The upcoming Resident Evil: Requiem is slowly revealing more details, courtesy of Capcom. This time, the developers have shared an updated synopsis for the horror title, offering some insight into the story.
According to the description on the official website, Grace Ashcroft remains the main protagonist of the new Resident Evil, despite fans’ hopes to see Leon Kennedy in the lead:
Everything is set in motion when a body—the victim of an unidentifiable disease—is discovered in an abandoned hotel. FBI analyst Grace Ashcroft is assigned to the case. But the crime scene is at the very same hotel where her mother died eight years ago.
Grace prepares to finally face the past and makes her way to the scene, but this one case leads to uncovering the hidden truth behind the outbreak in Raccoon City, the biological disaster that shook the world.
Will this be the requiem that finally lays the memories of that abhorrent disaster to rest?
Grace Ashcroft is described as someone who "demonstrates intense focus and insight in deductive reasoning and analysis" — a loner who has withdrawn into herself after her mother’s death. For that reason, she heads into the abandoned hotel alone.
Resident Evil: Requiem is scheduled for release on February 27 for PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5. A full breakdown of the first trailer can be read here, along with new gameplay details shared by journalists.
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