Capcom can’t idiot die-laborious followers.
Resident Evil followers wish to dive into the following installment. We’ve waited a very good whereas to see the place the mainline collection would go subsequent after Ethan Winters’s storyline wrapped in Resident Evil Village. We’ve since seen Resident Evil Requiem unveiled, together with a model new protagonist. Nevertheless, followers are nonetheless hoping to see collection protagonist Leon Kennedy seem in some unspecified time in the future within the marketing campaign.
When Resident Evil Requiem was unveiled, we discovered that followers had been going again to Raccoon Metropolis. That’s a major transfer, because it’s been many years because the metropolis’s destruction. What’s left is nothing greater than damaged-down ruins of a as soon as flourished metropolis. Yesterday, we had the large new Capcom Highlight that showcased slightly extra data on the Resident Evil recreation. Extra particularly, it was famous that the protagonist was initially supposed to be Leon Kennedy.
Nevertheless, the builders felt that they’d lose the horror side of Leon on this recreation. Leon’s already handled these varied BOWs, so he’s battle-hardened. In consequence, you wouldn’t see Leon as afraid as somebody that wasn’t used to being put in these horrifying conditions. So Leon was dropped in favor of a brand new protagonist, FBI technical analyst Grace Ashcroft.
That mentioned, followers should not satisfied that Leon shouldn’t be displaying up. On Reddit, we’re seeing a ton of feedback noting that it is a misdirection try for Capcom. Whereas we anticipate Grace to play a distinguished position on this recreation, followers are nonetheless hoping for both a second marketing campaign with Leon or at the least some shorter sequences because the character.
In any case, it’s laborious to return to Raccoon Metropolis with out seeing some acquainted faces who had been additionally within the metropolis when it fell. After all, we’ll have to attend and see if this proves to be the case. Because it stands, we’re not anticipating Resident Evil Requiem to be launched till February 27, 2026. When it does launch, you’ll discover the sport out there for the PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X/S platforms. In different information associated to the sport, we discovered that Capcom initially developed this title as a web based gameplay expertise.
