"The Tragedy of Ethan Winters" (PDF) + Extras [Major Spoilers for Resident Evil VII and Resident Evil Village]

Resident Evil Village Deluxe Edition is not the best premium edition of all time, but it does include content worth taking look at. Essentially, as an official art book, “The Tragedy of Ethan Winters” describes the main stages of development—Resident Evil VII and Resident Evil Village—both via concept arts and the art director’s commentary. This work meticulously dissects a plethora of ideas that have never been given the green light: early designs of the characters and environment, key story elements, and several locations. A large amount of great thoughts did not get enough attention because of tight deadlines and conflicting scenarios. A real pity—the Winters family saga could have gone a drastically different way.

You might easily compare the art book to “Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar”. It provides a lot of useful, high-quality insights into the creative twists and turns and is exceptionally interesting to read, but unfortunately, you cannot navigate through "The Tragedy of Ethan Winters" without having Village launched. Yes, the Bonuses menu is necessary to access concept arts—a staggering flaw that makes the whole experience less enjoyable.

However, I was desperately trying to find a viable solution to the annoying problem, and I think I came up with a solid alternative. Feel free to download the PDF art book from the links below—I hope you will really like the layout! Will the omnipresent spirit of copyright law spare me some mercy?

Oh, and on a side note, do you love sketches?

BEWARE: SPOILERS AHEAD

Keep in mind that the art book is swarming with heavy spoilers. I suggest you refrain from looking through it until you have beaten VII and Village. You have been warned.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/418370/Resident_Evil_7_Biohazard/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1196590/Resident_Evil_Village/

LINKS

Unluckily, the art director's commentary is shown only if you enable HUD on a concept art you are currently viewing. Nevertheless, I managed to put the text and images on separate pages and added the covers so that you can digest the book like a physical one.

I prepared three versions of “The Tragedy of Ethan Winters” as well—it is up to you to decide what exact type of content you want to see.

Click the links below and choose your preferred version:

• “The Tragedy of Ethan Winters” (with commentary and covers)[drive.google.com]
  
  
• “The Tragedy of Ethan Winters” (without covers)[drive.google.com]
  
  
• “The Tragedy of Ethan Winters” (concept arts only)[drive.google.com]
  
  
• THE ENTIRE FOLDER[drive.google.com]

EXTRAS

Ethan is a talented guy, and his notes and drawings are phenomenally stylish, but enjoying Romanian hospitality and sticking to ethical tourism in a secluded mountainous region certainly prevent you from… transforming files into good old PDFs! Am I instead expected to do it? Yes! Have I already done it? Yes! Should you be worried about spoilers? Yes!

Click the links below to download the files:

• Ethan’s notes[drive.google.com]
  
  
• Ethan’s drawings[drive.google.com]
  
  
• THE ENTIRE FOLDER (Ethan's diary)[drive.google.com]

AFTERWORD

Without a doubt, it was your unwavering love for the series that brought you here, and I am sure you will be truly excited to dig deeper into the thrilling details of the Resident Evil universe. My intention is not just to enhance the experience for those who are eager to learn more about their favorite B.O.W.-slaying adventures—I want to express my deepest respect and heartfelt gratitude to CAPCOM for putting a ton of effort into creating a truly authentic feel of the tragedy... the tragedy of Ethan Winters.

Prepare to enter the survival horror once again. And remember…

Fear cannot kill you, but…

[Adrii_Lalii]

Thank you so much!! The work that just you did is fantastic!!

[Mirror Automata]

Fantastic work, good sir!

[Коржик]

Damn it guy, great job!😁👍

[Halileus]

Thanks a bunch, i believe these are gonna help people to find them way easily, for me too

[Salfaden]

Oh my god! Thank You so much bro, I appreciate the work you have done a lot! Now I can view these artworks in detail! Again, thank you so much for this!