Resident Evil Village Shadows of Rose New Gameplay Showcased at TGS 2022, Features Frost Abilities, Third-Person Gameplay

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After the initial announcement in June and a precious few seconds of showcased gameplay back in July, Capcom has unveiled a new gameplay trailer for the Resident Evil Village: Shadows of Rose story expansion during the Tokyo Game Show 2022.

The gameplay trailer features Ethan Winters’ daughter, Rosemary “Rose” Winters, navigating in third-person through a series of dangerous environments and facing a new set of mutated horrors. Rose also appears to have special frost-based, powerful combat abilities that allow her to quickly and conveniently strike enemies’ weak points.

In Shadows of Rose, players will be especially vulnerable to damage and can die in a single hit from enemies; the trailer shows off such an instance, where a particularly aggressive enemy grabs Rose and “drains” her, in a manner reminiscent of the Harry Potter franchise’s Dementors.

Watch the Resident Evil Village Shadow of Rose new gameplay trailer below:

Here’s some more details straight from the press release:

New footage of the long-awaited DLC premiered at Tokyo Game Show 2022’s Capcom Online Program, showcasing Ethan Winters’ new animations from the highly requested “Third Person Mode.” The video also delved into the twisted realm within the mind of the Megamycete, providing a fresh look at the terrors lurking in “Shadows of Rose.” In this new story set 16 years after the main game, Rose Winters searches for a cure for her powers. However, she must use them to survive her encounters with the Face Eaters. These abilities allow Rose to stun her monstrous pursuers long enough to elude them or target their weak points. Finally, viewers got a glimpse of the new “The Mercenaries Additional Orders” characters in action, including Lady Dimitrescu summoning insect swarms to exterminate her enemies.

Shadows of Rose will be part of the larger “Winters’ Expansion” DLC for Resident Evil Village. The Winters’ Expansion releases October 28, 2022 for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, and for the new Resident Evil Village Cloud on the Nintendo Switch on December 2, 2022. The Winters’ Expansion can now be pre-ordered on all platforms (excluding the Nintendo Switch cloud version) as a standalone or as part of the Gold Edition of the game.

Check out our review of Resident Evil Village here if you’re still undecided about the game.

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