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[David76]

More details about Resident Evil 8's gameplay, plot, and enemies have been confirmed in the Japanese magazine, Famitsu.

The latest issue of Famitsu magazine has run a feature on the upcoming Xbox Series X, PS5 and PC game, Resident Evil Village.

A key member of the Resident Evil online community, Alex Aniel, has translated the key takeaways from the game's producers Tsuyoshi Kanda and Peter Fabiano. There are some light spoilers below, so look away now if you want to go into the game as fresh as possible.

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Via the translated thread, Famitsu confirms Chris Redfield is responsible for bringing Ethan Winters to the titular village Resident Evil 8 is set in. Ethan finds himself here – apparently against his will – after some time has passed.

A sect of cult-like villagers are apparently featured in the game, and employ the use of 'dangerous creatures' to protect them.

Resident Evil Village - 2nd Trailer

• David76
• 16 Oct 2020

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There is what appears to be a merchant in a trenchcoat – classic! – that'll sell items to Ethan on his journey through the spooky setting. Ethan's life 'will depend on this character', in some way.

The dangerous, werewolf-like creatures spotted in the recent trailer (below) don't communicate with language, but do apparently have a sort of 'pack mentality' and can wield weapons. Just to make them particularly deadly, then.

Resident Evil 8 is due to launch in 2021 for the PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. There is currently no word on whether the game will arrive on current-gen consoles.

 

[David76]

11 hours in and I am loving the game, I am usually a fan of old-school RE games with less action but this was great so far, superior to the also great RE7 to me. And I don't know what was that about the game being 8 hours long? I am at around half of the game with 11 hours so far, on Hardcore difficulty. This will be longer than RE7 for me on the first run, not shorter.

All in all, give me great level design with good map and puzzles, I am in! Everything else is a bonus, reading complaints about how the story is cheesy and with plot holes...this is a RE game, of course, it will be cheesy and plot holey.

 

[Legion]

Maybe someone can help me but Im in the village in a house that's red and I cant find what Im obviously missing? it's the house with garlic hanging from the ceilings and there are candles in the there too with a painted circle on the floor...it's just really frustrating me at this stage Ive cleared every other house in the village area.

 

[David76]

Resident Evil Village is receiving plenty of content later this year (and beyond).

Resident Evil Village has been out for well over a year at this point, but soon, the survival horror game is going to get a major shot in the arm. Last year in June, Capcom announced that it had started working on DLC for the game, and though it went completely radio silent on the topic after that, recently, that changed, with the Japanese company revealing the full extent of its plans for post-launch content being added. Here, we're going to go over those plans as we talk about the things that the game will be adding over the coming months.

Be warned though, that the information below contains major spoilers for Resident Evil Village and how it ends, so if you haven't finished the game yet, you may not want to reveal the details.

Spoiler: Winters' Expansion

Before we get into the nitty gritties and do a blow-by-blow analysis of all the new stuff coming to Resident Evil Village, let's start off with a brief summary of sorts. The bulk of the new content that Capcom is adding to the game is arriving on October 28, all of it bundled together in a single package dubbed The Winters' Expansion, named after the game's titular hero, Ethan Winters, and his daughter Rose Winters. The Winters' Expansion will include a full-fledged single player expansion, new content for the Mercenaries mode, and more. Let's take a look at that in greater detail.

Spoiler: Shadows of Rose

This is, of course, the headlining part of The Winters' Expansion- Resident Evil Village's story DLC. Given how the base game itself ends, many had assumed that its DLC would see us playing as Rose Winters, Ethan's daughter, and it turns out that was an accurate prediction. Titled Shadows of Rose, the DLC will take place 16 years after the events of the base game. Ethan Winters is dead, and Rose takes centerstage, now struggling to deal with her terrifying abilities. This is easily the farthest forward the Resident Evil timeline has ever gone to date, so it should be interesting to see how the story deals with that.

Spoiler: Shadows of Rose - More Details

Rose's primary goal in Shadows of Rose, it seems, is going to be to find a way to break free of her powers and be rid of their curse, and to do that, she enters the consciousness of the Megamycete- yeah, that big, giant mess. Turns out that's still around. What happens in there is obviously being left unspoiled, but some tantalizing tidbits have been shared, like Rose meeting a girl who looks just like her, and more interestingly, both time and space being completely warped inside of this realm. That means things are probably going to get trippy, as Rose fights not just against new monstrosities and creatures, but also the environments themselves.

The trailer for the DLC also showed a mutated version of the merchant, a.k.a. The Duke, that Rose meets inside this realm. Another interesting character is a being called Michael, who is acting as a guide of sorts to Rose inside of the realm and seems to be helping her as she tries to get rid of her powers.

Oh, and curiously enough, unlike the base game, this DLC is going to be entirely in third-person.

Spoiler: Third Person Mode

Resident Evil Village was a purely first-person game, just like Resident Evil 7 before it, but if you're among those who've always wanted these games to offer a third-person perspective like other games in the series (and there's plenty of people in that group), you're in luck. Capcom has announced that The Winters' Expansion will also add a mode to Resident Evil Village that makes the entire game playable in third person, bringing the experience closer to the recent Resident Evil remakes- and yes, that means that we're finally going to be able to properly see Ethan's face. There will also be completely new animations added to the game as part of the mode- though Capcom hasn't said anything yet about how cutscenes will be handled in third-person. Will the game switch back and forth between third-person gameplay and first-person cutscenes, or are all cutscenes being completely redone and redirected to make them fit with the third-person perspective? That remains to be seen.

Shadows of Rose will be third person, and the base game's campaign will become playable in third-person as well, but The Mercenaries will remain first-person only.

Spoiler: Mercenaries: Additional Orders

Resident Evil Village brought back the fan-favourite Mercenaries mode, but many fans were underwhelmed with its offerings, deeming it to be sparse and somewhat light on content. It seems Capcom heard those complaints though, and will be addressing them with The Winters' Expansion. The content drop releasing in October will also come with new content for the mode in the form of The Mercenaries: Additional Order. And what exactly will that include? There will be new stages, for starters, while more playable characters are also being added, including Chris Redfield, Heisenberg, and everybody's favourite massive vampire, Lady Alcina Dimitrescu. Interestingly, when you're playing as Lady D, you'll be towering over all the enemies you take on in combat. Further details on additional stages and playable characters will hopefully arrive in the coming weeks and months.

Resident Evil Village: Gold Edition

This is something you probably saw coming, at least if you remember how Capcom handled things with Resident Evil 7. On October 28, when The Winters' Expansion launches, Capcom will also release both digital and physical versions of Resident Evil Village: Gold Edition. The Gold Edition will include both, the base game and all the new content that's being added to it as part of The Winters' Expansion. There's no word yet on how much it'll cost, but Resident Evil 7's Gold Edition (which included all DLC for it) cost $50 when it launched back in December 2017, nearly a year after the base game's launch. Hopefully, Capcom will make sure that this upcoming release is priced reasonably as well.

 

[Dylan]

Anybody trying the DLC?