Resident Evil Requiem

A great return to the old Leon game setting—it'll give everyone a nice nostalgia boost, and newcomers will also find it very interesting and understandable.

And the best part is that they didn't just "pump" Leon for cash; they added new lore through old and new characters.

Plus, two different camera angles for the two characters help immerse you in all the emotions.

Great experiments, and we need to keep it up.

As someone who has played almost every Resident Evil game, I can say that Requiem recaptured the very feeling I love about the series. The tense atmosphere, the constant sense of danger, the excellent visuals, and the attention to detail are instantly reminiscent of the franchise's best games.

I really appreciated how the developers haven't forgotten their roots. It features classic Resident Evil elements of exploration and resource scarcity, along with modern mechanics that make the game enjoyable without ruining the sense of survival.

For me, this is the Resident Evil I was looking forward to. If you've been following the series for a while, you'll likely also feel that the developers have strived to preserve its character while making the game modern. Now all that remains is to wait… Read full

Capcom's painstaking efforts have given us this grand masterpiece, which, under the guise of a franchise revolution, offers the laziest and most stuffy collection of fan service on the bones of our memories. The plot is idiotic: fifty-year-old grandfather Leon suddenly contracts Raccoon City syndrome because a virus dormant for 30 years has decided to awaken for cheap drama, forcing the veteran to endlessly cough, grunt, and duel with axes with seventy-year-old Hunk. Grace's gameplay is a separate masterpiece of logic, where this brilliant FBI analyst, suffering from panic attacks, drags a blind girl through hordes of zombies just so she can read three buttons in Braille, and instead of simply cutting off a corpse's hand strap for a bracelet, we run around the hospital searching for artifi… Read full

Capcom's excellent marketing campaign and the developers' confidence in success, unfortunately, stand in stark contrast to the quality of the final product. This is a short review without spoilers.

Cons:

1. The first and most important drawback is the inability to immediately select Insanity difficulty (it only unlocks after the first playthrough). The problem isn't even that, but rather how Normal (classic) difficulty is implemented. It's too easy. Playing on it doesn't present interesting challenges. It's a horror game for little kids. The game feels casual compared to the 2nd remake.

This leads to a ton of downsides: there's no point in searching for supplies, exploring locations, and leveling up if you're already comfortable with the game, and it's easy enough to play.

2. The inability to… Read full