Resident Evil Village third-person mode, Shadows of Rose DLC details revealed

Star of Resident Evil 7 biohazard Resident Evil VillageEthan Winters has been somewhat camera shy since childhood. Capcom has deliberately obscured the character’s face in both games, and will continue to do so in the upcoming third-person perspective option for VillageThe next week will bring the release of.

Find out more Resident Evil Village’s Winters’ ExpansionThe first-person option will allow players to view the third-person from an above-the-shoulder perspective. Game director Kento Kinoshita said Thursday during Capcom’s Resident Evil Showcase that the expansion — which is bundled with the main game in the Resident Evil Village Gold Edition — is the perfect reason to return to Village. But don’t go into it hoping for a clear look at ol’ Ethan. Kinoshita says that “even in third-person mode, if you try to turn the camera to see his face, Ethan will look away.”

(Players may try it out Resident Evil Village’s third-person perspective right now, thanks to a time-limited demo available on all existing platforms. This demo offers you 60 minutes of gameplay.

Players will have no such issues seeing Rose Winters, however, Ethan’s grown-up daughter and the other star of the Winters’ Expansion. She’s heading back to the game’s titular village to learn more about her past and free herself of unwanted magical powers. Kinoshita said that Rose’s story, Shadows of Rose, will be set in the “Realm of Consciousness,” and players should expect things to get surreal.

In Capcom’s Resident Evil Showcase, the company offered a sneak peek at that off-the-rails spooky gameplay, confirming that fans of giant dolls and clowns should not show up for Shadows of Rose.

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Resident Evil VillageEdition Gold and The Winters’ ExpansionOn Oct. 28, the Xbox Series X will be available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Windows PC. Players will receive updates to The Mercenaries, which includes playable versions of Chris Redfield and Lady Alcina Dimitrescu. You can find all Resident Evil VillageResident Evil RE.Verse, a brand new multiplayer mode will be made available to all owners.

Resident Evil VillageThe game will be coming to Macs and Nintendo Switches (in cloud-based version) on October 28.