weird magic
'Resident Evil VIII' rekindles the illogical, weird magic of the series
As audience surrogate and everyman, Ethan Winters is not an interesting or wise character. But "Village" eventually turns him into a sympathetic one, painting him as a hapless, entangled victim. By the end of the game, Ethan Winters is no longer the dogged, serious and scared hero of "Biohazard." Unlike the lonely "Biohazard," "Village" ends with a muddy conspiracy and muddier motivations, and at a scale we haven't seen since the loud, ridiculous "Resident Evil 6," all the way back in 2012.