I don't disagree. Just saying a mute FPP protagonist is 100x more a "player-avatar" than a mute TPP protagonist.
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Thoughts on Ethan Winters from Resident Evil 7?
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Yeah. There's not any real character arcs for growth or change happening in any of the games - ironically only 6 actually knows what it's doing there. And characterization is very misguided in the earlier games, giving them the personality it thinks is the most "Likeable" but not considering if it's interesting.
from the start to the end of the game all the dude cares about is getting his wife to go home. Even when monstrous immortal rednecks are challenging him to chainsaw duels he never gets anything more than moderately annoyed
"No. That's not groovy."
Bro sounds like a disappointed dad lmao
"No. That's not groovy."
Bro sounds like a disappointed dad lmao
True, he's the one character that wouldn't scream if he came face to face with Nemesis or Mr. X
I liked Ethan, considering how little he was given. Dude was tougher than he looked.
I'd like to see him back, but in a supporting role.
I'd like to see him back, but in a supporting role.
His great for the role and not in the ordinary sense given to heroism : he's coming as a knight to save the damsel in distress, but the damsel is a dragon who will ends to save him.
After having finished RE7 I thought would be great to see Capcom launching another IP in the horror genre to clearly distinguish the canonic RE from what they are able to do with others tones of the horror genre.
After having finished RE7 I thought would be great to see Capcom launching another IP in the horror genre to clearly distinguish the canonic RE from what they are able to do with others tones of the horror genre.
Until I clicked on this post, I didn't even know what he looked like. He was fine as a surrogate for the player, but wasn't much of a character in his own right. I'd like another game that takes the same approach as RE7, but whether it stars Ethan doesn't really matter to me.
He does not need to come back. He was really the player in case, getting us back into what made Resident Evil great in the first place. He could be referenced but I don't want to see him coming back as some soldier or scientist working for whoever.
I went for the last option because I wouldn't mind a game where Mia was the main protagonist and any game with her will probably have him in some capacity.
For what his role was I liked him. That scene where he's arguing with the police officer is pretty good.
It was a fun vantage point for a story, as he's the boyfriend of a bio-terrorism special agent who just stumbles into it all.
If they can find some way to work him into RE8 as a secondary character that could be fun.
It was a fun vantage point for a story, as he's the boyfriend of a bio-terrorism special agent who just stumbles into it all.
If they can find some way to work him into RE8 as a secondary character that could be fun.
I liked him well enough, he was both blah and dry in such a way that was really funny to me, considering the circumstances. I did find Mia more interesting than him, would've preferred more time playing as her. Either way, I would like to see both return in a secondary character capacity, just to see how they're doing and what was happening with Blue Umbrella and the Connections. I'd prefer RE not keep creating new player characters, rather them re-use who they already have.
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Looks aside, playing as Chris felt like that was Chris. He talked a lot. He had real opinions about things.I liked him since he said thats not groovy, people will complain he is boring or bland but his everyman attitude and fondness of reattaching limbs make Ethan likeable enough
NOW THIS IS BORING
FPS or not, I like that approach a lot better.
He had funny one-liners but they were clearly trying to make the character an everyman stand-in for the player. You can do strong characterization in first-person, as we see in EoZ and NoH, and even 21, but a lot opt out so for the sake of the Gordon Freeman John Halo effect. It would be fun to see him tossed a reference or two in the future.
As an aside, his name is really good. I wonder if he took his wife's last name.
As an aside, his name is really good. I wonder if he took his wife's last name.
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About the blandest RE character we've gotten in a main role and that's saying something when you look at Bruce Mcgivern & Ark Thompson.
He works for the game he's in though (since the real stars are the baker family). Him and Mia are definitely not characters that need to come back outside files and such giving us an update on their status.
He works for the game he's in though (since the real stars are the baker family). Him and Mia are definitely not characters that need to come back outside files and such giving us an update on their status.
Eh, kind of forgettable. I thought he was fine as a main character in a FPS.
It would be cool if he was referenced in future games, but I hope we're done playing as him.
It would be cool if he was referenced in future games, but I hope we're done playing as him.
i like garrett from the thief games way more than any resident evil character because he has an actual personality. same with daud from the dishonored games.
First person perspective doesn't mean anything for character development
The only game Mia should have is her behind bars since literally all of 7 can be seen as her fault. Unsure why people think she was redeemed by the end of 7 or even deserved a second chance.
Also to make it fair, Helena shouldn't have gotten off as easy as she did in RE6 either.
there were better characters in that game tbh but thats ok because like people have set his purpose was just to give us a body and they did that extremely well.
That being said this is the first time I have ever seen what the main character looks like...he looked way different in my head its honestly hard to comprehend that is who I was playing as lmao
That being said this is the first time I have ever seen what the main character looks like...he looked way different in my head its honestly hard to comprehend that is who I was playing as lmao
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Yeah, I remember looking him up online after I beat the game. TBH, he's kind of exactly what I expected, though.
He was perfectly fine for the role he played and the kind of story RE7 told. Not every RE protagonist needs to be a cartoon character.
Nah, since she is in the custody of Blue Umbrella/BSAA she'll be an asset in pursuing The Connections.
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Honestly in my head he looked something more like thisYeah, I remember looking him up online after I beat the game. TBH, he's kind of exactly what I expected, though.
even has the watch lmao
Definitely a bland character who seems pretty blase about the insane terror of that house along with having his limbs cut off. I think you can do the everyman character a bit better than that.
The voice actor sounded positively bored most of the time lol.
The voice actor sounded positively bored most of the time lol.
It works for the game but I don't need to see more of him or Mia in the next game. I kind of hope they stick with making the majority of characters new again for 8 though, it was refreshing have a protagonist that hadn't been there and done/seen everything before.
He served well as the player avatar in a game that was designed with VR in mind. So he was supposed to be a nobody and he served that purpose well - knowing his face like the image in the OP diminishes this.
He has no green beret training, no armed/hand-to-hand combat experience, no noteworthy background, which is a stark contrast to the superheroes that the series has pumped out and reached its peak in RE6. Ethan can't to flying kicks or suplexes to the undead. RE7 was seemingly not about power fantasy (although towards the end of the game it was yet another total power fantasy). Of course, for those who wanted to play as superhuman being like the previous RE games, Not a Hero and End of Zoe DLCs were there, and they were fantastic.
That said, as others have pointed out here, while he is supposed to be an everyday person... early in the game his hand is cut off, stapled back together, and is totally fine with it. This could mean only one thing - Ethan is yet another B.O.W.. Anyone who follows RE knows that the real B.O.W.s in are Chris, Jill, Leon, Claire, Wesker, Ada... should add Ethan to the list. Mr. X. and Nemesis have nothing on those monsters.
He has no green beret training, no armed/hand-to-hand combat experience, no noteworthy background, which is a stark contrast to the superheroes that the series has pumped out and reached its peak in RE6. Ethan can't to flying kicks or suplexes to the undead. RE7 was seemingly not about power fantasy (although towards the end of the game it was yet another total power fantasy). Of course, for those who wanted to play as superhuman being like the previous RE games, Not a Hero and End of Zoe DLCs were there, and they were fantastic.
That said, as others have pointed out here, while he is supposed to be an everyday person... early in the game his hand is cut off, stapled back together, and is totally fine with it. This could mean only one thing - Ethan is yet another B.O.W.. Anyone who follows RE knows that the real B.O.W.s in are Chris, Jill, Leon, Claire, Wesker, Ada... should add Ethan to the list. Mr. X. and Nemesis have nothing on those monsters.
