I’ve never been a big fan of Rebecca since her very presence in the series feels off, much because of her personality and appearance that simply doesn’t fit right in with the other protagonists. She is basically like a child, especially in Resident Evil: Zero which also happens to be one of my least favorite RE games. She has always felt like the series’s ”anime character” which just comes off as strange when you put her next to more mature and serious like Jill, Chris, Leon, Claire, etc.
But I’m prepared to give this a worthy shot. After all, it seems like it’s going to be a completely original story using the REngine and played in third-person, which already sounds promising enough. Based on the rumors alone, there also seems to be a bigger emphasis on surviving and investigating stuff rather than full blown action. This is the exact type of RE games that I wanted Capcom to continue making after the RE2 remake.
This might be a chance to redeem Rebecca’s character. If they can manage to make her more mature and ”grittier”, it would be interesting to see how she deals with this new type of virus outbreak. If Capcom’s serious about changing her physical appearance to Asian however, I’ll raise my doubts. I see no point in doing so at all...