Despite enjoying all the trailers and just generally looking forward to any new Resident Evil game I was still surprised by how great Requiem is. While I enjoyed 7 and 8 they were first person and almost entirely with their own little cast so RE9 here celebrating 30 years (blimey…) by calling back to a lot of past storylines and play styles including the option to drop first person entirely really made this feel like the first “proper” new Resident Evil game in a long time (not counting remakes, obviously) So although my overall opinion is pretty obvious even at this point, let’s dive deeper!

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