Only two months after his announcement during the Summer Game Fest 2025, Resident Evil Requiem We met this week on the occasion of Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. We were able to put our hands on the next installment in the saga, to discover a first terrifying sequence. It must be said that the title of Capcom will arrive quickly enough, since it is already planned to February 27, 2026 sur PS5, XBox Series X/S et PC.
After having offered us a new trailer Tuesday evening, during the Night Live Opening, we were able to discover a first sequence in which Grace Ashcroft, the protagonist of this Resident Evil Requiempasse a dirty moment. Discover our first opinion on this ninth opus of the main saga which promises to be extremely promising now.
Resident Evil Requiem: Welcome back to Raccoon City
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For the moment, Capcom remains very enigmatic around his next Resident Evil Requiem And we don’t know much about the game. The title immerses us in the shoes of Grace Ashcroft, the daughter of Alyssa Ashcroft of the game Resident Evil : Outbreak. Although many rumors confirm the presence of Leon S. Kennedy as a second playable character, for the moment, The latter has still not been confirmed.
Part of the plot should bring us back to Raccoon City, the legendary city where it all started and which was bombed at the end of Resident Evil 3. But, again, Capcom has not revealed more details, not allowing us to know if the whole plot will revolve entirely around Raccoon City or not. Capcom has in any case sold its title to us, confirming that this new opus should define A new era of Survival-Horror.
The demo we were able to play was a duration of approximately 20 minutes. And, unfortunately, it still does not allow us to know a little more about the plot and the context of the game. The sequence started with grace, in bad shapetied the head upside down to a medical bed, with a infusion on his arm. We immediately understand that the young woman was not there of his own free will.
The sequence takes place in what is akin to an old hospital. The only objective of this sequence, It was to escape as quickly as possible. From the first minutes, we feel a heavy atmosphere and extremely transcribed. The first room in which we find ourselves is lit, it does not seem threatening, but we feel a danger and a feeling of discomfort that pushes us to get out of there as quickly as possible.
We are starting to survey the hospital corridors with less and less light. We are in a most classic architecture license Resident Evil. You are at point A and you must reach point B. For that, you will necessarily have to do many detours To recover objects allowing you to unlock access to point B. Here, in this case, the door to access the next room was blocked by a switch that no longer worked. It was necessary change a fuse To reactivate the mechanism.
To install this fuse, you had to unscrew a box, in another room. To unscrew the box, we needed a screwdriver that was somewhere in this hospital wing.
So here we go explorationin this dismal place which will quickly become much more worrying. At the bottom of a dark corridor, lit by a lighter that we found in a room, we come across a corpse. Immediately devoured by A gigantic creaturemaking us think of Lady Dimitrescu (Resident Evil Village) due to its very imposing size.
From there, The demo switch And, now, exploration gives way to A scary tracking. We have to move discreetly, in the dark, to find the famous screwdriver. All, under The moans and the heavy steps of the creature which moves in the corridors of the hospital.
Again, we are in Resident Evil classicwhere you have some places to hide from us. It will be necessary to dose between Patientsso as not to be chased. And timely moment to run, hurry to move certain objects to reach the screwdriver.
Once the latter in your possession, you will have to find the right timing to Return to the fuse room.
Of course, everything will not end well and even if you take all the necessary precautions, The creature will eventually get your hands on Grace. And, that’s when the demo ends. Leaving us in the unknown, with a great time to discover the rest.
Objectively, it is Quite complicated to give a specific opinion on that Resident Evil Requiem For the moment. This demo allows us to be convinced that The atmosphere and the universe of the game seem particularly successful. But the game does not seem to shine by its changes in terms of gameplay (But at the same time, fans want it to change?). It remains to be seen what the history of the title will give.
We did not have time to test Third -person mode. We favored the FPS mode (first person) which was Demo advised pour better immersion. Graphically, the game is really very beautiful thanks to the new version of the Re Engine. Whether it is the environments, the effects, the animations, or the lighting, the game offers us very beautiful visuals.
- Our first opinion
Resident Evil Requiem retains its great share of mystery. Despite a new trailer and this first demo, there is still nothing of its intrigue. On the other hand, this first overview allows us to reassure ourselves on two points: first, we are still in classic, simple and effective resident that will appeal to fans. In a second step, we have a fairly crazy atmosphere, which keeps us in suspense throughout the sequence. This suggests good for the future. We should have new info very quickly since the game is expected to February 27, 2026 And that he will be present at the Tokyo Game Show, at the end of September.
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