Resident Evil Requiem Review
Resident Evil debuted in 1996, and Requiem, the ninth mainline game, returns to Raccoon City. It also splits the Resident Evil requiem game between two protagonists, Grace Ashcroft and Leon S. Kennedy, and tries to be a horror game and an action game at the same time. So is it scary, or is it coasting on nostalgia? Both, honestly. The story The game takes place about 30 years after the Raccoon City Incident. A string of unexplained deaths drags the city’s history back into view. Grace Ashcroft is an FBI intelligence analyst investigating those deaths. The case gets personal when it leads her to the Wrenwood Hotel, where her mother, Alyssa Ashcroft, was murdered. Leon is back as a veteran agent who has his own history with Raccoon City. Grace is out of her depth and knows it. Leon has seen this before. A scared newcomer paired with a man who has dealt with biological threats for decades works. It
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