Resident Evil 7 turned heads by planting seeds in a classic slasher horror atmosphere only to immediately uproot these new roots and its protagonist Ethan Winters and toss them into a fantasy horror atmosphere with Resident Evil Village. Resident Evil 7 was fully unprecedented regarding what it would achieve and what themes it would produce. It wasnt even clear how precisely or explicitly it would connect to the greater Resident Evil mythology. Resident Evil Village was a true sequel to Resident Evil 7 and even if Resident Evil 9 behaves like a threequel itll have a tough time succeeding Villages absurd inciting incident.