Resident Evilhas been on a roll these past few years with annual releases that all knock it out of the park. This winning streak continues withResident Evil Village.The game is pretty short, taking only about ten hours to complete, so plenty of fans have already gone through it about two or three times.
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Looking to the future, we hope the next mainline entry continues this upwards trajectory. If they include at least a handful of the entries below, then fans should have no reason to worry aboutResident Evil 9. It is still a mystery if they’ll try to pick a subtitle to fit in the Roman Numeral “IX”, though.
10Culmination Of A Trilogy
The seventh mainline entry introduced numerous new characters and concepts,including Ethan Winters, the Mold,Blue Umbrella, and the Connections.Resident Evil Villageexpands upon most of these ideas while adding a few twists. Everything seems to be leading towards a third game becoming a culmination of all these elements. Obviously this would not be a culmination to end the series, but an end of an era and specific storyline, similar to howResident Evil 5finally ended Albert Wesker.
9It Should Be Scarier Than Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil 7: Biohazardis one of the scariest games of the last generation. While it says nothing negative about the overall quality of the sequel,Resident Evil Villageis notably less scary than its predecessor. While the over the top nature of the new title is appreciated, we want the spine-tingling terror of the seventh game, something we also saw in the originals and the remakes.
8A Dedication To The Time Jump
Resident Evil Villageends with several shocking and ridiculous twists. Most notably there is a significant time jump where Ethan’s daughter Rose is a teenager.
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The next game better stick to this change and show us how the world has changed in the at least thirteen year interim. There is always a chance not as much time has passed and Rose simply grows at an accelarated rate due to her powers. Either way, the next game needs to follow up on it.
7We Want More Ethan Winters
The end of the post-credits sequence shows a suspicious figure approaching the vehicle Rose rides away in. People have already figured out the model is Ethan Winters, implying he is still alive in some way. Given the mysterious data storage abilities of the Mold, Ethan’s consciousness could still be locked away somewhere. Perhaps he is with Mia already. They have yet to explore all the capabilities of the Mold, so the possibilities are endless.
6Attache Case Inventory
People generally agree onResident Evil 4having the most engaging inventory system. Inventory is a case with multiple blocks and every item takes up a specific number of space, forcing you to often rearrange the order of items and weapons inside it.Resident Evil Villagereplicates this, though most players rarely found themselves hurting for space. A sequel should retain a similar system for holding weapons and valuables.
5Chris Redfield Versus The BSAA
Resident Evil Villageshows ashattered relationship between Chris Redfield and his former organization, the BSAA. He is vehemently against the use of B.O.Ws for any purpose, and the BSAA sends them into the village during the game’s ending. Why is an organization made to combat bioterrorism using the same tools as their enemies. Maybe they want to fight fire with fire. Whatever the reason, Chris vehemently disagrees.
4We Want Old Faces To Come Back
There are severalResident Evilcharacters we have not seen in years, and some we saw in the remakes whose modern whereabouts are a little blurry. We don’t really know whatJill Valentine has been up to sinceResident Evil 5. If the sequel really does take place more than a decade later, it will be great to see where everyone is as older people. Considering the shady dealings of the BSAA with B.O.Ws, will some of these old friends become enemies?
3Evil Mia
Everybody seems to forget that Mia was a scientist working for the Connections, an organization dealing exclusively in black market research and dealing of B.O.Ws.
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Mia is always portrayed as an innocent victim in the middle of all this trouble. A third game should bring to light what Mia has really done and make her pay for her crimes. Maybe being kidnapped by the Bakers is punishment enough, but we should remember her hand in creating Eveline.
2VR Support
PlayingResident Evil 7in VR made an already scary game all the more terrifying.Resident Evil Villageskips out on this feature. With PS5 receiving a new VR headset in the near future, it only makes sense for them to bring back VR for a sequel. It should not be at the expense of a non-VR experience, but horror is the perfect genre for the platform and people had so many positive experiences withResident Evil 7. It does not seem outside the realm of possibility forResident Evil Villageto receive VR support in the future, either.
1Cooperative Play
While some bemoan theResident Evilgames between4and7, most have to admit thatResident Evil 5is one of the finest linear co-op campaigns. Maybe the ninth game does not have to be a full co-op experience like the fifth entry, but having some sort of co-op component would be incredible.The recent success ofIt Takes Twoshows how gamers are still more than willing to eat up a compelling cooperative adventure.
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