Gaming: Can Resident Evil Requiem Finally Make Good On Resident Evil 6's...

Gaming: Can Resident Evil Requiem Finally Make Good On Resident Evil 6's...

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I love it when a developer takes another swing at an idea they didn’t nail the first time. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has a barren and boring sky to explore, likely because it was made for the humble old Wii. Twelve years and a few hardware upgrades later, Nintendo knocked that same idea out of the park with Tears of the Kingdom.

Which brings us to Resident Evil Requiem, a mainline sequel that has multiple protagonists each playing through their own missions in different horror styles. It’s a tantalising pitch, except for the fact that the last time a Resi sequel had that premise, it was the mess that was Resident Evil 6.

If you’ve never had the pleasure, Resident Evil 6 is a hugely ambitious action epic in survival horror drag. A game with multiple campaigns and a whole ensemble cast of protagonists, and essentially every poor bastard who was working at Capcom at the time in the credits. It also stars the iconic bad boy Jake Muller, a new character designed to appeal to young people. Here he is, appealing to you:

Source: PC Gamer