How the fuck did Ethan become REs main character?
How the fuck did Ethan become REs main character?
Eli Brown
Kayden Anderson
Because people got bored of Chris, Jill and Leon. New blood is always good for a series so old as RE
Grayson Garcia
Why did he not really freak out about getting his arm chopped off and then just stapled back on? And his foot chopped off and he just pours some juice on it and super-glues it back?
Easton Clark
Old characters are too Overpowered
so now we get a boring Character who will say something once a while that equals
to
WHAT THE FUCK
Shit shit shit
NO NO NO
imagined if they made a silent character instead god that would be so much better that you could atleast read the thoughts of
Daniel Thomas
Ironically enough, Ethan being such a blank slate makes him unique among RE protagonists.
Gavin Perez
This, they wanted to go back to the horror roots, and you simply can't feel the atmosphere if you know the character you are playing is an overpowered badass, and if you "nerf" them it's just super jarring, hell the Chris dlc in RE7 felt wrong even though you could do a few button prompts melee attacks
Juan Campbell
All the original RE characters are old as fuck now. Making a survival horror game about an elderly peoples isn't really exciting.
Justin Wilson
How old are the original RE cast, in their 40s and 50s? You want to play a game about Leon Kennedy combating the D(ementia) virus?
Gavin Gonzalez
Lara Croft have been the main protagonist for Tomb Raider for over 25 years
Gavin Phillips
Will he fuck mommy and her coven?
Blake Wilson
Not the same Lara
Levi Powell
Leon and Chris are too old now.
Aiden Perez
Old cast is too old and Ethan seems fucked up in the inside so I'm expectant to know what Capcom is gonna do with him.
Hunter Kelly
Is he a blank slate? The only difference is that he doesn't have any military background so amongst the RE cast, he probably the most normal and relatable.
Chase James
One of girls looks like Claire
Cameron Clark
They explicitly rebooted tomb raider for that reason
also look at the state tomb raider is in
Jonathan Barnes
Option 1: The mold infection makes you more accepting of shit happening
Option 2: Ethan has dealt with similar shit before.
Ryan Gray
Unlike RE, the Tomb Raider franchise never put that much emphasis or continuation, nor it has been close to RE levels of success till the latest 2 games.
One of the appeals of the RE franchise nowadays is that it feels like the series grow with you too, Christ being 47 in the next game is kinda crazy, and if you were someone that was 23-27 around the time RE1 came out, it would make you feel for sure.
Tyler Garcia
What went so right bros?
I love Ethan. He’s deadpan dry wit makes me route for him
He’s such an underdog compared to the rest of the RE cast
Everyone else can kill millions of zombies and not break a sweat
Ethan has to work to be a badass
Evan Williams
Maybe its time for a..... REBOOT
Carson Anderson
by being fucking cool
Jack Flores
I think it's fair to call him a blank slate; he was designed to be played in VR, after all so of course has to look boring and be normal; like the player is likely to be.
Logan Gray
and?
every tr game after they started making tr movies sucks donkey balls like lara
Parker Price
Some people are just born with it
Liam Long
Resident Evil has been using different protagonists since the first game. Even side characters or supporting characters eventually end up becoming playable too. Tomb Raider, I have not played but did she ever even have any main supporting characters in the first game? Also, these games are moreso about the chaos that has ensued because of umbrellas and whatnot, whereas Tomb Raider is SPECIFICALLY the adventures of Lara Croft.
Just bigtime playable characters include
>Jill, Chris, Leon, Claire, Rebecca, Sheva, Jake, Barry, Billy, etc
Joseph Jenkins
except he doesn't talk like that
Adam Nguyen
I like him because he's just such a regular dude compared to the other Re protagonists
Eli Ross
He's an everyman who isn't afraid of the situation he's in.
He just accepts it is what it is
>Normal people
>"oh my god my fucking hand i'm so scared"
>Ethan
>Grabs gun
>"OKAY FINE."
It requires balls to just accept you're stuck in a house with a couple of sadistic hillbillies and the only way out is by smoking 'em all
Daniel Reyes
I cannot fucking wait to explore that manor, it looks so good.
Matthew Nguyen
>Why did he not really freak out about getting his arm chopped off and then just stapled back on? And his foot chopped off and he just pours some juice on it and super-glues it back?
Because the joke with Ethan is that hes literally a video game protagonist. Hes a deliberate blank slate. When Ethan gets his arm chopped off and he picks it up as [Inventory Item] the devs are poking fun at how completely absurd Resident Evil is.
RE7 is basically a giant homage to how nonsensical RE and video games in general are, instead of trying to explain it they just roll with it. First Aid Sprays magically healing anything is fucking ridiculous, RE7 takes this to its logical extreme by having healing juice that literally REATTACHES LIMBS.
RE7's story is the opposite of ludonarrative dissonance, the absurdity of game design is directly acknowledged in the story itself. Ethan even pokes fun at the overly elaborate RE puzzles by asking "Who builds this shit?".
Juan Richardson
It's only his second game, calm down.
Benjamin Moore
Good take.
Jackson Smith
To be fair, one of the files states that the Bakers hired the same guy who helped build the Spencer Mansion, which could also explain why they brought the shotgun puzzle back.
Jack Gray
>Ethan even pokes fun at the overly elaborate RE puzzles by asking "Who builds this shit?".
I forget wasn't it somehow Spencer again that the Bakers contracted?