Resident Evil Requiem
Resident Evil Requiem
After a long time away, I finally came back to the franchise that defined survival horror for me: Resident Evil.
I’ll be honest, I skipped 7 and 8. Both of them felt like they’d wandered off into some magic-fantasy direction, drifting away from the main Resident Evil storyline I fell in love with. They were interesting experiments, but they never quite felt like the series I grew up with.
Requiem is different. It takes the best of what 7 and 8 were reaching for and merges it back with the things that made Resident Evil great in the first place. The result is, honestly, one of the best Resident Evil games out there.
Capcom Still Knows How
There’s no question that Capcom knows how to make a game interesting. The director keeps the pace tight from start to finish, never letting a moment drag, and the camera work is at a near-movie level. Every angle feels deliberate, framing the dread instead of just showing the action.
These days, a lot of people have lost faith in big AAA games. Requiem is the kind of release that quietly brings some of that confidence back.
A New Face, an Old Story
The game opens with a brand-new character, and it doesn’t take long before her story starts weaving into our good old Leon’s. From there it pulls you right back to where it all began.
It’s a smart way to move the series forward and honor its past at the same time, introducing someone new while reminding you exactly why you fell for this world in the first place.
Combat the Way It Should Be
The combat is classic Resident Evil through and through, and I mean that as the highest compliment. It will never make you feel like you’re playing Call of Duty. It’s not snappy, it’s not responsive, and that is exactly the point.
Aiming is hard. Your hands shake while you line up a shot. Every bit of that builds the hopeless, terrifying atmosphere pressing in around you. You have to make every bullet count. You have to plan your route carefully before you even step out of a room. It all feels like the classic Resident Evil games on the original PlayStation, that same tension where survival is never guaranteed.
Back on the Throne
Resident Evil Requiem is going to bring the franchise back to an all-time high. This was once the most popular video game series in the world, and then somewhere along the way people kind of forgot about it for a decade.
Capcom seems to have found its magic source again. Between an incredible run of remakes and now this, the series is climbing right back toward the survival horror crown it never should have given up.