Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - The Baker Family Explained
The ins and outs of the most infamous family in horror video games.
Resident Evil 6 was released in 2012 and it's fair to say it still comes in as the most divisive of any title in the franchise; the formula for the series had grown stale over the years, and the decision to sub out survival horror for overly flashy blockbuster cinematics wasn't received well by either fans or critics.
In response to this, Capcom decided to strip everything back and give the world one of the most genuinely terrifying, character-driven entries the horror genre had ever seen. Resident Evil VII: Biohazard is, quite simply, a great game. It brings back the classic Resident Evil features of tricky puzzles, disgusting monsters and a genuine survival horror feel with sparse resources, but notably has almost all of the action set in just one house with its inhabitants acting as the main antagonists for the game.
The ultimately tragic story of a group of people caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, the Baker family are amongst the most memorable characters ever created for the world of horror video games, with each member of the family boasting their own traits and personalities that are embodied in how they are presented once infected.
Here is all the lore Resident Evil fans need to know about the Baker family.