Very heroic survival horror hero

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• Survival horror game heroes become heroes by putting everything on the line to save others.
• Characters like Sebastian and Waylon perform heroic deeds in their respective games.
• Regina and Artyom also show bravery and heroism in their quest to save others.

In most survival horror games, the main character will be forced into the position of being the hero, even if they don't want to be. Being the star of a nightmare story full of ghosts, zombies and other creatures is not a role anyone wants to fill, but sometimes, these heroes go beyond mere existence, and instead become the heroes of their own stories.

To be seen as a character in a horror game, they need to put everything on the line to save someone, or take down their enemies once and for all to make the world a safer place at large. With that being said, here are the survival horror heroes who have found themselves worthy of being called heroes thanks to their actions in their respective games.

8 Sebastian Castellanos (The Evil Within 2)

Sebastian willingly returns to STEM to save his daughter

In the first The evil within game, Sebastian's only real goal is to try and escape Ruvik's nightmare in one piece, but in the sequel, he once again enters the STEM project with a simple goal in mind: saving his daughter Lily. After a terrible house fire that takes the life of his daughter, Sebastian comes to learn that Lily is actually still alive, though can only be retrieved by entering the stem and taking on the numerous infernal demons that live within.

As a result, Sebastian goes to extreme lengths to reunite with his daughter, including a mad photographer, a malevolent cult leader, and even the manifestation of his own wife, Myra. After a hellish journey, Sebastian's efforts finally pay off when he successfully escapes an attack with Lily on his way back home, making him one of the most heroic fathers in all of gaming.

7 Waylon Park (Outlast: The Whistleblower)

Waylon's decision to become a whistleblower puts a bigger target on his back

As the name suggests, this DLC is highly popular Outlast Puts players in the shoes of Waylon Park, a man who would eventually become a whistleblower on the terrible goings-on inside Mount Massive Asylum. During the expansion, players will record everything they encounter with a camcorder, including footage of cannibals and insane prisoners running around the entire facility.

At the very end of the DLC, Waylon manages to escape with his life and the camcorder intact. He then has to decide whether to release the footage or keep it under wraps. Despite being warned by a colleague that uncovering the incident is guaranteed to put a target on his and his family's back for years to come, he still decides to cut the bullet and release the footage, risking his life for the greater good.

6 Alyssa Hamilton (Clock Tower 3)

Elisa musters the courage to save her mother and end the betrothal ritual

To start the story Clock Tower 3, Protagonist Alyssa is suddenly teleported to 1940s London where she must fend off a sledgehammer-wielding maniac in an attempt to return to the present to be with her mother. As the games go on, and Alyssa is transported to several other time periods, she eventually learns about a betrothal ritual that, in simple terms, allows a human to become an all-powerful 'entity', which, of course, the game's final boss tries to do.

However, stopping the ritual would not only make Lord Burroughs, as he is commonly known, extremely powerful, but it would also come at the cost of Alyssa's mother, Nancy, whose spirit would be required to work in the ritual. In a moment of heroism, Elisa puts an end to the gentleman's madness and reunites with her mother's spirit, ensuring that no harm will come to her precious guardian.

5 Leon S. Kennedy (Resident Evil 4)

Despite experiencing setback after setback, Leon never gives up trying to save Ashley

Leon S. Kennedy displays some heroic traits Resident Evil 2Like when he takes a bullet for Ada, for example, but it's in the fourth entry that he really proves to be a reliable hero who can always work. Leon's mission is simple: save the president's daughter, Ashley, from a sadistic cult known as Los Illuminados. However, it's not easy for Ashley to return home as she's been recaptured by the cult several times, and considering the fact that both she and Leon are infected until the final moments of the game.

That's not to mention the numerous monsters Leon encounters on his journey, from giant salamanders and invisible bugs, to terrifying cultists and a deadly warrior from Leon's past. Most of the other characters probably wouldn't have even made it out of the village, but Leon proved why he was considered an “American hero” thanks to his actions by Saddler several times throughout the game.

4 Regina (Dino Crisis)

Regina deserves much of the credit for her efforts to stop the dinosaurs' rampage in Dino Crisis

Tasked with infiltrating a secluded research facility, Regina has no way of predicting that she might expect to go up against hordes of dinosaurs as part of the mission. After she's as confused as everyone else after learning about the dinosaurs' origins and how they came from a pocket of her own time, she steps up and plays a big part in ending the horror once and for all.

For example, near the end of the game, it is Regina who receives both the stabilizer and initializer needed to overload the generator and shut down the Vertex for good. T. He is also credited with taking down a plethora of deadly dinos, including Rex who would undoubtedly have shed more blood if Regina hadn't ended their duel.

3 Artyom (Metro 2033)

Artyom is the only one who manages to contact the dark ones

Admittedly, Artyom plays a heroic role in all three Metro Games, but his fearless and determined drive to save the people he cares about is most evident in the first entry, Metro 2033. After learning of a dangerous group called the Dark Ones causing trouble for a group of survivors known as the Exhibition, Artyom tries to track them down and stop them once and for all. Along the way, Artyom loses several friends, rescues a few fellow survivors, including a young boy, and manages to deal with the Dark Ones after being killed more times than he can count by the grossly mutated creatures roaming the surface.

There are two possible endings Metro 2033 Both of which paint Artyom in a heroic light. The first sees him set off a set of missiles, seemingly defeating the darkness and making the world a little safer for the show. However in the alternate ending, Artyom deactivates the device when the Dark Ones were actually trying to make peace with the humans.

2 Saga Anderson (Alan Wake 2)

Saga finally acts as Alan's savior at the end of Alan Wake 2

However Alan Wake 2 Split between two protagonists, Alan and Saga, it is the latter who does most of the heavy lifting, and ultimately saves the story from being distorted and twisted by Mr. Scratch. Alan's affiliation with the Dark Place takes him over at one point in the story, prompting Saga to restore his body, before rescuing Casey in similar fashion.

It is also Saga who fires a fatal bullet of light at Alan to show him the true nature of the story, and also retrieves the clicker, a device that plays an important role in the larger story. However Alan Wake 2's The story may be a little confusing, one thing is for sure, if Saga wasn't there, things would have been much, much worse.

1 Ethan Winters (Resident Evil Village)

Ethan's efforts to save his wife and daughter cost him a heroic sacrifice

It can honestly apply to both Resident Evil 7 and the villageBecause Ethan embarks on a heroic journey in both of those games. for the Resident Evil 7He takes on the entire Baker family, including several molded monsters, to save his wife Mia. in the villageHe navigates his way through numerous terrifying locations filled with Lycans, Vampires, and all kinds of terrifying monsters in an attempt to once again save his daughter Rose.

While he manages to keep Rose together by collecting each of her flasks, it ultimately comes at the cost of Ethan's own life as he begins to disintegrate after realizing that the mold has been driving him all this time. It's a heroic sacrifice that allows both Rose and Mia to continue living, and for that, Ethan definitely deserves a Father of the Year award for his bravery and heroism.