

According to the post, typewriters will be returning as save points in Resident Evil Village, after being absent from the mainline entries (not counting remakes) since Resident Evil 4. Related: Resident Evil Village Is Reportedly The Middle Chapter In A TrilogyĬapcom has revealed new information, such as the fact that Lady Dimitrescu chases Ethan around, about the upcoming Resident Evil Village via Sony's PlayStation Blog. Typewriters were recently replaced with tape recorders in Resident Evil 7, matching the game's thematic focus on memory and tapes. Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 6 removed the typewriters from the series entirely, as they were co-op multiplayer titles, but they returned in the remakes of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3. Later, typewriters returned in Resident Evil 4, but the ink ribbons did not. The typewriters returned in Resident Evil 2and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, but their inclusion didn't make much sense, as the game were set in the urban environment of Raccoon City. Typewriter-like save points quickly became a staple of contemporary survival horror, as forcing players to use a limited number of saves and travel to specific locations to save progress added to difficulty and tension.

The first Resident Evil game was set in the stately Spencer Mansion, which was filled with old typewriters and ink ribbons that players needed to save their progress. A Resident Evilseries staple is returning, as the franchise's iconic typewriter save points are coming back in Resident Evil Village, but they won't be joined by the annoying ink ribbons.
