

While some gaming experiences are more subtle with horror, like the Lovecraftian influence in The Elder Scrolls, the non-Euclidean nightmare of a rictus-grin Thomas on a huge vampire lady body is immediately unnerving. There is something that surpasses even the weirdest uncanny valley moments about mapping a grinning anthropomorphic train onto the face of the usually regal Dimitrescu. What is the Resident Evil Village Thomas The Tank Engine Mod? This is not Thomas' triple-A game debut, as modders have been adding the "really useful" locomotive to high profile games since 2013. Players can finally face off against the fearsome "Countess Theodara": a horrific melding of Lady Dimitrescu with Thomas The Tank Engine. RELATED: Resident Evil Village: Is Lady Dimitrescu A Vampire?īy far and away the most iconic addition through mods, however, is a time honored tradition in modding. The scope of these mods vary wildly, ranging from accessibility edits to adding fan favorite characters like Albert Wesker and Ada Wong into the game. For context, on the same mod website, Resident Evil 7 only has 21 thousand total mod downloads after 4 years. However, whenever an imposing video game antagonist appears, a mod follows quickly behind to morph them into something ridiculous.ĭespite a relatively recent release, Resident Evil Village is already a popular game on leading mod websites, boasting over 63 thousand downloads on Nexus Mods in just 4 days of release. Using Dimitrescu in this way has apparently paid off for Capcom, as Resident Evil Village currently boasts some incredible sales figures. Check out his other mods while you’re there, some of them also have a train theme.To say Resident Evil Village 's Lady Dimitrescu is popular in the wider gaming community is a huge understatement. Grab the mod at Polarexpresswiz’s Steam Workshop. The mod adds new models, sounds (including the train whistle that will come to haunt your dreams), and some altered spell effects to better fit the experience of doing deadly battle with a colorful flying train. Sir Topham Hatt would be so very, very disappointed. Conductor.Īnd after watching Thomas placidly descend from the sky and immolate an unfortunate Skyrim denizen, I’d have to agree. The mod replaces the dragons of Skyrim with Thomas the Tank Engine and other characters from Shining Time Station, the beloved, cheerful children’s show remembered for talking trains and giving Ringo Starr something to do in the late 80s as the live-action Mr. That’s what Polarexpresswiz, the mad genius behind the Really Useful Dragons mod thought. Is there anything more likely to make an adventurer in Skyrim soil his armor than a distant, but drawing ever closer, dragon roar? How about a cheerful toot?
