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One thing we know for certain about Resident Evil Requiem is that the game will see a return to Raccoon City. At the end of 1999’s Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, the location was pretty much obliterated following the dropping of a thermobaric missile. According to Dusk Golem, the game’s developers have “been working hard to achieve having good performance on open-level designed areas like Raccoon City.” Apparently, players will have some kind of vehicle to travel around the location. The leaker stopped short of saying what that might be, but in another post, he shared several “out of context” images meant to provide Resident Evil Requiem hints. One of those images showed the Resident Evil movie character Alice on a motorcycle.
Dusk Golem went on to note that Leon’s combat is seeing significant changes compared to past games. The leaker drew some comparisons to The Last of Us Part II, but reiterated that players can expect the game’s “own innovations.” This wouldn’t be the first time we saw a major change that coincided with Leon as a playable character; Resident Evil 4 was the first game in the series to abandon the traditional “tank” controls that the series had been known for.
Surprisingly, it sounds like this Resident Evil game will mark something of an end for the current storyline. Dusk Golem says that he’s not expecting the game after Requiem to be a reboot, but he does believe that this will wrap up a lot of plot threads, specifically related to Umbrella and Raccoon City. It will also deliver a new direction that offers a little more freedom for the developers. As for the story itself, apparently Grace will be stalked by her mother, Alyssa Ashcroft. Alyssa was a major character in Resident Evil Outbreak, but has been dead for many years when the game begins. It also seems that the game’s villains need Grace’s blood for some nefarious purpose.
