The Resident Evil franchise has changed significantly in the 28 years since its inception. From humble beginnings as a zombie-focused survival horror adventure, the franchise gradually grew to encompass world-spanning action epics filled with countless mutated bioweapons and grotesque super-soldiers. With Resident Evil Village diverging further stillgiving players a Gothic-inspired shooter filled with vampires and werewolvesa return to Resident Evils roots runs the risk of being underwhelming.