Resident Evil Requiem was a giant spotlight from Summer time Recreation Fest’s onslaught of bulletins and trailers. The horror franchise’s ninth mainline installment is taking gamers again to the devastated and iconic Racoon Metropolis, this time enjoying as FBI agent Grace Ashcroft. It releases on February 27 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC.
I acquired to see an off-hands theater presentation of the sport at Summer time Recreation Fest Play Days. What I noticed positively felt in step with the path the collection has taken with Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil Village.
Actually, the vibes had been most aligned with RE7, not less than on this demo. There was a giant give attention to terror, with Grace stumbling round a decrepit medical facility, searching for a method of escape in a first-person perspective.
A number of views
Now, let me bounce to the top of Capcom’s demo proper now. As a result of they did present us that gamers can choose between a primary of third-person digital camera. So for those who want that extra immersive vibe of RE7 or Village, you possibly can go first-person. However for those who’re extra into the traditional third-person perspective, that’s an choice.
Nevertheless, the menu does notice that the sport recommends the first-person digital camera. Once more, that is sensible, since Requiem may be very a lot nonetheless in that RE7 mould.
We additionally noticed another traditional Resident Evil parts. For a lot of the demo, Grace was chased by a corpse-eating monster, one thing that regarded like some type of big, misshapen medical affected person. If you happen to’re conversant in Mr. X from Resident Evil 2 or Woman Dimitrescu from Resident Evil Village, you get the concept right here.
Battle or flight
What we didn’t see a lot of was motion. Capcom did notice that whereas Grace has some firearm coaching, she is just not a fight skilled. That doesn’t imply that the sport gained’t function motion, however I’m not anticipating as a lot capturing as we acquired in Resident Evil 4’s remake. I’m unsure if it’ll even have as fight focus as Resident Evil Village.
However that’s a little bit of a query mark for now. The identical goes for the sport’s scope. The demo befell in a comparatively small space, however I anticipate that Requiem will cowl much more floor. I’m unsure if Capcom is taking Resident Evil full open world, but it surely’s probably we discover extra of Racoon Metropolis than this one facility.
I’m excited to be taught extra about Requiem within the coming months earlier than its launch subsequent yr. Capcom has carried out nice work with Resident Evil for the reason that gentle reboot of 2017’s RE7. I’m not anticipating the nice (and terrifying) instances to finish any time quickly.
