a severe lack of closure for its older characters, much less a lack of narrative cohesion, but it also allowed the franchise to refuse to go stale and risk reaching an early expiration date. he said that Resident Evil He appears committed to his biggest attempt at a dedicated passing line in recent memory Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil Village with Resident Evil 9 it is expected to follow this continuous line. Therefore, because Village reportedly concluded the Winters family saga with the Rosemary's Shadows of Rose DLC, it stands to reason that Resident Evil 9 will star Chris Redfield in Europe despite what several leaks recently suggested.

regardless of Resident EvilThe antagonists have always been as iconic as his protagonists and Resident Evil 7 and Village even once tipping the scales in favor of the villains. That's not to say that Ethan is a terrible protagonist, especially after such a thrilling twist that he's involved in Villageand yet both games in the Winters saga feature some of the franchise's most charming and fascinating antagonists. A new trend seems to be forming where players encounter extremely large groups of main villains and if Resident Evil 9 perpetuates it, the ninth entry should be full of lovable and loathsome antagonists.

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Baker Family Resident Evil 7 is an unforgettable horror trio

Best character in Resident Evil 7 is probably the Baker estate itself. Still, it might be empty and fearless if the family that owned it weren't as alive and terrifying as they were. The Bakers – Jack, Marguerite and Lucas – are all victims of the Mold and have sadistic, sinister qualities The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Sawyers in a dilapidated house baked with rot.

Jack is a constant threat that unfailingly renews itself; Marguerite transforms into a terrifying insectoid; and Lucas, whose antics he leans more towards He saw or Hostel in his graphic, torturous nature, he's basically a crazed maniac. Evelyn is technically the real villain Resident Evil 7but it is these three who perfume and sustain the entire seventh part of the main series. If Resident Evil 9 is more horror oriented than Villagetake as many notes as possible Resident Evil 7 it would be a huge advantage.

Entourage of Villains Resident Evil Village is as crazy as it is exciting

While Resident Evil 7The villains are entrenched in Baker's estate (no matter how vast and terrifying the land of Louisiana is), Resident Evil Village giving each of his main antagonists their own distinct areas is a boon to the level design and overall fantastic immersion. Each landscape is the signature of the respective antagonist between Lady Alcina Dimitrescu's Dimitrescu Castle, Donna Beneviento's Beneviento House, Salvatore Moreau's Reservoir, and Karl Heisenberg's Factory, not to mention the eponymous village for players to explore.

Dimitrescu Castle, which could be explored in the early demo Villageis only one chapter of a huge story and features three boss fights against Dimitrescu's three vampire daughters.
House Beneviento is a sudden dive into survival horror in the franchise's most significant descent into terror in decades.
Reservoir is a spectacle as Ethan wades through dirty water trying to escape a giant Moreau-like fish.
The Heisenberg Factory pits Ethan against experiments with soldiers and cyborgs.

It's easy to pick favorites out of these villains, and a large part of why one character might be favored over another is probably due to the region players explore before they even encounter them. Angie's fight with House Beneviento's boss isn't nearly as thrilling as, say, the house's terrifying, subversive dungeon.

But not dissimilar Resident Evil 7, VillageThe eccentric villains are convincing and charismatic in every cutscene. Resident Evil 9 he doesn't necessarily need another handful of antagonists to be as strong narratively, and yet it was wonderful to see such a variety of personalities and characters. To reject the upcoming ninth installment of the main series with multiple villains would mean that its sole hero would have unfathomably large shoes to fill, although the constant creation of highly likable and memorable villains is surely also unenviable.