The Charm of Resident Evil's Ethan Winters isn’t Just His Anonymity
Resident Evilis arguably at its greatest when it has players balance a fine line between being able to confidently defend themselves while also being susceptible to tense encounters. This balance is struck when ammunition is low enough that the player needs to micromanage it accordingly and decide when a bullet needs to be fired, as well as when a bullet should be preserved if an enemy can be circumvented. Not everyResident Evilgame needs to be scary to be enjoyable, and in fact many are not scary, butResident Evil’s protagonists are largely at fault for whyResident Evilentries may or may not be that horrific....