Resident Evil: Requiem review – best elements of series’ past combine

Now, developer Capcom has rejuvenated the series by returning to its survival horror roots with Resident Evil: Requiem.

It picks up on two successful strands from past games. We meet charismatic protagonist Leon S. Kennedy, who carved his bloody way into the memory of every player in the acclaimed Resident Evil 4. The game also offers a first-person perspective, as seen in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017) and Resident Evil: Village (2021), both of which were praised for reviving the series’ horror elements.

Capcom gives Leon support in the form of a new heroine: Grace Ashcroft, a young FBI analyst investigating mysterious deaths among survivors of the T-virus outbreak in Raccoon City – a zombie apocalypse that has been one of the most important cornerstones of the series since the second instalment.