Why do the devs try so hard to hide Ethan's face?

[Alcoholic]

Even with the upcoming third person mode we still won't be able to see it. BUT WE ALREADY KNOW HOW HE LOOKS LIKE THANKS TO CAMERA HACKS ESPECIALLY IN RE7. This reminds me of Tom and Jerry where barely any human had a visible face. Drop that stupid decision please

[space]

i dunno

why are you so bothered by this

[🪻🧋Sylvie💮🍃]

Because CAPCOM are trying to be secretive as possible.

[dprog1995]

Because Ethan is Ark Thompson. Leon's old pal and he is the main protagonist of RE Survivor.

[YUREKA]

At least his story ends with the dlc. Im glad for that.

[Horror]

resident evil is just silly in general

[AILAD]

Yeah I don't get that either.

[Alcoholic]

Originally posted by YUREKA:

At least his story ends with the dlc. Im glad for that.

You didn't like him as a character?

[Sassanid]

Village was probably my favorite video game ever where I didn't know what the protagonist main character looked like and honestly, I didn't mind at all because it immersed me in to the game more and I felt more like I was the main character, as he had no physical identity. I guess it bothers some.

[YUREKA]

Originally posted by Zorga:

Originally posted by YUREKA:

At least his story ends with the dlc. Im glad for that.

You didn't like him as a character?

i love RE7 and 8 i just dont wanna play as ethan again in RE9 :((

[animal_PLANET]

He's dead, full of mold, and just plain old ugly. No need to see his disgusting face.

[cuss]

Yeah, he's Ugly. HIDEOUS!!!

[Bͥatͣmͫan]

because have you seen his face ? his eyes are poping out of his head *fish eyes* he looks like the football player ozil.
that also explains why the daughter is so fugly.

[dprog1995]

I don't think Ethan is half as ugly as Deus ex 1's characters.

[RJX3029]

Lol poor Rose

She ugly too

At least she grew up right in the artwork section

[Replica]

I assume the answer isn't too exciting and is more along the lines of despite being his own character with motivations, its supposed to be the player immersed through Ethan. They probably decided a face in gameplay would be too jarring for what they wanted.