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[IbizaPocholo]

 

[22•22]

As expected

 

[Bartski]

it was already revealed in RE7

 

[lh032]

huh..as expected somehow o.o

 

[rofif]

It is the stupidest thing not to show his face in the game. He talks, he has personality, he even is in cutscenes weirdly hiding his face.
It is ETHAN character and not PLAYER. It's not half-life 2 but even there it barely worked

 

[Hugare]

It is the stupidest thing not to show his face in the game. He talks, he has personality, he even is in cutscenes weirdly hiding his face.
It is ETHAN character and not PLAYER. It's not half-life 2 but even there it barely worked

At least in HL 2 Gordon doesnt talk

Its so fucking stupid in RE 7 and even worse in 8

The guys talks, has a wife/child, the game tells a personal story, but Capcom chooses to try to make you feel things for a character that you dont see his fucking face

 

[EverydayBeast]

Amnesia never showed the characters face and that didn’t cause any trouble.

 

[Magnific0giganticus]

At least in HL 2 Gordon doesnt talk

Its so fucking stupid in RE 7 and even worse in 8

The guys talks, has a wife/child, the game tells a personal story, but Capcom chooses to try to make you feel things for a character that you dont see his fucking face

Taking a page from the Master Chief book

 

[Jack Uzi]

I saw this in RE7

 

[Ailynn]

I love Ethan. Just like so many sweet fathers out there, he keeps fighting through hell to take care of and protect his family, even when he's barely making it through himself.

 

[fart town usa]

I don't understand why so many people get hung up on not seeing Ethan's face.

 

[Ulysses 31]

I love Ethan. Just like so many sweet fathers out there, he keeps fighting through hell to take care of and protect his family, even when he's barely making it through himself.

Eh, it got a bit soured when he doesn't even once ask about Mia after Chris does a certain revelation to him while Mia does ask about Ethan the whole time.

 

[Ailynn]

Eh, it got a bit soured when he doesn't even once ask about Mia after Chris does a certain revelation to him while Mia does ask about Ethan the whole time.

I must have remembered wrong- I've been skipping cutscenes where I can on my following playthoughs. I guess I was remembering about his dedication to saving Rose, but it is certainly a misstep if he didn't demand to know where Mia was during all of this.

 

[Pejo]

And i was betting that really, all along, he was...

Spoiler

 

[Liamario]

What's the intention in not showing his face? It doesn't serve any purpose that I can see.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

 

[GymWolf]

Boring face for a boring character.

Hopefully

Spoiler

the new protagonist is gonna have at least a bit of charisma.

 

[Somoza]

But there were resident evil 7 renders of ethan's face? Heck if you just google images of Ethan winters most of the results that appear to me are that render of him with his arm up to see the watch. Dont know why seeing his face is such a big deal.

 

[Mistershine.]

Hmm, turns out I do want to put my dangly bits in the chief. Who knew?

 

[Belmonte]

 

[NewYork214]

I, for some reason, always thought he was native American. Dont know why lol.

 

[VN1X]

Who gives a fuck, honestly? Capcom redesigns characters on the daily lul.

 

[Saint Boot]

It is the stupidest thing not to show his face in the game. He talks, he has personality, he even is in cutscenes weirdly hiding his face.
It is ETHAN character and not PLAYER. It's not half-life 2 but even there it barely worked

There are videos on youtube that show that he does not even have a face or head at all.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

I just imagine him as Ethan from Heavy Rain.

 

[Saint Boot]

I just imagine him as Ethan from Heavy Rain.

That reminds me of Mega64. Wish they still did skits like that.

 

[Excess]

Yes, but is the "missing jacket" edition?

Spoiler

 

[spookyfish]

I must have remembered wrong- I've been skipping cutscenes where I can on my following playthoughs. I guess I was remembering about his dedication to saving Rose, but it is certainly a misstep if he didn't demand to know where Mia was during all of this.

One of Chris’s soldiers—or Chris himself—says something along the lines of “I doubt Miranda would have any use for her after that.” It was *sort of* addressed.

 

[Silent Viper]

Surprise surprise its a white dude

 

[SafeOrAlone]

It never even crossed my mind.

 

[sainraja]

Taking a page from the Master Chief book

I've never liked when the main character doesn't talk in a game. There is no personality when game devs do that.

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[SnapShot]

Imagine being so upset about not seeing his facec ingame, you don't need to see his face to be able to play the game.

 

[muteZX]

.. looks like a random NPC. Punchable face.

 

[SuperBabyMethod]

Doesn’t make a difference. Ethan is an extremely dull and boring character. Hopefully the ending message of the game keeps its word.

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

I mean..... I dont care, Ethan was a terribly written character anyways. I gave no shits about him

 

[sendit]

A white cis male......WTF Capcom! Who wants to rally on twitter and complain?

 

[LMJ]

What's even crazier is...

SPOILER SPOILER ENDING OF RE8 AKA THE VILLIAGE AKA SPOILER SPOILER

At the end of the game when Rosemary and "friend" are driving away you can see a figure in the distance walking, and PC players checked it out and yup, it's Ethen lol

https:// youtu.be/i1eMasqY8Sk

 

[Dave_at_Home]

I've said this before in a different thread but it bears repeating.

I've never seen a lead character from a videogame actually look like he writes about videogames for a living.