{"id":3817,"date":"2025-06-11T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=3817"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:18:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:18:59","slug":"resident-evil-requiem-preview-first-and-third-person-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/resident-evil-requiem-preview-first-and-third-person-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident Evil Requiem preview \u2013 first and third person horror"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Resident Evil Requiem – it seems suitably horrific (Capcom)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Capcom<\/a> has unveiled 30 minutes of gameplay footage for Resident Evil<\/a> Requiem, at the Playdays event at Summer Game Fest, and we\u2019ve seen it all.<\/p>\n

Summer Game Fest 2025<\/a> might have been a bit short on major announcements, but it had the only one that mattered for many fans: Resident Evil 9. Capcom revealed the game is called Resident Evil Requiem<\/a>, but the initial trailer only featured a few minutes of gameplay and it wasn\u2019t clear what it was about or whether new character Grace Ashcroft is the sole protagonist.<\/p>\n

Following the conclusion of Resident Evil Village\u2019s DLC<\/a>, and the wrapping up of the Winters\u2019 storyline, Requiem is poised to be another of the series\u2019 many changes in direction. Although it remains one of the longest-running narrative franchises to have never had a full reboot, so there are plenty of references to the existing lore, even as the gameplay and graphics are taken up a notch, with Requiem serving as the first current gen-only entry in the series.<\/p>\n

Grace appears to be the daughter of Alyssa Ashcroft from Resident Evil Outbreak – which is a surprisingly deep cut, given Outbreak is not well remembered nowadays. Grace seems a more grounded, cerebral protagonist than the likes of Jill Valentine or Leon S. Kennedy (both of whom are rumoured to be in the game<\/a>) but her exact role in the new game is currently unclear.<\/p>\n

The 30 minutes of gameplay started with Grace hanging from the stretcher we see in the trailer, which is revealed to be taking place at the new Wrenwood Hotel location. It\u2019s not clear how she got there, but she\u2019s got a large, bloody bandage seeping on her chest. Grace\u2019s struggles against her tight bonds and hospital blood drip gave me the same visceral claustrophobia I felt when experiencing the Kitchen tech demo<\/a> for Resident Evil 7 at E3 2015 and these feelings were pervasive throughout the whole preview.<\/p>\n

The footage then concentrated on Grace stumbling through a contrasting mixture of eye-bleedingly bright white corridors, filled with sinister looking horse statues, and dark rooms and cupboards full of bloodied body parts. It\u2019s in one of these dark storerooms, while inspecting a corpse, that you get your first jump scare – but it\u2019s only from a rolling bottle, which Grace quickly adds to her inventory.<\/p>\n

This proves to be a bait and switch, as you then get a good look at the disgusting bio-horror hag from the reveal trailer. It devours the head of one of the corpses before turning its attention to Grace. It looks a bit like Lisa Trevor from the Resident Evil remake<\/a>, which was always one of the best additions to that game, but somehow even more slimy and disgusting.<\/p>\n

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