We already know Resident Evil Requiem will concentrate on Grace Ashcroft, daughter of Resident Evil Outbreak’s Alyssa Ashcroft. But the brand new protagonist will come throughout different returning characters from the franchise, too, in line with producer Masato Kumazawa. Nevertheless, the developer desires to handle expectations, as rumors mount about Resident Evil 2 and 4 protagonist Leon Kennedy showing within the sport.
Talking with Well Played (by way of Eurogamer), Kumazawa was requested about extra Resident Evil Outbreak characters popping up in Requiem. “I’d say that sure, there are going to be some characters from the previous sequence to return in, however do not over-expect or hype it,” the producer mentioned. “We won’t promise you something about that, however the one factor I can say is that there will likely be characters which were concerned within the Raccoon Metropolis incident concerned within the sport.”
Leon starred alongside Claire Redfield in Resident Evil 2, which was set in Raccoon Metropolis. So he positively suits the standards teased by Kumazawa. On the flip aspect, Capcom defined why Leon was a “dangerous match” for Resident Evil Requiem earlier this 12 months. The caveat and wiggle room right here for Capcom is that Leon was mentioned because the protagonist on this mild, that means that he may nonetheless present up as an NPC. That mentioned, Kumuzawa is clearly making an attempt to mood expectations.
Earlier this month, Kumuzawa opened up about Resident Evil Requiem initially being developed as a web based open-world multiplayer sport. Whereas this model “was enjoyable to play,” Kumuzawa admitted it “wasn’t scary sufficient.”
Capcom believes that Resident Evil will likely be “an unbelievable rollercoaster” for gamers. The survival-horror sport is about to launch February 27 on PC, PS5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and Change 2.