The Resident Evil games have never been afraid to evolve. With their first-person exploration in Grindhouse and Hammer Horror-inspired settingsa radical departure from the previous trilogys third-person-shooter gameplay and B-movie aestheticResident Evil 7 and Resident Evil Village established a brand-new format for the franchise. Now, with rumors that Resident Evil 9 will take the series open-world, it looks like Capcom might once again be pushing the franchise forward into uncharted territory. This could be good news for one particular subset of the Resident Evil fanbase.