Resident Evil Requiem is my most anticipated sport, so each new report or leak that comes out about it additional excites me and makes the look ahead to February harder. However then there’s this newest one…oof.
Right here’s your spoiler warning, people. Click on away should you don’t wish to know extra about RE9, even when the leak finally ends up being pretend. You may have been warned.
A supposed leaked picture, initially posted on 4Chan (yeah, I do know) after which re-posted to Reddit, reveals a brand new search for one of many franchise’s hottest characters, and one who’s pivotal to the sequence’ legacy in some ways, together with some Japanese textual content (translated by a Reddit person) describing Capcom’s strategy of modeling characters within the RE Engine. After which there’s some huge pink “CONFIDENTIAL” textual content within the prime proper, as at all times.
So, Leon S. Kennedy is probably going going to be in Resident Evil Requiem. Leakers are saying so, and it might solely be proper for him to return as a send-off on this last chapter of the Umbrella story that Capcom seems to be telling in RE9. Chris has had loads of time to shine (the place are Claire and Jill?!), and so Leon is most certainly to seem on this sport. And that’s precisely who we see on this purported leak.
Grace Ashcroft might be simply one of many playable characters in RE9. Most RE video games had a number of. If we actually are returning to Raccoon Metropolis to shut that chapter, then Leon must be in it. Having mentioned that, if in RE9 he seems like he does on this supposed leak, I’m fairly disenchanted.
He’s principally simply Massive Boss/Punished Snake/Venom Snake from Metallic Gear Strong V: The Phantom Ache. The low-quality image depicts a Zombie in an RPD vest, a bizarre two-headed monster, after which our primary boy. The picture has Leon with the identical precise haircut that he had in 1998, however with some graying to it, and a barely graying beard. And an eyepatch. What.
First, dude, get a haircut. Change your fashion. Rocking the Titanic-era DiCaprio lower 28 years after your first day on the RPD is ludicrous. This places him at round 50 years outdated, give or take, relying on precisely when RE9 takes place. I’m all for expressing your self stylistically, however you additionally need to be age-appropriate.
However then the attention patch? Why? I’ve been making jokes about an outdated Leon displaying up like Previous Snake in Metallic Gear Strong 4: Weapons of the Patriots, a grizzled veteran able to combat his last battles, however this leak makes it appear like Capcom took that concept somewhat too actually.
Thus far, we’ve solely seen glimpses of Grace gameplay from an early part of RE9. With Tokyo Recreation Present arising subsequent week, together with a possible State of Play from PlayStation, I feel we’ll start seeing Leon affirmation in some capability to hype up the sport over the subsequent 5 months earlier than it releases.
I’m pretty sure Leon will likely be in RE9 in some capability, with the chances displaying that he would be the second playable character and motion horror foil to Grace’s pure survival horror. But when he reveals up trying like Kiefer Sutherland’s Massive Boss clone in RE9, it’ll be simply plain bizarre, so I’m hoping this “leak” is a well-made pretend.
Give him the beard, positive, and throw in some graying hair for dramatic impact to remind us all how god rattling outdated we at the moment are (I performed the unique RE2 after I was 9). However change up the haircut and depart the attention patch on the reducing room flooring. Let’s give our man the send-off he deserves.
Replace on Sept. 19 at 3:40pm CT: For what it’s price, the identical leaker who’s adamant about Leon being in RE9 says that the picture is a pretend. Thank Spencer.
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