Whether gamers are looking for a more intimidating version of Lady Dimitrescu or scarier weaponry for her daughters, modders have already begun to experiment with what's possible in "Resident Evil Village." These are some of their most sinister creations.
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00:00Whether gamers are looking for a more intimidating version of Lady Dimitrescu or scarier weaponry
00:06for her daughters, modders have already begun to experiment with what's possible in Resident
00:11Evil Village. These are some of their most sinister creations.
00:16Sometimes enemies just don't pack enough punch, and players are left trying to figure out
00:19what could make their foes more intimidating. Someone's done that work for Resident Evil
00:24Village fans by giving everyone a sword.
00:26A sword! A sword! A sword! A sword!
00:30JTeg, a user on NexusMods, crafted a mod that does exactly what it promises. Swords
00:36for Daughters allows Lady Dimitrescu's dark, brooding children to carry swords, which somehow
00:41seems more menacing than the sickles developers originally gave them. The mod description
00:46claims that it will, quote, replace the sickle for the daughters with the long swords used
00:50by the Lycans.
00:51In the original conception of Resident Evil Village, Lady Dimitrescu's castle held over
00:56100 daughters, all of whom were witches ready to attack Ethan Winters. Now imagine 100 daughters
01:02with swords. Long story short, Ethan might do well to reconsider coming to this village
01:07in the first place, just like he may have regretted going after Mia at the Baker Estate.
01:11I've made a huge mistake.
01:15Crossovers are a hallowed part of gaming history, even if they don't always work out. One modder
01:19took it upon themselves to create a crossover no one was asking for, but everyone needed.
01:24Even those who are beyond fearing the Reaper will fear the Butcher.
01:33Well, that took a turn.
01:35Pudge the Butcher, a character from Dota, is a large, lumbering menace who carves up
01:39dead bodies. He may not have much in common with the Duke, who aids players by selling
01:43them weapons and items, but there is at least a passing resemblance.
01:47Spyworld's mod Pudge Mask for the Duke gives the Duke a new face, but doesn't change his
01:52overall body or attitude. Still, the result is unsettling. The mask might help counter
01:57a troubling aspect of the Duke's character design that's already received some buzz online.
02:02Many gamers, as well as scholars, pointed out that the Duke's character design employs
02:06fatphobic stereotypes. The Pudge Mask adds another layer to the design.
02:11Every gigantic, creepy castle needs a facelift sometimes, and what better way to decorate
02:16them with statues of yourself?
02:18Replace the armors with Alcina Dimitrescu by ROK turns every suit of armor in Castle
02:23Dimitrescu into a lovely statue of the Lady of the House. You might be wondering why the
02:28switch in decor comes across as creepy. It's important to note that the statues of Lady
02:32Dimitrescu aren't in just any old post. No, these statues depict Alcina in her full glory,
02:39claws outstretched and head lifted proudly.
02:41Seeing the menacing statues should remind you that Lady Dimitrescu could be lurking
02:45around any corner. In fact, it's easy to mistake one of the towering statues for the
02:50real thing. If jumping with surprise every time you open a door is your thing, this mod
02:55is worth the price of admission. This mod should be especially terrifying to Doctor
02:59Who fans.
03:00Come on, do we need to spell it out for you?
03:02The angels are coming for you, but listen, your life could depend on this. Don't blink.
03:08Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead.
03:10True horror often hinges on the theory of the object, which focuses on the tension between
03:15desiring something and fearing it. Nothing describes the division between love and fear
03:19like Lady Dimitrescu's voluptuous body with the face of Thomas the Tank Engine poised
03:24on top.
03:29The description of Count Theodora, a mod by Crazy Potato, claims that the program replaces
03:34Lady Dimitrescu with Thomas from the popular children's television show of the same name.
03:39In reality, it does much more than that. It should go without saying, but Tank Engines
03:44should not have attractive human bodies, nor should attractive human bodies have the
03:47heads of Tank Engines.
03:49The contrast between Lady Dimitrescu's model and Thomas the Tank Engine's unblinkable blank
03:53face feels jarring, and there's something doubly disturbing about the train-faced tall
03:58lady walking slowly towards the player, calm and ready to kill. Video footage of the mod
04:03in action only emphasizes how surreal it is. Count Theodora even takes a shotgun to the
04:09face and keeps on moving.
04:10And now for something completely different.
04:14Ricardo Milos, a Brazilian model who went viral in the early 2010s, is the meme that
04:18just won't quit. Now, you can make Resident Evil Village even more bewildering by transforming
04:23the game's typical monsters into the dancing model.
04:26Modder MarcosRC released the Ricardo Milos mod for his Patreon subscribers, so it's behind
04:32a bit of a paywall, but that doesn't make it any less scary.
04:35The many Milos have a glistening quality to them, like each model has been greased up
04:39and is ready to slip through the dungeons under Castle Dimitrescu, in typical Ricardo
04:44Milos style, the writhing models wear American flag bikini bottoms and a red bandana.
04:49One commenter jokingly said that Lady Dimitrescu had met her match, while another called it
04:54scary and funny at the same time. Whether it's meant to be funny or not, the mod is
04:59certainly uncanny and overwhelming. Nothing says terror like a group of oiled-up models
05:04in your face.