Ryoutaa Finishes Resident Evil Village After Rematch With Miranda and Ethan’s Final Scene

AKA VIRTUAL — Ryoutaa finished Resident Evil Village on Thursday, playing the game’s last stretch in a single three-hour stream that ran from a sugar-factory level through a rematch with the villain Miranda to the ending, in which Ethan Winters stays behind so the others can escape.

The stream opened with a voice check, as Ryoutaa asked chat whether their voice had gotten deeper, before picking up the story of the young father trying to rescue his daughter, who had been “taken apart like Lego.” The factory section had Ryoutaa farming free items, crafting healing and explosives for boss fights, and selling off surplus ammunition to pay for weapon upgrades. After a short break for something at home, Ryoutaa returned with an apology and went on to a ball-hopping puzzle that took repeated tries, at one point asking aloud whether it was worth the effort before getting through it.

“Don’t underestimate a husband who is looking for his wife and looking for his child.” — Ryoutaa, on Ethan Winters’ resolve

A boss that spewed fire, a section played as Chris Redfield’s squad, and the game’s reveal that the Mia seen at the house had been Miranda in disguise followed. Ryoutaa then spent roughly ten minutes laying out a theory: that Ethan had effectively died in Resident Evil 7 and was kept going as part of the mold, with his mind stored in its network, and that his determination alone let him survive even without a heart.

Ryoutaa put the Miranda rematch to the test with a fully upgraded sniper rifle and won. In the scenes that followed, Ethan collapsed, handed over his daughter and stayed behind. Ryoutaa said Ethan “never abandoned” the others and saw it through until they were safe. Chat filled with crying emotes and messages such as “nooo Ethan,” and one viewer said it felt like watching a movie.

Closing out the series, Ryoutaa said they had wanted to play the game for a long time and had only watched others play it, so it felt fresh. They said they would like to see Rose as an agent in a future entry. They said they would wait for a winter sale before buying the Winters’ Expansion, which includes the Shadow of Rose story, and that the next day’s stream would be a different game.