The advertising and marketing round Resident Evil Requiem has not been shy about the truth that the sport can be making a return to the ruins of Raccoon Metropolis, the situation of the primary three video games within the 30-year-old franchise.
Subsequent yr is Resident Evil’s thirtieth anniversary, and bringing the whole lot full circle to the start in RE9 is sensible. However in response to one of many sport’s producers in a brand new interview with VGC, gamers will nonetheless be capable to have enjoyable with the sport even when it’s their first within the sequence.”
“We expect it’s necessary to steadiness the additional enjoyable that you just get from nostalgic Easter Eggs and hints and lore connections in case you’re a sequence fan, versus not making a sport alienating to gamers who aren’t caught up,” RE9 producer Masato Kumazawa stated at Tokyo Recreation Present right this moment. “I don’t need individuals to really feel they need to do their homework to completely recognize this sport.”
Personally? If I’m enjoying the ninth numbered sport in a franchise with an overarching storyline, I might type of anticipate to be alienated and really feel misplaced. Kumazawa continued, saying he thinks that even “in case you don’t know something about it, you’re simply going to play this as a horror sport set in a ruined metropolis, and also you’ll be capable to perceive and luxuriate in it 100%.”
I do know that that is language from a developer promoting a product who doesn’t need to alienate potential consumers who might not have performed the entire different video games within the franchise, however studying this gave me some pause for concern.
“Should you’re a fan and also you see all of the connections and the lore hyperlinks and the background hints and stuff, I believe you’ll get pleasure from it 150%, and it’ll provide you with that additional degree of element, however we don’t need to make it in order that it’s important to know concerning the incident and perceive the connection between that timeline to be able to perceive the sport,” he stated.
That is the ending of a 30-year saga. Shouldn’t or not it’s all concerning the 30 years that got here earlier than it? I really feel prefer it must be anticipated that gamers have some thought what the hell is occurring in the event that they’re going to be exploring the ruins of a metropolis that’s the basis for the whole lot within the franchise that got here after it. I would really like there to be greater than “that additional degree of element,” however I suppose I’m simply being choosy.
I’m anticipating to see some extra new footage of RE9 at a particular showcase at TGS throughout the subsequent week, at which level we must always see the long-rumored return of Leon S. Kennedy. You realize, the primary character from RE2, RE4, and RE6? These are video games that gamers ought to in all probability play earlier than RE9 when it drops in February 2026.
Look, I’m positive RE9 will end up simply effective. I’ve loved mainly the whole lot within the sequence since I first performed it as a baby within the 90s, and it’s one in every of my favourite franchises ever. I simply hope we aren’t lacking out on any potential awesomeness or nostalgia simply to sate potential new followers.
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