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Resident Evil Requiem Devs Say Grace And Leon's Sections Are 'Almost Equally Split,' Detail Leon's Porsche

New details on the game's worst kept secret.

gameinformer.com

Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi told Automaton that Leon and Grace will share the game's runtime equally. "In terms of gameplay, Grace and Leon's playable sections are almost equally split," Nakanishi said. "The structure is similar to Resident Evil Revelations."

Nakanishi added that Requiem is Leon's first return to Raccoon City since his time in Resident Evil 2, "so seeing how he responds to the 'place where it all began' now that he's older is another major point of interest." In terms of designing this more gruff Leon for Requiem, the director said, "Although he's a character who carries a lot on his shoulders, we took a lot of care in refining him to be an 'ikeoji' [a cool/attractive guy]," adding that the reaction to this new trailer made the development team happy.

 

[Team Skoda]

Never played Revelations.. Is that a good thing or a bad thing being structured that way?

 

[NeverYouMind]

Maybe you can sprint to Leon sections as Grace.

 

[GrayChild]

Never played Revelations.. Is that a good thing or a bad thing being structured that way?

Revelations 1 was episode based. The whole structure was similar to a TV show, even with the whole "Previously, on RE: Revelations" thing before each episode.

I just hope the don't do this here.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Never played Revelations.. Is that a good thing or a bad thing being structured that way?

Revelations 2 is a really fun game and I liked the structure in that quite a bit. Essentially the levels were designed to take advantage of both characters' specific set of abilities and you could switch between them to solve things "together".

I don't know if that's what he means or if he's specifically referring to Revelations 1 or what.

 

[adamsapple]

Better than the last act 20 minute Chris fan service segment in Village.

 

[Lokaum D+]

yeah, i just wanted a full RE survival horror game and not half survival, half action.... what a mess.

i think this RE ll flop hard.

 

[Moses85]

i think this RE ll flop hard.

 

[DeepEnigma]

yeah, i just wanted a full RE survival horror game and not half survival, half action.... what a mess.

i think this RE ll flop hard.

Wasn't that pretty much RE2 original and remake?

 

[kiphalfton]

Never played Revelations.. Is that a good thing or a bad thing being structured that way?

It's like the split between Abbie and Ellie in The Last of Us II

Pointless

 

[MiguelItUp]

As long as it's good and it flows well, I really don't care. Just hoping for a good/great outcome. I never played 6 because at the time I thought it looked ridiculous, this still doesn't look like it's THAT level. So, I'm still interested.

 

[Lokaum D+]

Wasn't that pretty much RE2 original and remake?

i think i played a different resident evil 2, maybe the PAL version had only survival horror in it.

 

[adamsapple]

yeah, i just wanted a full RE survival horror game and not half survival, half action.... what a mess.

i think this RE ll flop hard.

Just having Leon in it at least assures it'll be a hit in Japan, he's consistently voted as the most popular RE protagonist.

 

[DeepEnigma]

i think i played a different resident evil 2, maybe the PAL version had only survival horror in it.

But one character played different than the other (stronger). It was also limited to tank controls at the time.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

I like the first Revelations. That being said though, it wasn't about boring af hide & seek gameplay so hopefully it's only in the beginning of the game, cuz boy oh boy do I not want to do this shit more than once.

 

[Lokaum D+]

But one character played different than the other (stronger). It was also limited to tank controls at the time.

"stronger" is different than having 50% of the game survival ( RE1 2 3 7 ) and 50% action ( RE 4 5 6 8 ), i can see this game being really divisive in the community

 

[Efren is G.O.A.T.]

Slower gameplay as Grace sounds great.
Re2-Re4 Leon gameplay sounds great.

Can't fail at this point.

 

[Reaseru]

Leon went from not appearing in the game at all to having a fifty-fifty campaign along with Grace.

 

[DeepEnigma]

"stronger" is different than having 50% of the game survival ( RE1 2 3 7 ) and 50% action ( RE 4 5 6 8 ), i can see this game being really divisive in the community

True, true. It surely will be.

 

[Judge Magister]

I thought this game was going to be RE7, and she would evolve as an FBI Agent.
Famitsu interview says it's RE2 Remake plus RE4 Remake for Leon.
Now is RE Revelations.
I'm confused.

 

[Hector Hall]

Can't we just skip Grace's sections?

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

I don't mind it having some action AS LONG as the level designs are still great as in designed in the metroidvania style of RE 1 to RE 3.

 

[deriks]

Can't we just skip Grace's sections?

Don't say it until you play it

You don't know if will be good or bad

 

[kiphalfton]

Leon went from not appearing in the game at all to having a fifty-fifty campaign along with Grace.

Capcom should have more faith in the new characters.

Yeah they aren't Chris/Jill/Claire/Leon, but the direction RE7 went was good, until they shoehorned "Chris" in.

I think Capcom is worried about sales being negatively impacted if they don't include one of the RE poster children in each game.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Can't we just skip Grace's sections?

 

[Ceallach]

Thats a bummer. I've had enough Leon. Was really looking forward to a new protag

 

[lachesis]

Hmmm.. wonder we'll see 54 yr old Ada now, or she will have some sort of T-virus side effects of not aging?

 

[DavidGzz]

I just played ole boy in 4 Remake. Rather play as Grace 100%

 

[DeepEnigma]

I just played ole boy in 4 Remake. Rather play as Grace 100%

Same. She's pure eye candy.

Probably one of the best looking characters in modern gaming.

 

[Madflavor]

I can see the game having pacing issues if this is the case.

 

[Madserb2023]

Difficult thing to do. It ruined the pacing of the Last of Us 2. It kind of worked in Alan Wake 2 but you were able to pick at various locations who you wanted to play. Can't seem them doing the same thing here. My personal opinion is that they are doing this to please both crowds. Those who like the more slower pace of Resident Evil like the first game. The hotel is very reminiscent of the mansion. The other group is the people who like 8 and RE4 Ramake, which I imagine is what Leon's sections will be like. One issue is Resident Evil 6 kind of tried this.

 

[sainraja]

yeah, i just wanted a full RE survival horror game and not half survival, half action.... what a mess.

i think this RE ll flop hard.

Hopefully this turns out good, but I don't understand why Capcom is dead set on making RE games into action games and trying to position their characters like "real" actors—the new Resident Evil starring "Leon S. Kenndy"... uh what?
It is a weird obsession.

 

[Karim]

yeah, i just wanted a full RE survival horror game and not half survival, half action.... what a mess.

i think this RE ll flop hard.

Yeah guess RE4, Veronica and RE0 remakes are all coincidences

 

[Pasta la Vista]

Id rather they split the modes like orirginal.RE and RE2

 

[The Cockatrice]

Sounds like a 20 to 30 hour game. Day one baby.

 

[Memati187]

Better than the last act 20 minute Chris fan service segment in Village.

They did chris dirty. He wasn't in much in anything in the past since re6.

Village should have been split up between them equally too. But the whole game was shit with vampires, werewolves, puppets and hunchback from notre Dame, so it wouldn't have saved the game.

 

[Ristifer]

I'm just getting more and more excited by what I'm reading.

 

[Memati187]

Id rather they split the modes like orirginal.RE and RE2

Unfortunately this won't have it, if I understand them correctly. 2 scenarios with crossing segments would have been really better.

Also I don't understand people who wanted leon, but the same time complain about action. You can't put leon in and take away his mechanics from re4. That would suck.

 

[Lokaum D+]

Hopefully this turns out good, but I don't understand why Capcom is dead set on making RE games into action games and trying to position their characters like "real" actors—the new Resident Evil starring "Leon S. Kenndy"... uh what?
It is a weird obsession.

I would love an episodic RE game that each game is a new hazard with common ppl as protag.

It takes all the tension when i have to play as a super soldier, Cris, Leon and Jill should be only support characters by now.

 

[Arsic]

yeah, i just wanted a full RE survival horror game and not half survival, half action.... what a mess.

i think this RE ll flop hard.

I think Leon will be 10/10, and Grace will be RE7 retread and mid.

I came for my boy Leon. Grace who gives a fuck?

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

Stop. I can only get so excited.

 

[Danjin44]

I came for my boy Leon. Grace who gives a fuck?

 

[Arsic]

You can keep her. I'll take Jill any day of the week:

 

[Danjin44]

You can keep her. I'll take Jill any day of the week:

I personally find more exciting to play as new character than just keep playing as same character over and over again.

Also I still want proper survival horror in my RE so her section will give me that.

 

[Arsic]

I personally find more exciting to play as new character than just keep playing as same character over and over again.

Also I still want proper survival horror in my RE so her section will give me that.

My worry is it'll be no enemy variety and just cheap jump scares. RE7 mold people got boring fast.

RE2R is the best of both worlds though

 

[Moses85]

You can keep her. I'll take Jill any day of the week:

I am sure, she isnt interested in you

 

[MagiusNecros]

Never played Revelations.. Is that a good thing or a bad thing being structured that way?

It's only good if RE9 gets a Raid mode.

 

[DeepEnigma]

You can keep her. I'll take Jill any day of the week:

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Same, she's cute but annoying at the same time so I can see her getting on my nerves

You can keep her. I'll take Jill any day of the week:

Same

I'm happy Leon is playable in this game, he's my favorite male MC in the franchise

 

[Arsic]

I am sure, she isnt interested in you

But I have a fat cock. Maybe I'll work on my personality to insnare this digital woman soon.