capcom grabbed the highlight with Sport Awards 2025 Final Thursday’s ceremony included a variety of massive bulletins, together with the discharge of Resident Evil Requiem’s ββnewest trailer and the long-awaited affirmation of Leon Kennedy as a playable protagonist (together with new character Grace Ashcroft).
However this reveal naturally raised different questions and mysteries about how this dual-protagonist strategy would work when it comes to precise gameplay time, particularly because the trailer featured Leon in a wide range of action-packed sequences.
As quickly because the trailer was launched, Akifumi Nakanishithe director accountable for Resident Evil Requiem make clear a number of the questions raised by followers (together with myself) throughout an interview with Automaton.
The principle concern addressed was the general structural sector. In spite of everything, whereas it is thrilling to discover a mysterious new character like Grace, it is equally thrilling to get again to taking part in Leon after over a decade (as Resident Evil 6 was the final mainline title to characteristic him).
And as a fan of the franchise, I discovered the reply fairly thrilling. “Gameplay-wise, the playable sections of Grace and Leon are fairly evenly break up,” Nakanishi revealed. He went on to match the construction of the Requiem as follows: Resident Evil Revelationswhich alternately starred Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine.
The explanation for this 50/50 break up is that every character incorporates a completely different gameplay strategy. In response to him, Leon is “not likely fitted to horror”, so gamers ought to anticipate extra action-focused chapters reasonably than many quiet sections when controlling him.
Nevertheless, then again, Grace is accountable for main the sequences that emphasize the scarier ambiance and gameplay.
βThis time we actually emphasize the variations of their experiences,β Nakanishi additional defined. “It is like two video games with utterly completely different tensions blended collectively. At first I used to be apprehensive that gamers would not be capable to sustain, however now I really feel that the distinction provides the sport a novel rhythm. It is like leaping into a chilly bathtub after taking a scorching sauna (lol).”
In the end, the director defined that the dynamic between Grace and Leon has labored properly to date in growth, and that he believes it’s the “greatest mixture” with the intention to combine sluggish and quick segments into the sport.
Regardless of Leon’s confirmed involvement, Resident Evil Requiem should have some secrets and techniques protected till its launch on February 27, 2026 for PC and consoles.