Resident Evil 7 DLC "Not a Hero" Stars Chris Redfield

One of the things that people enjoyed most about Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, other than the focus on horror, the tightly-made atmosphere, the return of classic-style puzzles, and a fairly memorable story, is that it deviates pretty wildly from the “plot” of the series so far. You don’t have to have played the previous games, read the tie-in books, or spend a few hours on the fan-run Wikipedia to understand what’s going on: it feels like a new story in a new world.

Spoiler alert, though, anyone who’s reached the ending will know that it still lightly ties itself back to the main Resident Evil chronology by the end, revealing that Resident Evil mainstay Umbrella had something to do with this particular outbreak, and that a “Redfield” was working for them.

We didn’t know if that was series mascot Chris Redfield (he certainly didn’t look like the Gears of War Protagonist in-waiting muscle head we saw in the earlier games) or some distant relative, but a new tweet from Capcom regarding the games next free DLC, “Not a Hero”, revealed it was, in fact, Chris himself… who’d be taking a starring role in said DLC.

"Chris Redfield returns in the free "Not A Hero" DLC for #RE7 this Spring. Who or what is he chasing? Find out soon in this separate story."

So that’s interesting. Series fans will certainly be… well, they might be happy, they might despair that we’re inching closer back to the messy, convoluted mess Capcom is calling a series storyline, but no one is going to turn their nose up to free DLC, so we’ll go ahead and give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it’s good news. Plus, it might reveal why Chris has suddenly decided to start working with, rather than against, Umbrella.

The mysteries are abound.