Modders have “unmasked” Resident Evil Village’s Ethan Winters

Ethan is essentially headless in the gameplay segments.

Ethan Winters, the main character of the Resident Evil 7 and 8 games, has always been covered by Capcom because he wants players to role-play him. Modders have revealed the “face” of this character.

Unlike previous protagonists of the Resident Evil series, Capcom decided to mask Ethan Winters, who we control in RE7 and RE8. The reason is because the Japanese game company wants Ethan as a blank sheet of paper that players can immerse themselves in.

The downside of this decision is that many gamers do not feel too closely connected with the character they are controlling. Most people think that Ethan is quite pale when compared to Chris, Leon or Jill.

Even so, Capcom actually modeled Ethan’s face, and with tricks like angle correction and shading, they were able to hide Ethan’s face in the cutscenes.

However, under the “witchcraft” of the modders, Ethan’s face was finally revealed.

More specifically, a modder has removed the black shadow on Ethan’s face in the character model section, helping us to clearly see Ethan’s face.

One thing to note is that Ethan in the gameplay actually has no head, his head is only rendered in the cutscene. So, if you want to create a third-person mod for this game, the steps to follow will be very complicated.

Ethan is essentially headless in the gameplay segments.

In general, Ethan’s face is not too prominent and is quite similar to the face found in the file of RE7.

Elsewhere, after 4 days of launch, RE Village has sold more than 3 million pounds. This is a huge success of the Japanese game maker.

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