Future Resident Evil games should support their antagonistic formula

Resident Evil A series that, more than anything else, likes to ignore conventions and start fresh at any given moment. This has led to a severe lack of closure for its legacy characters, much less a lack of cohesion in its storytelling, but it has also allowed the franchise to refuse to grow stale and risk reaching an untimely expiration date. it said, Resident Evil It seems committed to putting its best effort into a dedicated throughline through the latter Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil Village with Resident Evil 9 Hope to follow through on that. therefore, because the village With Rosemary's Shadows of Rose DLC supposedly ending the saga of the Winters family, it's logical to assume. Resident Evil 9 Chris Redfield will star in Europe, though a handful of leaks have suggested recently.

anyway, Resident EvilIts antagonists are always as iconic as its heroes Resident Evil 7 and the village Tip the scales in the villain's favor for once. That's not to say Ethan is a terrible hero, especially after such an adorable twist involving him. the villageAnd yet both Winter Saga games feature some of the franchise's most fascinating and haunting antagonists. A new trend seems to be forming where players encounter an extremely large group of main villains and, if Resident Evil 9 Maintains this, the ninth entry should be full of loveable and hateful opposites.

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The Baker family of Resident Evil 7 is an unforgettable horror trio

Excellent character in the Resident Evil 7 Baker Estate itself. Still, it might feel empty and creepy if the family that owns it weren't as animated and creepy as they are. The bakers—Jacques, Marguerite, and Lucas—are all victims of mold and assume sadistic, sinister characteristics. Saw the Texas Chain MassacreSawyers in a decaying dilapidated house.

Jack is a constant threat who unsuccessfully resurrects; Marguerite turns into a fearsome insect; and Lucas, who tends more toward antics seen or Hostel Their graphic, torturous nature is essentially a grating lunacy. Evelyn is technically the real villain Resident Evil 7But these three are the ones who wear the perfume and sustain the seventh mainline installment. If Resident Evil 9 is more terrifying the villageTaking as many notes as possible from Resident Evil 7 will be a great boon.

Resident Evil Village's group of villains is as exciting as it gets

While Resident Evil 7whose villains are rooted in the Baker estate (no matter how vast and terrifying the Louisiana land), Resident Evil Village Giving each of its main antagonists their own separate realms is a boon to level design and overall eccentric immersion. Each landscape is the signature of its antagonist, between Lady Alcina Dimitrescu's Castle Dimitrescu, Donna Benevento's home Benevento, Salvatore Moreau's reservoir, and Carl Heisenberg's factory, villages players can explore.

Castle Dimitrescu, which was explorable in the early demo the villageis just one chapter of a gigantic story and consists of three boss fights against Dimitrescu's three vampire daughters.
House Benevento is a sudden plunge into survival horror, the franchise's most significant clan in decades.
The reservoir is a fun one as Ethan tries to avoid a giant fish-like peacock while wading through dirty water.
Heisenberg's factory pits Ethan against Soldat cyborg experiments.

It's easy to pick favorites among these villains and a large part of why one character might be favored over another is probably due to the area players explore before they even encounter them. House Benevento's Angie boss fight, for example, isn't nearly as engaging as the basement level of the quirky, subversive house.

But not the opposite Resident Evil 7, the villageThe eccentric villains are charming and charismatic in every cutscene. Resident Evil 9 It doesn't need another handful of antagonists to be narratively strong, and yet it's wonderful to see such diversity in personalities and characters. Rejecting the upcoming ninth mainline installment of multiple villains would be immeasurably big shoes to fill with its sole protagonist, though consistently coming up with highly likable and memorable villains is certainly unbearable.