Resident Evil Village: Moreau’s Area Reportedly Had Mermaids Before Big Reworks, Content Cuts

Resident Evil Village was released last year, and we gave it a 9.25 out of 10 and a place in our list of the top 10 games of 2021. Capcom had announced that Resident Evil Village would be getting DLC in June. A well-known and proven Resident Evil leaker is now waiting. Dusk Golem has revealed some new information about Moreau’s swamp area in Resident Evil Village. 

More specifically, Dusk Golem reports that Moreau’s section featured mermaid-like enemiesThis area was the subject of a large amount of cuts in content. The content cuts happened because Moreau’s area “needed some big reworks to become fully fun, but they had limited time and budget to work with, so opted to instead focus on reworking Castle Dimistrescu and Heisenberg’s Factory,” according to Dusk Golem. 

“Moreau’s section initially had a sorta open swamp-like section that was laid out similarly to End of Zoe’s swamp stuff, spent time in and out of water, and though ultimately linear, there was several paths through, often choosing to wade through water or to go by land,” Dusk Golem writes on Twitter. “In the water, there was various items scattered around to pick up off the trailer, but the water was home to Mermaid-like enemies. They could quickly swim towards you if they saw you. To stop them from reaching you you would have to either find land patches or get rid of them.

“Even on land, they could be annoying and do this screech attack, which stunned you and slowed you down for a time. However, the screeching served a secondary purpose. [as]There was an enemy stalker in the swamp. Now, I don’t know who the stalker is specifically, but I have to guess it was supposed to be Moreau. I had it described to me as, ‘a slimy sorta Tyrant-like creature who has a giant acid sack around his neck and shoulders,’ and when close, could either spew acid or use a clawed hand it had.”

Dusk Golem says the screeching of the mermaids would attract the stalker enemy to youThe main danger when crossing the area by land was the presence of, rather than the water filled with mermaids. Finally, Dusk Golem says there was a sequence in Moreau’s section where “weird, ritual type stuff in the swamp” occurred. They describe it as featuring some Lycan enemies and Witches, with the witches being like what Dimitrescu’s daughters ended up being. The players had to fight the witches to obtain the items, or they could sneak by to steal them. 

“That’s about the extent of what I knew about Moreau’s section,” Dusk Golem writes. “From what I hear, it still needed a lot of work and focused their efforts elsewhere.” 

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