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Zodd3224
12/03/21 8:47:23 AM
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I'm only near the beginning of RE8 so no spoilers there.

But there was no reason to bring him back for this game. He served his boring purpose in RE7. There are so many better established characters to choose from, we didn't need a second game playing as his boring ass.

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Flauros
12/03/21 8:48:20 AM
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Fony
12/03/21 8:48:33 AM
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Yea, good thing he's done for a while.

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Doe
12/03/21 8:50:25 AM
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Zodd3224
12/03/21 9:24:37 AM
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Flauros posted...
He was created to please someone with a hand torture fetish

That seems to be his only purpose

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UnfairRepresent
12/03/21 9:33:05 AM
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I kinda prefer new characters to "LETS BRING BACK CRHIS AND JILL AND NOW LEON IS A CYBORG!"

Christ RE6 was awful.

I'll fully admit it was cool to see Barry in Rev 2.

But honestly [[--------[[[[ Chris ]]]]]]------]]]] was the worst part of RE8.

We've heard it all before. Ethan was a breath of Fresh Air because he wasn't some stud zombie fighting agent who has seen it all before. He was just a dude fumbling around in a small house being kicked about by hillbillies.

I liked it.

I mean Chris and Leon have different personalities in every game they appear in and every single one is bland.

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Kaldrenthebold
12/03/21 9:39:36 AM
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He's way better in RE8 than he was in 7, for sure.

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SSJPurple
12/03/21 9:51:51 AM
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Hes a big reason why I didnt come back for RE8. I didnt like 7 because its a FPS but because its RE I was willing to give it a shot anywaythen they make me spend the whole game with some random nobody who holds a knife life a little b*****.

And when the heck do these games happen? It sure doesnt seem like a post-RE6 world in 7

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UnfairRepresent
12/03/21 9:54:49 AM
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SSJPurple posted...
Hes a big reason why I didnt come back for RE8. I didnt like 7 because its a FPS but because its RE I was willing to give it a shot anywaythen they make me spend the whole game with some random nobody who holds a knife life a little b*****.

And when the heck do these games happen? It sure doesnt seem like a post-RE6 world in 7
Lol these same reasons are why I did like RE7

6 was so bad, ignoring it completely and just making a good game instead was perfect.

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coolpal23
12/03/21 10:05:16 AM
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Nah I like ethan as a protag, loved him in 7, loved him even more in 8

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Jagr_68
12/03/21 10:14:51 AM
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He sucked way less in Village when he had a real purpose to the whole plagas arc or whatever it was relabeled or retconned to now.

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CruelBuffalo
12/03/21 10:17:40 AM
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Hes just a generic action guy I really hope we are done with FPS and Ethan for RE series.
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Garioshi
12/03/21 10:18:35 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
I kinda prefer new characters to "LETS BRING BACK CRHIS AND JILL AND NOW LEON IS A CYBORG!"
Literally what the fuck are you talking about

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UnfairRepresent
12/03/21 10:21:19 AM
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Garioshi posted...
Literally what the fuck are you talking about

RE4/5/6/Rev1

They were too scared to rock the boat and it became generic boring shooter games instead of fun cheesy horror games.

Part of that was the endless reuse of the same characters.

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Blue_Inigo
12/03/21 10:29:40 AM
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He's got some goofy lines in 8 that I like

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Veggeta_MAX
12/03/21 10:30:42 AM
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I wonder if people ever felt the same for Harry Mason

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Rapid99
12/03/21 10:33:29 AM
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He's way more sassy in RE8. Not on RE4 Leon's level but enough to get a few chuckles out of me.

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Hairy-man
12/03/21 10:35:58 AM
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I hated Ethan

I hated the whole Winters family

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Zodd3224
12/03/21 10:53:17 AM
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Hairy-man posted...
I hated Ethan

I hated the whole Winters family


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BuckVanHammer
12/03/21 10:56:45 AM
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I liked how the kinda reset with a new perspective from just some dude...

it was a nice shake up.

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ViewtifulJoe
12/03/21 10:58:17 AM
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They wanted to get rid of all the over the top fun, people wanted atmosphere and cinematics. They asked for this. Ethan is a perfect fit for it.

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Zodd3224
12/03/21 11:00:10 AM
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ViewtifulJoe posted...
They wanted to get rid of all the over the top fun, people wanted atmosphere and cinematics. They asked for this. Ethan is a perfect fit for it.

They didn't get rid of that stuff tho. The games are still as over the top ridiculous as they have always been, but now with a boring protag who can't stop injuring his hands.

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Kaldrenthebold
12/03/21 11:11:13 AM
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I suggest you keep going to the end of 8. Ethan is way better than he ever was in 7.

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pikachupwnage
12/03/21 11:12:48 AM
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ViewtifulJoe posted...
They wanted to get rid of all the over the top fun, people wanted atmosphere and cinematics. They asked for this. Ethan is a perfect fit for it.

Bruh what the fuck isn't over the top about Heisenburg or 9ft tall dommy mommy who turns into a dragon?


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BakonBitz
12/03/21 11:13:56 AM
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SSJPurple posted...
And when the heck do these games happen? It sure doesnt seem like a post-RE6 world in 7
There's a random newspaper you can find that references the global outbreak from 6, so it takes place afterward.

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MaxEffingBemis
12/03/21 11:20:13 AM
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Ethan sucks ass and is the reason I gave up on 8. Doesnt question anything at all thats happening throughout the game and it bothers me so much

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SSJ2GrimReaper
12/03/21 11:21:06 AM
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pikachupwnage
12/03/21 11:28:22 AM
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MaxEffingBemis posted...
Ethan sucks ass and is the reason I gave up on 8. Doesnt question anything at all thats happening throughout the game and it bothers me so much

I recall him getting mad and demanding answers from several people Including Duke and Heisenberg

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hockeybub89
12/03/21 11:35:21 AM
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Flauros posted...
He was created to please someone with a hand torture fetish
RE8 literally triggered me due to my own past hand trauma

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BalanceLost
12/03/21 11:36:33 AM
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pikachupwnage posted...
Bruh what the fuck isn't over the top about Heisenburg or 9ft tall dommy mommy who turns into a dragon?

SSJ2GrimReaper posted...
Ethan. No.


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Rapid99
12/03/21 11:37:26 AM
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There's also a reason why he doesn't acknowledge his healing factor. Not an especially well written reason mind you, but it's there.

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Kaldrenthebold
12/03/21 11:42:52 AM
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pikachupwnage posted...
I recall him getting mad and demanding answers from several people Including Duke and Heisenberg

Yes this. He is constantly asking what the fuck is going on.

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Irony
12/03/21 11:45:16 AM
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He's literally the most interesting because he's the most relatable

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SSJ2GrimReaper
12/03/21 11:46:03 AM
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I like it when he tries to sound threatening and insulting, it falls completely flat.

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Romulox28
12/03/21 11:52:37 AM
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ethan winters is a top tier character, i love his subdued reactions & dumbass tough guy lines he says to all the insane shit he sees in re7 & 8.

im still playing re8 now but i read a spoiler about how a big twist is ethan realizing that it is not normal to routinely get your limbs sliced off & reattached by pouring rubbing alcohol on them. currently in re8 i am collecting jars of ethan's daughter's body parts and ethan so far has not made any comment about how maybe it's not normal for a regular human to be reattached like legos, he just says ok to the duke and goes off collecting without a single critical thought.

truly top tier resident evil absurdity, shit like this is what makes the franchise fun. hes not as good as leon in re4 but ethan has grown on me a lot

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AzurexNightmare
12/03/21 12:08:46 PM
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SSJPurple posted...
Hes a big reason why I didnt come back for RE8. I didnt like 7 because its a FPS but because its RE I was willing to give it a shot anywaythen they make me spend the whole game with some random nobody who holds a knife life a little b*****.

And when the heck do these games happen? It sure doesnt seem like a post-RE6 world in 7
The world is bigger than you think.

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AzurexNightmare
12/03/21 12:10:16 PM
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Rapid99 posted...
Not an especially well written reason mind you, but it's there.
It's Resident Evil dude. It's not meant to be super well written or anything. It's a game and we can clearly see from previous titles what to expect story-wise.

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AzurexNightmare
12/03/21 12:11:34 PM
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BakonBitz posted...
There's a random newspaper you can find that references the global outbreak from 6, so it takes place afterward.
Newspaper in 7 or 8? I remember reading stuff about Terragrigia or at least the author of a book was from Revelations.

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ViewtifulJoe
12/03/21 2:08:30 PM
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pikachupwnage posted...
Bruh what the fuck isn't over the top about Heisenburg or 9ft tall dommy mommy who turns into a dragon?
The part where you're stuck as a regular slow moving guy whose personality is about as exciting as food poisoning with a few plain guns and evasive steps as your only ways of interacting with them outside of cinematic interjections where they do the same thing every time.

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Dreepapult
12/03/21 2:41:53 PM
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I like when his hand gets chopped off and he just reattaches it with a potion lol

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Zodd3224
12/03/21 2:45:44 PM
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Dreepapult posted...
I like when his hand gets chopped off and he just reattaches it with a potion lol

I literally just finished that part

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Middle hope
12/03/21 2:46:10 PM
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The return of Barry was amazing.

Just lame puns and call backs to RE1. You even had Claire bringing up the Jill Sandwich

https://youtu.be/WOyXnsQemUY

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SuperShake666
12/03/21 2:59:31 PM
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Dreepapult posted...
I like when his hand gets chopped off and he just reattaches it with a potion lol

I mean, it makes perfect sense with context.

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hockeybub89
12/03/21 3:01:43 PM
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ViewtifulJoe posted...
The part where you're stuck as a regular slow moving guy whose personality is about as exciting as food poisoning with a few plain guns and evasive steps as your only ways of interacting with them outside of cinematic interjections where they do the same thing every time.
*shrugs*

The entire time I played 7 and 8 I was like "Wow this is just like the other games, but in first-person. Impressive."

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dave_is_slick
12/03/21 3:06:54 PM
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MaxEffingBemis posted...
Ethan sucks ass and is the reason I gave up on 8. Doesnt question anything at all thats happening throughout the game and it bothers me so much
Well this is a straight lie.

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VandorLee
12/03/21 3:09:24 PM
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Hes extremely boring but over the top things keep happening to him.

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BakonBitz
12/03/21 6:15:01 PM
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AzurexNightmare posted...
Newspaper in 7 or 8? I remember reading stuff about Terragrigia or at least the author of a book was from Revelations.

RE7. Might have been one of the small DLC stories? Not sure. It was a newspaper in the living room.

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SSJ2GrimReaper
12/03/21 6:46:58 PM
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SSJ2GrimReaper posted...
Ethan. No.


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VandorLee
12/03/21 6:53:19 PM
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I guess its good based on reviews but holy hell does RE8 look stupid.

So Chris just goes crazy and takes your baby and now your fighting were wolves and now theres these weird powered bosses talking about you and also your taking a suspicious amount of damage that normal people cant survive and heres vampire girls and magneto and super fat merchant etc....

Its just stupid and too much....

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AzurexNightmare
12/03/21 6:54:37 PM
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Zodd3224 posted...
They didn't get rid of that stuff tho. The games are still as over the top ridiculous as they have always been, but now with a boring protag who can't stop injuring his hands.
If you think this is worse than shit like RE6 I feel sorry for you.

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