The Chicken’s Guide to Surviving Resident Evil Requiem

You’ll by no means catch me watching a Noticed film. I don’t want even one evening at Freddy’s to know it’s not for me. I wouldn’t even drive previous Elm Road. And but – I’ve performed each single mainline Resident Evil sport going again to the unique in 1996 – together with Resident Evil Requiem (out there tonight for Xbox Collection X|S). It’s simply one of my favourite sequence of all time.  

So collect ’spherical, my leap scare-averse mates. Enable me to put my 30 years of Resident expertise (and my pure immunity to the T-virus) to work to assist you conquer your fears and luxuriate in one of many largest video games of 2026.

Set the Scene 

Some followers will inform you that the best way to play a horror sport is late at evening, lights out, headphones on. Don’t hear to these masochists. Establishing a calming setting goes a good distance to guaranteeing that the terrors in your TV keep there, safely confined to a bit of glowing field on the opposite facet of the room. Resident Evil video games are intense, so to reduce my feeling of dread, I usually play throughout daytime – and aren’t these days getting noticeably longer? 

Hell, activate the lights for some added (lack of) atmosphere, if that helps. Flip the amount down a bit – you don’t want each creaking floorboard spiking your adrenaline in 7.1 encompass. When issues get overwhelming – and they’ll – you possibly can pause, look upon your extra serene environment, and return to the sport when you’re prepared to be horrified as soon as extra.   

Set the Settings 

Now we’re virtually prepared to begin the sport – after a fast cease within the Settings menu to tone down the concern issue. A sport’s issue can actually contribute to its scariness; if you understand dying is lurking round each nook, you’re going to play scared. Luckily, Resident Evil Requiem permits for a Informal sport mode, permitting one to “Loosen up whereas having fun with the story and its puzzles.” See, identical to a comfortable sport! Having performed by means of the sport on Commonplace (Trendy), I discovered the problem balanced, with fairly plentiful ammo and therapeutic gadgets. 

Requiem additionally presents a sequence first: adjustable perspective settings. Whereas the sport will nudge you in the direction of 1st individual digital camera for Grace Ashcroft’s sections, the third individual possibility offers you a bit extra situational consciousness; important when you’re attempting to keep away from detection… which you want to do at any time when doable.   

[Deep Breath] Right here We Go  

OK, now we’re prepared to begin the sport. Whereas Requiem will see you alternate between taking part in as FBI Analyst Grace Ashcroft and Ageless Badass Leon S. Kennedy, early on you’ll spend way more time in Grace’s boots. Whereas impressively courageous, Grace will not be almost so battle-hardened as Leon, which means you’ll spend much more of her time sneaking round, avoiding fight when doable, and working away from unkillable eldritch horrors.  

There’s a trope in horror motion pictures that the monster is at all times scarier whenever you don’t totally know what it seems to be like, and Requiem‘s early scenes make the most of this method masterfully. In an early encounter, Grace encounters a big… factor… at nighttime, and I don’t thoughts telling you that I panicked and ended up sprinting straight right into a lifeless finish. As a substitute of struggling to make my manner out I made a decision to use this as a studying expertise… and simply stood there. The creature quickly got here totally into view: sure, it was horrific, however when it lunged at Grace it wasn’t deadly. It attacked once more, and but Grace was nonetheless standing. It wasn’t till the third assault that I acquired a grotesque Sport Over.

When the sport reloaded, I got here into the scene realizing that I didn’t want to be excellent so as to survive – simply do your greatest and know that can most likely be adequate to show you how to survive. Additionally, strive not to get chased into lifeless ends.  

Sample Recognition: It’s Not Only for Soulslikes! 

New to the sequence, the residing lifeless of Resident Evil Requiem aren’t all senseless shamblers. Maybe due to the recency of being turned, many have retained a shred of their humanity, persevering with to go about what they have been doing earlier than they turned a zombified homicide machine. Except disturbed, orderlies preserve mopping the ground, a prepare dinner chops rancid meat with an enormous cleaver, one other retains the facility invoice low by turning off lights that you just left on.  

As a lot as you might have considered trying to, there’s no want to kill all of them (and Grace doesn’t actually have sufficient firepower to achieve this). However as they observe the pathways that served them in life, you’ll discover that the majority zombies roam predictably, and could be simply distracted or averted by flicking on a lightweight, throwing an empty bottle, or simply staying out of their manner. As soon as you know the way dumb the undead are, they trigger quite a bit much less stress. 

You Can Do This! 

That mentioned, not each abomination within the sport is so simply averted. With out query, Grace’s early scenes encourage probably the most dread within the sport; in the event you can courageous the opening couple of hours, know which you could deal with something the sport will throw at you. Personally, I discover myself most delicate to leap scares once I first begin taking part in a brand new Resident Evil sport.

After a couple of hours, you’ll grow to be extra assured in Grace’s skills, enhance her survivability, and get higher at anticipating when the scares may occur – and the way to react after they inevitably do. Surviving The Worst Evening Ever is why we play Resident Evil video games – if I can have enjoyable doing it, anybody can. 

Resident Evil Requiem is offered tonight for Xbox Collection X|S… however you’re excused in the event you wait ’til the solar comes up.