Resident Evil Village is quite the rollercoaster ride, with many of the biggest reveals coming in the last hour of the game . From adding more …
Resident Evil Village is quite the rollercoaster ride, with many of the biggest reveals coming in the last hour of the game. From adding more context to the original game to questions on where the next Resident Evil title will go, there’s a lot to unpack. The latest entry in the long-running zombie franchise came out Friday for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X| S, Xbox One and PC. It continues the story of protagonist Ethan Winters from Resident Evil 7 and deals with the fallout from the return of series mainstay Chris Redfield. The anti-bioterrorism agent’s mysterious appearance at the end of the previous game and shocking actions at the beginning of this one created a lot of questions for fans. Be warned, SPOILERS follow from here on out. The game’s main villain lost her daughter Eva to the Spanish flu, a real-life pandemic that ran from 1918 to 1921 and caused an estimated 50 million deaths. Stricken with grief, Miranda wandered into a cave to die and happened upon the Megamycete — the source of the mold from Resident Evil 7 and Village. Its regenerative properties made her immortal, and she realized it absorbed the consciousness of those who died. That meant Miranda could bring her daughter Eva back to life. She started experimenting on the villagers as she sought the perfect vessel. The “Mia” Chris killed in the game’s opening was actually Miranda in disguise. She kidnapped the real Mia Winters, wife of protagonist Ethan Winters, and used her for experiments, eventually taking her place in order to snatch their daughter Rose. The Winters’ baby, being the child of parents who’d been infected by mold, was apparently the ideal vessel for Eva’s return. In a move likely to surprise everyone playing the game, Miranda removed Ethan’s heart like a Mortal Kombat fatality. As he seemingly laid dead, a vision of Eveline, the antagonist from the last game, appeared to him. She might look like a little girl, but Eveline was actually a bioweapon with power over mind-controlling mold.
