It’s almost certain that Capcom is working on the next new Resident Evil (and the Japanese company is using the next generation RE engine, RE neXt, or REX), so there’s one aspect worth thinking about.

The franchise has a penchant for bringing back older, beloved characters, but if you take a closer look, something might stand out. The male characters (like Chris Redfield in Resident Evil: Village) look older, meaning they haven’t gotten any younger in the time between games. You don’t see this with the female characters, though Capcom explains this as an effect of the characters being infected. This is exactly the tradition that the Japanese company should break.

The age difference between male and female characters will become more and more noticeable, and in Resident Evil 9 this would be a bad excuse. Therefore, it would be appropriate to have a recurring female character who does not look like she is in her twenties. A good example would be Rose Winters, who survived the events of Resident Evil: Village (albeit at the cost of her father) and whose abilities were shown in the Shadows of Rose DLC. However, she was also infected by the mold, which rapidly ages infected characters (Eveline showed this in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard).

But it’s more likely that the older female protagonists will appear first, so you could put your money on Jill Valentine (who was infected again in Resident Evil 5, so she fought under Albert Wesker…) or Claire Redfield. But we should not follow the example of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (where we saw a very fast aging process). The easiest way would be to age the character in a NATURAL way. No one would criticize that (except those who sexualize the characters in question…).

Capcom doesn’t have such a difficult task, but it’s up to them to make this change.

Source: GameRant