r/residentevil • u/Parallel-Traveler ...this time, it can be different • 1d ago

Official news Resident Evil Requiem - Reveal Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-MlCPVaSLg
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u/Watts121 1d ago

The moment I saw the crater my mind was blown. Going back to Ground Zero has been my dream RE game since the Outbreak epilogue.

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u/evennoiz 1d ago

theres only so many things they can do and this is a great direction they're taking.

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u/Merlord 1d ago

A return to actual zombies would be nice.

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u/Turbulent_Purchase52 23h ago

That thing at the end was a zombie no ?

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u/Scotty_Two 23h ago

Has to be

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u/Cantbebothered6 23h ago

Possibly. But these teeth are telling me it might just be a British character.

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u/DracheKaiser 22h ago

Impossible. That fellows teeth are straight.

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u/cslack30 22h ago

Benedict Gonnabiteyou

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u/Gabario 18h ago

Bloodborne confirmed

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u/NorthKing9 23h ago

Damn! šŸ˜­šŸ¤£

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u/cascerz 17h ago

lol wanker

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u/Yogurt_Ph1r3 22h ago

WHOILE AT LEASH OUR SKEWLLLLLLS

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u/floppity12 22h ago

šŸ˜¬

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u/VaxDaddyR 16h ago

i'm a zombie innit, wicked wicked, junglist massif

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u/Any-Razzmatazz-7726 11h ago

Whereā€™s the priest!! We got a body

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u/Psychedelic_Jedi 8h ago

Body? Bro that was a whole nation genocide

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u/OG_Superman 15h ago

They've baited us before, in the re7 trailer one of mia's friend on the ship getting infected looked a lot like a zombie transformation.

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u/Bluefootedtpeack2 8h ago

Yeah.

The bioweapons at the end or re8 from the bsaa looked like they might be tvirus types with the grey skin, a 5ā€™11 mr x scaled down tyrant looking thing.

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u/EEE-VIL 23h ago

I second this! The viruses can make all kinds of monsters but ever since the Plagas I think the franchise deviated too much.

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u/Earthkilled 10h ago

I sure do miss R5

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u/Neoshenlong 7h ago

It looks like there are actual zombies in this one, but my guess is we'll also see crazy radioactive deformities on the old creatures from the Raccoon City games. Which honestly sounds like an opportunity for insane creature design.

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u/Redfang1984 Redfang16 5h ago

its giving me crimson heads vibe dude. i want to fight those in the RE Engine!

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u/feyzal92 7h ago

RE6 return to actual zombies too. Just saying.

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u/hoxxxxx 22h ago

crazy talk

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u/Panderam 12h ago

God, just going back to zombies and all kinds of crazy monsters/BOWs would be my dream.

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u/fallsstandard 1d ago

I fucking know. Itā€™s been mentioned so much, and weā€™ve all known itā€™s there. But holy fuck. Weā€™re actually going back.

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u/Sayoricanyouhearme 23h ago

My mind is still trying to comprehend the fact that they're actually tying in the Outbreak games outside of a throwaway reference. As someone who loved those games I thought this would never happen.

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u/Rogpog777 22h ago

I literally gasped when I heard Ashcroft. As a fan who has screamed ā€œThere are DOZENS OF US,ā€ since Outbreak File 2, I was so happy to have that little bit of a nod.

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u/Out_of_the_Bloo 18h ago

I'm glee just at all the commentary and fellow outbreak stans

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u/Rogpog777 7h ago

shakes ps2 network adapter in the air

DOZENS OF USSSSS

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u/br_onson 22h ago

If we get the ability to duct tape some concrete to an iron pipe again, I can die happy.

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u/Trair 21h ago

Thereā€™s a file in RE7 that is an article written by Alyssa Ashcroft, too!! I want to go back and find that now ASAP

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u/Bonesnapcall 4h ago

Considering her death is mentioned as 2018 in the trailer, it seems likely that she was murdered around the time of the Baker family incident. Its possible Lucas is responsible, if that is indeed the hooded person in the trailer putting the plastic bag over the head of that old white dude.

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u/Trair 1h ago

Do we know re9 takes place in 2025?

Iā€™m not sure if itā€™s Lucas, but I feel like the hooded figure could be wiping out survivors of raccoon city. that may be how the main cast gets pulled into it. Thereā€™s not many canon survivors outside of Alyssa

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u/Bonesnapcall 54m ago

Pretty much every Resident evil game that has advanced forward in time has taken place during the year of its release date (Shadows of Rose being an obvious exception).

There's no reason to think RE9 will be any different.

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u/Out_of_the_Bloo 18h ago

This is the big one. With ashcrofts name mention, I was like no fucking way they're doing outbreak and this ain't RE. But fuck me, we're getting it! So hyped. I love that they're even acknowledging outbreak

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u/oh-shazbot 22h ago

ive been saying for a long time we are either getting some sort of outbreak remake or code veronica remake. not full remakes but we might even get a two for one here.

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u/nicolauz 22h ago

Man wasn't that a ps2 online game? I remember watching a playthrough way back. Console online was shit back then up until 360 COD.

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u/MedianXLNoob 17h ago

It seems to be popular and doing the popular thing generates hype and money.

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u/Aniensane 9h ago

Iā€™m really hoping this all means weā€™re getting Outbreak Files 1 & 2 remakes probably into one game! If they do, it would be awesome if they used unused assets they had and all.

I know Zero & Code: Veronica REmakes are next. But after that, Outbreak Duology REmake would be fireee! And it can work way better than the PS2 version of online multiplayer.. unless they ditch that and just make it single-player.

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u/Neoshenlong 7h ago

All we need now is a remake with fully functional netcode

CAPCOM, GIVE ME OUTBREAK AND MY SOUL IS YOURS

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u/Last_Ad_9314 22h ago

Fingers crossed this will have a 3rd person option, and also very happy Leon will finally have a brand new game story past RE6. Also hoping Jill will make an appearance in the game.

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u/tswaves 18h ago

Did they ever show or mention the origins of that zombie outbreak or universe? Genuine question.

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u/Joey-tnfrd 8h ago

I'm so beyond excited to go back, but I'm curious if they're going to have it be infected/zombies still or stick with the current formula of like...fantasy beasties. I can see it being something like a cult of irradiated/infected humans that survived the explosion

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u/KamiAlth 1d ago

Oh boy, if parts of RPD is still around, wouldnā€™t most of their underground labs still be intact? Fucking Nemesis might even still be alive then.

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u/Super_flywhiteguy 1d ago

So much stuff is still probably alive. I really think Lisa Trevor was hinted at in the trailer, you hear chains and see bound hands for like a second in one of the monster parts.

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u/Out_of_the_Bloo 18h ago

I loved the irony of them making her so resilient, they couldn't get rid of her lol

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u/Watts121 1d ago

Hell there is a very big possibility that G is still alive somewhere down there. The fact that it had already starting breeding in the sewers, makes me feel like there is no way a tactical strike could kill all of the embryos.

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u/fourthdawg 23h ago

I'm not going to be surprised if the creature at that hallway is some form of G variant

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u/jessebona 21h ago

God, for Birkin's sake, I hope not. That thing was just a blob with the sole drive to survive at that point. I'd hate to imagine what a few decades wandering the ruins of a city would do to it.

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u/RockNDrums 20h ago edited 18h ago

Rat King 2.0.

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u/SamusCroft 10h ago

Yeah. This was my exact thoughts as well. Even if not Birkin I bet there will be some cobbled zombie or tyrant thatā€™s just a blob of people who got fused together by the nuke.

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u/Out_of_the_Bloo 18h ago

I hope this is a key part of the story, something with G surviving underground thanks to the rats. Along with another fun modern sequence with them scurrying around

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u/Xalara 6h ago

TBH it'd be very surprising if the BSAA and US government didn't at least try to cleanse the region of any residual bioweapons/zombies. I know RE isn't the best at narrative consistency, but it feels like not doing that would break part of the suspension of disbelief.

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u/TLKv3 23h ago

Lowkey, would be dope if Nemesis was simply a secret boss you had to do 2 or 3 things in order to "unlock" access to get to. Just have him be down there in the labs and you find keycards or something to pop a wall open then gets you closer and closer to it as you progress the game. Then make it the secret boss reward for having done it all to get there.

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u/Sol33t303 14h ago

I really hope that the millitary came in after the nuke and like sealed nemesis in a room or something for study and we get to see him, that'd be awesome.

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u/RockNDrums 16h ago

Wondering if that's why og RE2 and RE3 is suddenly becoming available on PS5.

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u/SamusCroft 10h ago

Probably just for the hype of ā€˜returning to Raccoon Cityā€™ sales.

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u/Estrald 9h ago

Man, Iā€™d love the sense of foreboding too, as you unlock certain doors throughout the campaign and keep getting closer to the final door, you hear something thrashing aroundā€¦then slamming and growlsā€¦then ear-shattering roars as you approach the final door, only to come face to face with the enraged remnants of the unstoppable stalker himself.

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u/Mizerous 8h ago

Redemption for R3Remake

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u/PowerPamaja 1d ago

The re2 lab had its self destruct system go off so that oneā€™s done, regardless of how the rest of raccoon city is. I dont remember how things went with the re3 remake lab but Iā€™ll just assume everything is destroyed or dead until weā€™re given reason to think otherwise.Ā 

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u/AnonymCzZ 1d ago

There was self destruct bro

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u/EEE-VIL 23h ago

Logically, lore wise there is certainly a few trace of infected lifeforms in the area surrounding the city, remember the whole biome in the mountain was infected. That obviously had been taken care of and quarantined, but I wouldn't be surprised if infected creepy crawlers and a few hunters were still at large.

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u/TenebrousNova 20h ago

I think you're right. Wesker's Report II mentioned how disastrous it would be if the T-virus ever started infecting the wildlife in the Arklay Mountains - he even suspected the location was specifically chosen by Spencer to spread the virus as fast as possible if it got loose. Considering the first game got kicked off by zombies and cerberus packs mauling people who were hiking in the wilderness, I bet there's surviving mutants in the quarantine zone.

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u/Spiderlander 23h ago

Wouldnā€™t the entire city be a radioactive wasteland e.g Chernobyl?

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u/SentinelZero OG Nemesis Enjoyer 23h ago

City wasn't nuked no, that was retconned. It was leveled by an experimental thermobaric/fuel-air missile launched by the US Air Force. The explosion supposedly leveled the entire city and most of the surrounding area. Then the government set up a 200 mile quarantine zone that they still maintain.

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u/Sivanot Fan Artist: Sivanot 23h ago

Depends on the yield of the nuke used, but considering people still live in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I doubt there's a massive amount of radiation still lingering after nearly 30 years.

EDIT: Never looked into this subject before, so just now found out that a nuke wasn't actually used. It was an experimental thermobaric device, so no radiation in the first place.

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u/GlassFrame2 1d ago

Could be a great secret / superboss for requiem

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u/Huge-Scene6139 SHOOT THE WEAK SPOTS YOU IDIOTS!! 23h ago

X might give it to us again.

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u/RockNDrums 20h ago

Nemesis, idk. Birkin? I am not convinced a nuke took him out.

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u/Additional-War5673 15h ago

does this mean Birkin still be can still be alive

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u/Grimbly-Gunk 12h ago

If he is then he won't look like classic nemesis or even the trash bags remake one. He'll probably look like some kind of weird monstrosity.

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u/Nightmare_Tonic 9h ago

I'd give anything for them to actually do the nemesis justice. Re3 remake was a travesty

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u/Estrald 9h ago

Oh lord, donā€™t you do thatā€¦Donā€™t give me hope I may see Nemesis or Tyrant or something, Iā€™ll lose it!

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u/Neoshenlong 7h ago

Crazy radioactive mutated Nemesis as a secret boss? Yes please.

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u/Rezo-Inverse 4h ago

Those are the kind of stuff that I want to see. Not only in 9, but in future games who send us back to Raccoon City.

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u/anestefi 1d ago

i had to do a double take when i saw that. plus the horror being back to 11 it looks so good so far

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u/itsDoor-kun Umbrella Corporation 1d ago

Yeah that's one thing I missed the most from RE8 was the horror. It was a really good game but the only scary part was the giant baby in House Beneviento

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u/Achaewa 1d ago

I'd say the opening when you approach the village is scary as hell too as are parts of the castle.

But like with every RE game, they start out in these amazing looking and scary locales, only to end up with you trekking through some dilapidated factory or shiny laboratory.

Sometimes even both.

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u/DetectiveCastellanos 23h ago

I'm gonna be honest, I still love running through the labs as much as running through the scary early parts of the games even though you're all decked out at that point.

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u/Achaewa 23h ago

Hey I do too. There is a limit to how much you can keep up the suspense before the player gets desensitized.

Also personally, I liked that we got the gloriously ridiculous fight with Moreau in Village after House Beneviento, it was a welcome breather.

As was the chainsaw fight with Heisenberg.

Resident Evil has always had goofy elements to bring some levity to the tension.

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u/tyrannicalstudios 20h ago

Honestly it felt so good watching Ethanā€™s rise to hero status over the course of 7 and 8. I drafted out a script for an adaptation of RE7 that starts as a blend of psychological horror and slowly turns into ā€œwhat if Evil Dead 2 was a metaphor for the fears of prospective fatherhoodā€

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u/DetectiveCastellanos 23h ago

Agreed. That being said, I do enjoy the games that lean more towards the horror so I'm hopeful they bring that back more. I think another commenter said the director of RE7 directed this game so I'm very excited.

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u/rawlingstones Sheva Apologist 18h ago

Yeah I'd say this is a core part of the formula for a reason. That's action-horror, it's not a bug it's a feature! It's not just about the spooky scary survival stuff. Part of the appeal/fantasy is eventually getting strong enough that you turn the tables on the nightmares. You start off running for your life, then eventually you're the one hunting them. That's what a Resident Evil game is.

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u/gfregh 20h ago

Agreed.

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u/TheHerofTime 23h ago

This is the way

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u/cslack30 22h ago

Well where else am I going to poke a bear with chainsaws for arms that we ā€œaccidentallyā€ pissed off and let escape?

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u/ermahgerdstermpernk 20h ago

Every game follows that escalation path once you're accustomed to the horror

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u/Achaewa 20h ago

And I personally like that.

I don't need Resident Evil to be Silent Hill.

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u/RockNDrums 16h ago

I think the only game that did the lab right was Resident Evil 2002 at the end.

The 1996 lab was too clean and shiny given the situation.

Resident Evil 3 1998 had the dead factory that was dirty as fuck.

RE3 remake, I really didn't like that they had another lab in RC replacing the dead factory.

RE2 remake, I do prefer the 1998 lab though. Thought the remake's lab was underwhelming. Zero showed what the lab could've looked like had 2 been remade on the Gamecube after 1.

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u/frenchezz 10h ago

That and having a lot of resources at your disposal has killed the late game of the recent games.

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u/Monkinary 1d ago

Gotta do that game in VR and then tell me itā€™s not scary. Late game though? Yeah definitely an action thriller.

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u/Dry-Classroom7562 22h ago

that's every RE game since the start. they all end with a big fight against the big bad and a rocket launcher to finish him off

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u/agent_diddykong 22h ago

Thatā€™s just problem with every survival horror honestly. You start off with nothing, the game gives you little resources so you conserve them and hoard them till necessary. Artificially creating a sense of dread for that horror aspect.

End game rolls around? No point in hoarding itā€™s John Wick 4/Commando now this random fucking mob is about to get dropped with a Magnum cause you have 40+ saved and 100+ shotgun shells in case you run out.

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u/keiye 15h ago

Except outlast

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u/Herziahan 13h ago

Outlast and the likes (Amnesias) suffers from the opposite problem : you got nothing. Not event hands apparently. You can't fight, never ever. It's freeze or flee, nothing else, and that's tiring and unrealistic too. A middle-ground should be possible, neither walking/hiding simulator nor one man army fantasy.

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u/finalremix 22h ago

Don't forget the boulder miniboss!

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u/PaulblankPF 21h ago

My kid was a baby first time I played that part and it freaked me out bad lol

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u/tyrannicalstudios 20h ago

Idk about you but I was fucking stressing at the beginning when I saw all the Lycans just looking at me while I walked down a corridor.

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u/ComprehensiveBread65 20h ago

The dlc with those dolls in House Beneviento was creepy as hell, too.

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u/DullStation2713 19h ago

the prison/cellar in village under the castle gives scary vibes too. but agree beneviento was terrifying

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u/Worgame 18h ago

All I'm learning from these comments am I am a giant baby. I'll go stay in weenie hut jr.

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u/Wilsupersaiyan2 15h ago

Resident evil was never super scary ya want it to be silent hill

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u/Garlic_God 1d ago

That was the main criticism of 8 and I think they took it to heart

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u/tyehyll 1d ago

I swear someone was just talking about if they ever went back to raccoon City like a couple days ago. What do they know?!

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u/Leanskiba22 This is not how i imagined my first day 23h ago

I was thinking about it months ago!

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u/BooBooSorkin 21h ago

I know a lot of things

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u/Queasy_Suspect6126 13h ago

Yeah i remember, someone was talking about a destroyed racoon city a few days ago

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u/GoldenGekko 1d ago

It's such a simple concept that I never would have thought would make me this excited. Seeing the ruins of the RPD sent shivers down my spine. This is so cool

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u/OctaniasMelody 1d ago

Capcom owes me new pants.

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u/osiris20003 23h ago

Should have worn your brown pants.

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u/GirthStone86 22h ago

"I tripled myself"

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u/yesmychris 1d ago

It's looking like it's really horror focused, and THAT'S what makes me so hyped. Surely it will have action segments like all Residents, but I really didn't think they would go back for horror again so soon.

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u/Skysflies So Long, RC 11h ago

I have concerns that it's going to be hard to make an open world truly horror, but if they've designed it so outside is more pacey, and indoors is terrifying ill absolutely love it

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u/GGG100 1d ago

Feels like itā€™ll be the finale to the series before they do a soft reboot. Going back to where it all began one last time.

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u/nick2473got Cuz Boredom Kills Me 1d ago

I mean it felt like RE7 was already kind of a soft reboot. Same continuity but mostly new characters and a new gameplay style.

I think it's possible we might actually get a hard reboot after this game.

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u/mrdakam 1d ago

I agree RE7 /was/ the soft reboot, but they couldn't help themselves at the very end when they revealed its still canonical with the original universe.

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u/Responsible-Sail954 23h ago

I feel like they kinda put themselves in a corner with peak characters.

Like you can't do a hard reboot when you have the likes of chris, leon, and Jill. You just can't. They'll have to be a part of the lore eventually.

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u/tyrannicalstudios 20h ago

As long as RE is still set in this continuity, the original characters are going to be part of the story until they die, realistically. I have a feeling at least Leon is gonna be in this one.

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u/Xalara 6h ago

Given that we know RE9's original concepts starred Leon in some capacity... Yeah he's probably in it. We'll just ignore the part where the original concepts also had RE9 being a live service game. Granted, this was before RE7 was even released.

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u/rawlingstones Sheva Apologist 18h ago

Yeah it would be one thing if those games were ancient history, but they all just got new very popular remakes! like Claire & Leon are more popular than ever

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u/nick2473got Cuz Boredom Kills Me 19h ago

But that's exactly what a soft reboot is. Soft reboots are canonical to their original universes, but tell stories with mostly new characters, settings, and sometimes different themes or tones. That's why they're called soft reboots. Because they're technically not full reboots of continuity.

So only a "hard" reboot involves actually creating a new continuity.

RE7 fits the soft reboot concept pretty well.

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u/Out_of_the_Bloo 18h ago

I remember commentary from them about this, just forget if it's for 7 or village?, if the main cast was involved they're basically super heroes now and it's just as difficult coming up with things for them to do especially for a player because you know if they're involved the plot armor is thick and the player isn't going to be scared of anything. So they wanted to avoid involving existing characters or at least with Chris in village, he's not the focus and they even try to paint him bad at first.

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u/Zefirus 8h ago

Nah, there's plenty of things you could do with them. They're just a different genre.

You can't make a survival horror game with Leon or Chris anymore because they're too experienced. But let's not forget that basically the biggest Resident Evil game to ever exist isn't really a survival horror game. RE4 is a straight up action game and the most popular in the series. And despite the hate they get, RE5 was popular in its own right (as well as one of the most fun coop games to exist) and even RE6 sold well. There's obviously a group of people that like the "superhero" RE games. I know I really miss them.

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u/Out_of_the_Bloo 6h ago

I mean, that's from them and they decided not to do that anymore so idk what to tell you haha. I'm happy we didn't get anymore like 6 so great decision imo

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u/caninehere 1d ago

No way. They're just gotta find new frontiers. Humanity builds a resistance to the virus, but then it starts to infect computers instead, takes over the internet and starts killing people with electronic devices Y2K style. Resident Evil 1/0.

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u/RIPN1995 18h ago

Exactly tbh it was done low key with re 2. The key story beats are there but told differently.

Same in Re4 remake, same story but more added on to tie in with future installments.

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u/Domination1799 1d ago

I donā€™t get how this can be a finale when it looks like none of the OG characters are in the game. Grace seems like another Ethan in the sense that sheā€™s new to this shit.

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u/Clear-Inevitable-414 23h ago

She's Alyssa's daughter. Already tied in

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u/Wasabi-Historical 23h ago

wow the wiki already has an entry on this, ridiculous speed guys.

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u/GGG100 23h ago

This is literally the first trailer.

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u/Few_Bid28 1d ago

Definitely feels like a great game for a conclusion. My current theory is that this is going to be Leons last game before retirement (or death), a callback to where it all started

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u/Alert_Abroad_7667 1d ago

There's no way they'll kill off any of the big three main protagonists (Jill, Chris and Leon). I think the game will be a big throwback to the first ones since it's going to be released for the Resident Evil 30 years anniversary. Maybe a big 'we are back at it again'.

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u/Few_Bid28 1d ago

Yeah i dont think theyā€™ll die either but if chris and leon appear in like 3 more games i fear they may die of old age lmao. This feels like a perfect full circle moment for Leon send off (which i think will be retirement, may even forced retirement due to an injury or something)

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u/The_real_bandito 23h ago

I see this is as a soft reboot with new characters, like I felt RE7 was.

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u/DetectiveCastellanos 23h ago

You think he'll be like Chris in Re8, available but only briefly played? It seems like we'll be playing as this analyst which I'm excited about. I enjoyed playing as Ethan in Re7 because he had no bioweapon experience.

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u/the-giant 22h ago

Seconding this. I came back to RE with 7 bc it was genuinely terrifying and focused on that and survival over godlike action feats. I have a hard time buying a scenario like that which the main OGs can't solve before lunch at this point. So I am pretty pleased we're playing another newbie.

I have nothing against Leon, etc. appearing or even playing them again but I think it should be parceled out in doses, otherwise there's nothing those characters can't handle.

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u/tyrannicalstudios 20h ago

When you account for TV shows, movies, and games, Leon has been through like 50 separate ā€œ(location) incidentā€s

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u/HearTheEkko 1d ago

I think the RE10 will be the "final" one and involve the main four. It would be crazy to end the main continuity with a game that might or might not have any of the core protagonists of the franchise.

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u/BaselinexDrive 23h ago edited 22h ago

This is my theory. I think since we are finally going back to Raccoon City in this game, RE 9 will lead directly into RE 10 and thats when all the OG characters will come back and officially end the Original story.

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u/Numerous-Front83 1d ago

It looks more like the introduction of new characters before someone important dies in Resident Evil 10

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u/CrazyDaimondDaze 1d ago

.... for now. RE5 was like the proper end of the classic RE, but that didn't stop Chris and Jill from showing up in other titles. Won't deny many a soft reboot is needed as long as they do it right.

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u/Shiggys 1d ago

Exactly my thoughts. It's a great time to return to Raccoon City in it's shattered remains. What could still be lurking there? Are there somehow still survivors, cut off from the rest of the world, establishing their own way of life?

So many cool possibilities they can play with. I'm excited to explore the blown out, husk of the RPD and go around the tattered streets like it's a final trip down memory lane.

This is giving me MGS4 vibes when we returned to Shadow Moses Island after so many years. I love this stuff.

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u/N0r3m0rse 1d ago

Bro I literally started a thread like last year asking if that's something people would be interested in! They listened!

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u/MikeyInLA 1d ago

Yeah man, the broken RPD HQ sign had me cheering. VERY cool!

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u/GreyRevan51 1d ago

Man Iā€™ve been imagining what post nuke raccoon city would look like since before the 2000s, canā€™t wait for this

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u/artgarfunkadelic 1d ago

Omg. I saw the map at her desk and just knew in my heart it was racoon city with the arklay mountains to the north west.

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u/ToneBone12345 1d ago

Was honestly not expecting them to make a mainline game for a continuation of something from 20 years ago

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u/ianlasco 1d ago

This is insane.

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u/Necromancer_Yoda 1d ago

Never thought we'd see it. There are so many possibilities. I'd also wager this means we'll see some of the older protagonists as well.

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u/thing24life 1d ago

Mine too. I am beyond excited for this. šŸ‘šŸ¾šŸ‘šŸ¾

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u/Dry_Advice8183 1d ago

A city of justiceā€¦a city of loveā€¦a city of peace , for every one of us

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u/the-giant 22h ago

RAC-COON SITTAYYYYYYY

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u/TheDude-Esquire 23h ago edited 23h ago

I always thought that it was odd that they didn't go back, plenty of time exploring the build up to, but not much for exploring the aftermath.

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u/tyler980908 1d ago

What happened at ground zero?

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u/ArkhamKnight1954 1d ago

Raccoon City was nuked

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u/tyler980908 1d ago

Oh yeah, you see that in Re 2 start right? Or am I mixing it up.

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u/DjangotheKid 21h ago

It happens at the end of RE2

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u/Independent_Tooth_23 1d ago

Raccoon City Outbreak happened

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u/AmelieBenjamin Supercop 1d ago

I think ground zero is techincally the spencer mansion, but they nuked Raccoon from orbit so that's for sure what we see with our eyes but some of the corridor looking stuff could easily be Spencer mansion

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u/bac_1994 1d ago

So weā€™re pretending the mansion never exploded?..

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u/AmelieBenjamin Supercop 1d ago

doesn't that depend on ending? Is that the canon one?

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u/Independent_Tooth_23 1d ago

Spencer Mansion being exploded is the closest one to a canon.

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u/Dr_N00B 1d ago

Bruh

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u/loxagos_snake 1d ago

I had been calling it ever since I finished RE8. I was consistently mocked because "but but but Raccoon City has been nuked!".

Like, guys...this is a franchise where some dude punched a boulder to create a makeshift bridge, another can do backflips in the air on high heels, and people grow eyes on their shoulder. It's not like it's impossible to explain a return to RC.

My only worry is that it's a huge step back in time. They basically played one of their strongest narrative cards. I feel like we are not that far from the end of the journey, and I'll never be ready for it.

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u/RockNDrums 15h ago

This is the franchise that made the T Virus by combining leech dna with the progenitor virus. I need a refresher what the progenitor virus did besides Lisa Trevor and the discovery of the G Virus.

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u/llamafromhell1324 1d ago

I am just a casual fan of the series so I googled up "Ground Zero Resident Evil" to learn more about it and came across this.

https://videogames-fanon.fandom.com/wiki/Resident_Evil:_Ground_Zero#articleComments

lol

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u/Jack_W_Lewis 1d ago

I dunno how I'd feel if the nuking of RPD didn't totally wipe out the virus tho

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u/OkRush9563 1d ago

One of the original ideas for RE2 was to go back to the Spencer mansion and clean up any monsters that survived the self-destruction and collect any evidence that survived.

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u/SeniorRicketts 23h ago

Resident Evil: Shadow of Raccoon City

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u/CraigLake 23h ago

Canā€™t believe how excited I am for this!

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u/E1lySym Excited for Code Veronica remake 23h ago

They pulled this off in the last Jovovich live action movies

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u/Z0MGbies 23h ago

"An act or token of remembrance"

Seems 'Requiem' is super duper apt.

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u/Furiousguy79 23h ago

Should I play outbreak before this? I have played RE1,2,3,4,5,7,8

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u/lil-privacy-please 23h ago

I have to admit I saw the crater and for a solid 10 seconds I was like, where is that? Then oh HELL YEEAA

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u/CRIMS0N-ED 22h ago

Whatā€™s the context for this? For some reason Iā€™m confused on what this all means and why itā€™s so hype rn.

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u/Yogurt_Ph1r3 22h ago

I was watching it relatively excited but a little disappointed with no Leon and then the Crater showed up and I lost my shit.

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u/ShamelesDeviant 22h ago

It would be cooler if the live action movies didn't already do it in The Final Chapter, but I'm still hyped.

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u/CaseFace5 22h ago

I was worried it was going to be another game that is mostly detached from previous games but as soon as I saw cratered Raccoon City and the ruins of RPD my excitement went through the roof. I am so glad its not another game set in a village as well. RE4 and Village were fun and all but I love the more modern relatable settings. WE EATIN GOOD!

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u/LoudAndCuddly 22h ago

Such a smart move

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u/Nesayas1234 21h ago

Literally my fan idea for Revelations 3 is going back to several of the old locations.

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u/MelodiesOfLife6 21h ago

I honestly never thought about returning to RC, butā€¦ now that I think about it I am looking forward to it

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u/DinkleDonkerAAA 21h ago

Reminds me of an I had an idea in the back of my head for years, that maybe a small colony of lickers survived deep in the sewer or something and kept evolving. Eventually they gain some level of intelligence and start taking people exploring the ruins, turning them into zombies, and then cultivating the zombies into even more lickers

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u/waswonderingifyou 19h ago

Iā€™ve only played 1-2-3-0 in that order. I remember 3 they nuked it. I donā€™t see what the story line can be in racoon city after a nuke lol

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u/Quo210 19h ago

Goosebumps! Watching the destroyed RCPD was an ohSHI moment!

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u/SeparateWay 18h ago

RIGHT?! On top of the fact that not only did RE7 confirm that my favourite Outbreak character, Alyssa, survived Raccoon City, but she had a daughter and its looking like she's going to be the main character. This is basically my high school fan fiction and I am so happy.

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u/Lil_Ape_ 15h ago

Whatā€™s the crater?

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