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Right at the end of Resident Evil Requiem, you\u2019re presented with a choice to seal the fates of Grace and Leon. There are two options, and we trust that you chose wisely, because the outcome of one is certainly much less desirable than the other. <\/p>\n
If you\u2019d like to know about the ending you didn\u2019t choose, you\u2019re in the right place. In the video above, you can see both endings play out, and in the text below you can read how it all goes down. So let\u2019s dive in and explain both of Requiem’s conclusions. <\/p>\n
The Good Ending<\/h2>\n Grace and Leon\u2019s adventure brings them to Raccoon City, the place where all this Resident Evil mess began. While we all know that the NEST secret facility was hiding under the city, Requiem reveals that another lab lies beneath the infamous orphanage: the ARK. There, in the system\u2019s computer files, Grace discovers an unpublished interview with Ozwell E. Spencer \u2013 Umbrella\u2019s mastermind \u2013 conducted by her mom, journalist Alyssa Ashcroft. <\/p>\n
The video reveals that Spencer was eventually remorseful for all the disasters he caused with Umbrella\u2019s viral and bioweapon projects. His push to be a more decent human is shown by his adoption of a baby girl, Grace. Yes, Grace is just a regular girl, and not some genetic key to a virus as villains Zeno and Victor Gideon have suggested throughout the game. And if you pay close attention to Spencer\u2019s wise words, you can read between the lines to work out that Elpis \u2013 the mysterious macguffin at the heart of Requiem \u2013 is not in fact a weapon, but the vaccine for bioweapons. And so when Grace is given the opportunity to release or destroy Elpis, it\u2019s clear which is the right way to go. <\/p>\n
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When Grace releases the antiviral, it initially seems like a great result for Zeno \u2013 a lightning-fast, sunglasses-wearing, slick haired villain who isn\u2019t actually Wesker, despite all appearances. He believes Elpis is the key to ultimate control, and so swiftly injects it. Unlucky for him, the fast-acting serum quickly cures his existing infections, erasing his Wesker mojo and robbing him of the ability to dodge bullets. <\/p>\n
To make things worse for Zeno, an armless Victor Gideon \u2013 Requiem\u2019s lead villain and a former member of Umbrella \u2013 arrives on the scene and claims that Spencer\u2019s plan for Elpis was genius, as a world without virus-based weapons would surely descend into anarchy. Unsurprisingly, he\u2019s very onboard with the idea of uncontained chaos. Zeno, who reveals his true masters to be The Connections (the secret evil corporation from Resident Evil 7 and Village), is angered by all this, but his rage is temporary: he\u2019s quickly decapitated by a rapidly mutating Gideon.<\/p>\n
With a boss fight clearly on the way, Grace gets to work on healing Leon \u2013 who throughout the game has been suffering from stage three T-Virus infection \u2013 with the Elpis antiviral so our hero can take on Victor. Leon makes swift work of Gideon, despite him now having the ability to wield electricity and tear apart flesh with his newly-mutated arm, although in predictable Resident Evil fashion, killing a final boss once just isn\u2019t enough. Gideon mutates into a hulking monstrosity, finally pulling back the curtain on what exactly our not-quite-human villain is: a Nemesis. <\/p>\n
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After shooting a fair amount of pulsating biosack weak points and parrying strikes from tentacles, Gideon is finally defeated. And if that wasn\u2019t Resident Evil enough for you, the entire ARK begins to collapse. With no way of escape, Leon and Grace conclude that they\u2019re goners. But, just in the nick of time, Hound Wolf squad rappel in to save the day. Unfortunately, though, their captain \u2013 Resident Evil\u2019s other big hero, Chris Redifeld, is nowhere to be seen. <\/p>\n
With our protagonists finally safe, Leon informs his handler, Sherry Birkin, that the Elpis antiviral works, and that he has a dose with her name on it (it seems like everyone who was there for the Raccoon City incident is suffering from T-Virus infection). Grace, although free of all the chaos, can\u2019t help but mourn the death of Emily, the young test subject she helped save from Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center before watching her mutate into a bioweapon monstrosity and then get gunned down by Leon. Thankfully, our crack-shot hero theorises she could still be alive because he \u201cdidn\u2019t hit any of her vitals\u201d. What a guy!<\/p>\n
News reports confirm that every shady Umbrella secret is finally being exposed, including the true motivations behind the missile strike that obliterated Raccoon City in 1998. The Connections are also put on blast by conspiracy theorists, who claim the group is secretly controlling the government and are responsible for Alyssa\u2019s death in an effort to cover up their wrongdoings.<\/p>\n
Does Resident Evil Requiem Have a Post-Credits Scene?<\/h2>\n <\/p>\n<\/output><\/p>\n
If you opt to follow the \u201cgood\u201d ending, there is a post credits scene. Set a little while after the events of the game, Grace is back working at her desk as an FBI analyst. A phone call between her and Leon revealed that Emily did survive and now lives with Grace, who is teaching her to read. A photo on Grace\u2019s desk reveals that Emily regained her eyesight, presumably thanks to the restorative qualities of Elpis. <\/p>\n
Oh, and if you take a close look at Grace\u2019s phone, you can see Leon\u2019s phone number displayed. It\u2019s 266-555-0173, if you wanna give that a go. Hopefully Capcom didn\u2019t dox our floppy-haired hero.<\/p>\n
Grace\u2019s boss arrives at her desk to demand her full report on the events that occurred in the ARK and their wider implications. The complete 60-page document is then made available to read in the bonus menu, confirming that this ending truly is Requiem\u2019s canon conclusion.<\/p>\n
In the final post-credit scene, back at ARK, shady soldiers wearing all black and gas masks declare that remaining BSAA forces have been neutralized, and they\u2019re on their way to retrieve the \u201cobjective\u201d before Wolf Squad arrives. This no doubt teases what The Connections have up their sleeves for the events of Resident Evil 10. <\/p>\n
The Bad Ending<\/h2>\n Should you make the mistake of not realising that Elpis is a cure, and decide to opt for the more traditional route of \u201cdestroy the thing that Umbrella made,\u201d you\u2019ll trigger Requiem\u2019s bad ending. After typing in the destruction password, ARK begins to collapse, and Leon, being the hero that he is, springs into action, boosting Grace up to a higher platform so she can escape. Zeno, still loaded with Wesker powers, immediately kicks Leon\u2019s arse, and then unceremoniously holds his gun\u2019s barrel to Leon\u2019s head and pulls the trigger. RIP.<\/p>\n
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Showing no urgency after Leon\u2019s death, Zeno takes one last look at Grace as the platform collapses beneath him and plummets downwards, signalling his apparent end. <\/p>\n
Grace, in shock and with no doubt a bit of survivor\u2019s guilt, rides an elevator up to the surface, where she\u2019s greeted by a rescue team. <\/p>\n
And that\u2019s it! There\u2019s no fancy credits like in the good ending, and no post-credit scenes. The game just finishes. It truly is an anticlimactic bummer. Unsurprisingly, you\u2019re immediately given the option to reload from the moment Grace chooses what to do with Elpis, allowing you to quickly get on with the canon ending. <\/p>\n
Grace\u2019s Report<\/h2>\n <\/p>\n<\/output><\/p>\n
As previously mentioned, completing the \u201cgood\u201d ending unlocks Grace\u2019s final report in Requiem\u2019s bonus menu. This 60-page document details her findings and six decades of Umbrella activity, stretching back to the company\u2019s establishment in 1968. <\/p>\n
Two of the company\u2019s co-founders, Ozwell E. Spencer and James Marcus, were ideologically opposed, which caused a number of issues in the direction of Umbrella\u2019s research. While Spencer eventually demoted Marcus, things were already too far gone. The Connections, the shadowy group who Zeno works for, had been funneling funds to Marcus for years, while also placing moles within the company. By the 1990s, Spencer had lost much of his control of Umbrella, and had retreated to ARK to develop Elpis. <\/p>\n
Elpis was created in secret, and so The Connections were only able to learn minor details through their network of moles. The only significant leak suggested Elpis had the potential to upset the military balance of the entire world, an idea The Connections interpreted to mean some kind of mind control virus. This was, of course, totally incorrect \u2013 Spencer\u2019s creation was an antiviral that would render the world\u2019s bioweapons impotent. <\/p>\n
In an effort to secure Elpis, The Connections lobbied the US government to launch a missile at Raccoon City in the wake of the original T-Virus outbreak \u2013 not to prevent the virus\u2019 spread, but to disrupt the relationship between Umbrella and the U.S. government. By influencing the subsequent criminal trial against Spencer, The Connections ensured he took all the blame for the outbreak, which in turn led to the dissolving of Umbrella. The Connections could then step in and claim the company\u2019s assets, putting them in control of Elpis. All they then had to do was unlock its safeguard system \u2013 a task that led them to Grace, Spencer\u2019s adoptive daughter and, as far as they were concerned, the key to releasing the greatest bioweapon of all. <\/p>\n
Grace theorises that Spencer\u2019s motivations for Elpis were peace and redemption for the many horrors he was responsible for. Not that such a goal could stop The Connections, seemingly the real power behind the world\u2019s problems, from turning the ruins of Raccoon City into a hub for the production and distribution of bioweapons. She concludes that it\u2019s the FBI\u2019s role to investigate The Connections, who largely remain a mystery, and bring justice to those who have died because of their actions \u2013 something that will presumably take us into the story of Resident Evil 10. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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