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Apparently, Resident Evil 8 will be the “darkest and most gruesome” game in the series so far (via Ginx.tv).
Previously, industry insider Dusk Golem has dropped unofficial info about Resident Evil 8, claiming that the game will be set in a snowy village with the return of Ethan Winters, and feature “occultism, insanity, and not being able to trust others.” This was then corroborated in a separate report from BioHazard Cast. This person added that Chris Redfield will appear as a possible antagonist in Resident Evil 8, and Ethan will struggle with hallucinations while a witch pursues him in a castle.
I don't know much on Silent Hill I haven't shared, but its apparently its revealed soon so I'm looking forward to it. I still believe it from what I was shown, but I do have a healthy skeptic in me.
RE8 I'm excited for the reveal, it's by far the darkest & most gruesome RE yet.
— AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem (@AestheticGamer1) May 8, 2020
None of this has been confirmed by Capcom, but Dusk Golem has been on the money in the past. Their latest leaks include that the next game will be “the darkest and most gruesome” Resident Evil experience so far. When asked whether that applies to gory visuals or an unsettling story, Dusk Golem said both, and that there is not only one antagonist in the game. Resident Evil 8 apparently uses a first-person perspective like Resident Evil 7, but will swap to a third-person perspective in cutscenes. They also state that the game will be compatible with the current generation and the next generation of hardware, and will be a PC release too.
A little of Column A, a little of Column B.
— AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem (@AestheticGamer1) May 8, 2020
“We’re close to when the game was originally supposed to be revealed before COVID-19,” said Dusk Golem. Now, none of the aforementioned is official information. Because Capcom has not given anything away about Resident Evil 8, we have to view these tidbits as rumours only. Yet, if we are approaching a reveal, this could occur in the coming weeks. E3 2020 would have been held in June, but developers and publishers are doing their own thing to showcase upcoming games. If Resident Evil 8 was meant to be revealed before E3, then we might get the reveal and the content scheduled for E3 sandwiched in one announcement.
Intriguing. We’ll keep you in the loop once we know more.
