Rebecca Chambers

s Jessica Famularo has claimed that "Rebecca may seem vulnerable, but she’s actually a fiercely loyal companion and capable field medic. Folks love her for her soft, gentle personality — it’s certainly a pleasant contrast to the chaos going on in the world around her." In May 2019, Brittany Vincent of SyFy described Rebecca as a "video game heroine." She also said that "Unlike Jill or Claire, Rebecca never really got a chance to shine after Resident Evil 0, but she kicked enough ass in her one starring game to last the whole damn series. Her bravery in the face of Umbrella's nightmare is the reason why she's May's Video Game Heroine of the Month." In March 2022, Brendan Caldwell of Rock Paper Shotgun noted that Rebecca was a minor NPC who became a major character. Despite saying that "Resident Evil characters have a hard time retaining a personality as it is, she was seen as interesting enough by the developers to make her the co-protagonist of Resident Evil 0."
Joystiqs David Hinkle praised her inclusion in Resident Evil 5s downloadable content, similarly stating "we're all for bringing back." GameRevolutions David Lozada wanted to see a lesser known character like Rebecca on Resident Evil 8. While evaluating which of the Resident Evil heroes is best dressed to survive a real-life zombie apocalypse, Matt Cundy of ' found Rebecca to be "more practically attired than Ada Wong or Jill Valentine" and remarked on her looks of a "pre-pubescent tom boy."
Rebecca also received some negative reactions from reviewers. A Resident Evil designer, Shinji Mikami said that Rebecca is one of his least favorite female character in the series, he said that "she's submissive and not independent". In Tropes vs. Women in Video Games, feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian criticized Rebecca's alternate costumes as overly sexualized, particularly the nurse and cheerleader costumes. One of the essays in Nadine Farghaly's Unraveling Resident Evil also criticized and compared Rebecca to a "typical trope" of "a virgin or tomboy".

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