The new third-person mode included in the Winters’ Expansion DLC for Resident Evil Village still won’t show Ethan’s face.
As confirmed in last night’s RE Showcase, Ethan will turn his face away from the player when the camera is turned.
A demo of the game has been released ahead of the expansion release on 28th October, so I was keen to see this for myself.
Third-person mode is selected at the start of the game, but can be changed at any point in the options menu.
Cutscenes, however, are still shown in first person as originally intended. This could potentially be jarring, but in the short demo the transitions are smooth. It does mean you still get that in-your-face experience of Lady Dimitrescu licking your wrists. Yum.