The new mode coming to Resident Evil Requiem subsequent month would require you’ve gotten accomplished the essential sport to be able to entry it.
So, in the event you’re but to complete Leon S. Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft’s adventures in Raccoon City, now could be the time to take action, in keeping with Requiem’s improvement crew.
“It’s a mini-game, and it’s based on the battles in the main game,” director Koshi Nakanishi mentioned in an interview with Japanese web site Denfaminicogamer (through machine translation). “For those who have cleared the main story and are thinking, ‘I still haven’t had enough fun!’, I think you’ll be able to enjoy this and go ‘Whoa!!’, so sharpen your hatchet and wait.”
“This mini-game is content that is unlocked after clearing the main story,” added producer Masato Kumazawa. “So, if you’re planning to play it, clearing the main story during [upcoming Japanese holiday] Golden Week would be just right for you to be able to play it.”
Fans believe this new mode will likely be Requiem’s version of the series usual Mercenaries offering, which usually presents wave-based motion in acquainted areas and the likelihood to play as different characters. Indeed, Resident Evil veterans are hoping to lastly see Sherry be part of the motion, or doubtlessly play as Requiem baddie Zeno.
Beyond this, Requiem will get a meatier addition in the type of correct story DLC sooner or later in the future, although Nakanishi confirmed this was nonetheless a way off. Whether this can reply the mystery of Leon’s new piece of jewellery, nevertheless, stays to be seen. Asked about Leon’s relationship standing, Nakanishi mentioned that extra would seemingly be revealed — sometime. “But,” the director concluded, “that ‘someday’ isn’t now.”
Capcom lately confirmed that Resident Evil Requiem had offered a surprising 7 million copies, enough that it has raised its profit forecast for the year. Not performed it but? There’s nonetheless time earlier than the new mode arrives to get the sport completed. “Resident Evil Requiem successfully splices two separate strains of survival horror together into the one highly infectious new mutation,” IGN wrote, awarding the sport 9/10 in our Resident Evil Requiem review.
Tom Phillips is IGN’s News Editor. You can attain Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or discover him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social
