Capcom's next-generation horror title, "Resident Evil Village," reportedly features a lot of side characters with crucial roles in the game. Sony unveiled the eighth installment to the popular horror franchise just recently at the PS5 digital event. If the latest information is accurate, Capcom is assigning more essential roles to NPCs than its predecessors.
"Resident Evil Village" Side Characters
The latest information about "Resident Evil Village" comes from horror games insider AestheticGamer aka DuskGolem. The tipster shared the information about the side characters' role in the upcoming title on his official Twitter account. According to him, the villagers in the gameplay a much more significant role than what people usually do in a standard "Resident Evil" title.
The people in the village are crucial to "Resident Evil Village," while a number of them are just normal people, the insider added. In "Resident Evil 7: Biohazard," players encounter several normal characters. This includes Zoe and Lucas Baker. It would be interesting to see how the upcoming installment explores this.
Like TEW2? Not like that. But there is a lot of side characters in RE8 and the Villagers play a much bigger role than the people of a place usually do in a RE game. The people of the Village are important to RE8, and a number of them are just "normal" people. https://t.co/0p07rjcIaZ — AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem (@AestheticGamer1) July 7, 2020
It can be recalled that gaming studio Capcom has repeatedly emphasized the importance of the title Village. It earlier said that all kinds of entities are wandering in this unknown location. This includes werewolves and, most likely, NPCs. If the player's decision and actions influence the lives of the villagers is still unknown. "Resident Evil Village" Other Details Aside from the roles of side characters in the game, DuskGolem also revealed that "Resident Evil Village" will be the longest game of the franchise. Just like other "Resident Evil" titles, the upcoming game will be particularly long. It would be approximately two or three hours longer than the 2017's game, "Resident Evil 7: Biohazard," the tipster noted. The insider's information seems to suggest that "Resident Evil Village" would be around 11 to 13 hours long. That's because it takes between 9 and 11 hours, depending on gameplay, to finish "RE7: Biohazard." It is worth mentioning that this new set of information, while exciting are not official. It is wiser to take this with a pinch of salt. Capcom announced that "Resident Evil Village" would arrive on next-generation gaming platforms' Xbox Series X and PS5. The game is also playable on PC and will arrive sometime in 2021. However, the insider believes that the game might release in the Q2 of 2021.
Even if RE8 was released in Q1, it would've been in development for 4 years. That said, it's looking more it'll be a Q2 release right now, but let me say this right now, they haven't 100% pinned a date down yet. https://t.co/G5EPSHmd1f — AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem (@AestheticGamer1) July 7, 2020
