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We don’t have to look any further than the lead character, Grace Ashcroft. She is the daughter of Alyssa Ashcrrfot, who appeared in Resident Evil Outbreak and was directly referenced in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Early screenshots have also definitely shown that we’ll be going back to the police station from Resident Evil 2, though we don’t know if it’ll be fully explorable or just pop up in a cutscene. And those two revelations are just the tip of the iceberg.
As you’d expect given Resident Evil’s popularity, fans on the internet are brimming with theories about what might be happening in Resident Evil Requiem. While some of that fantasy booking is downright wild, there are a few intriguing tidbits that seem possible. One of the most exciting theories making the rounds has to do with an iconic enemy from the original Resident Evil remake that released on GameCube. Capcom created a brand-new enemy for that game, which we haven’t seen much of since.
The Crimson Head in Resident Evil is one of the more ingenious additions to the remake. These fast-moving, high-powered versions of zombies only appear if you kill a normal zombie and don’t burn it. They work so well because the game is a remake. Players who already knew the Spencer Mansion like the back of their hand would amass an armory of bullets, making the survival horror combat relatively easy. Crimson Heads flipped that on its head, giving veteran players a new challenge and incentivizing players to stay out of combat as often as possible.
Despite that, we’ve never seen them in another mainline Resident Evil game. These are popular enemies that up the challenge, which is something you’d think Capcom would love to add for higher difficulties, but it never has. Fortunately, Requiem might be the chance for us to finally see them again.
Now, it’s important to note that there isn’t anything concrete about Crimson Heads making a return. Capcom hasn’t said anything officially, and the early teasers don’t have any hints we can stretch to fit the fan-favorite monster. However, we know that Capcom was working on several new monsters for Resident Evil 2 Remake that had to be cut due to time.
The most famous of these baddies are the Condemned. These were said to be enemies that would haunt Sherry Birkin during the Orphanage section, but ultimately, the team decided to use Brian Irons as the villain to great effect. We know less about another cut villain, but the concept art appears to be a young Licker, just starting to shed its human skin.
