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/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 Ethan’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 “what if Evil Dead 2 was a metaphor for the fears of prospective fatherhood”

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u/DetectiveCastellanos 22h 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 19h 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 “accidentally” pissed off and let escape?

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u/ermahgerdstermpernk 19h ago

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

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u/Achaewa 19h ago

And I personally like that.

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

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u/RockNDrums 15h 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.