I'm playing Requiem, surprise surprise.
Spoilers as I go through it. New reblogs with my thoughts will all be below their own cuts because duh, spoilers, my first and final post/reblog regarding will be tagged.
Let's see how long this takes me lol
Does this part really need a read more cut? Well... some may have avoided spoilers like the plague (pun intended considering the series)
Meheeheehee, there he is.... "He" being Leon of course! The thing that got me from curious about Requiem to me guaranteed on buying it. He's so cool. Leon was my first introduction to the series when I was a wee baby Mellz.
Onward.
*me, presses LB*
Oh he just has a hatchet on hand. Of course he does.
*does some combat*
OH HE JUST YEETS THINGS OK
K I had my first death and considering how gruesome the rest of the game is so far the infected just....gumming on Leon's neck was kinda goofy lol. No teeth? No ravaging? No blood spurting from his jugular? Come onnnnn!
I'm not very far at all here. Imagine me streaming or recording a let's play, it'll just be me paused most of the time as I babble about being scared.
Back to Grace. Isn't being upside down that long, like, life-threatening? Anyway I found an empty bottle.... and unlike in Zelda, this does not bring me comfort.
I'm skulking around, crouched down, walking slowly. It'll be over a year before I finish this game istg lmao. I know that stalker(?) enemy monster thing exists and I dread the encounter I wish I never saw it beforehand, it would be easier. The reason I haven't finished RE4Make is because the Regeneradors are imminent. Same here with the thing. I'm scared, and the fact I have to hide makes it so so much worse. RE:E really does make you feel as vulnerable as Grace. I'm much more reckless as Leon (so far).
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Oh thank god a typewriter.
Oh god another bottle....a reminder that I'll have to use them to distract the thing that will soon be chasing me.
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Harriet Jones? Fictional British politician from "Doctor Who" Harriet Jones?!
OH GOD WHYYYY NO
Princess Peach and Ashley Graham.
THERE IS FUCKING IS OMG
It's reveal was fantastic. The elongated hand slowly coming into view and the thing looming over Grace. Terrifying. Have a nice day. Goodbye.
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"What is that thing? What the fuck?" Girl same. I need to turn on the lights. The cover of darkness won't help me.
Dimitrescu was fun to be chased by, this thing is not. Lady D being comically sexy just kept me giggling, she wasn't really scary.
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GRACE WHY DO YOU HAVE TO RUN AT 0.000001 MILES AN HOUR?!?!?
I have headphones on, surround sound helps to know where the thing is but it also helps scare me.
I made it back to the save room after getting the screwdriver and the lights went out. Are the save rooms...not safe...? Unless the lights just went out across the whole building.
FUCK YOU NO WHYYYYY I CANT DO THIS
I fuck with this music
How often is Leon gonna get himself stuck in a chainsaw situation? Come on guy.
LEON gets to be chainsaw man! That was a blast!
"Mission Coordinator" lol ok girl.
Leon and Grace meet.
Oh. Is that it for the thing? Leon just comes and takes it out? It had less screentime than Dimitrescu lol. On one hand, I'm glad I don't have to worry about it anymore (?) on the other, that's it? Kinda anticlimactic but then again, it just reinforces how experienced Leon is.
Leon how many times are you gonna get choked out by a dude 3 feet taller than you?? Get a grip, man! Wait, chainsaws? Freakishly tall men? Leon infected?? IS THIS RE4 AGAIN? Talk about deja vu!
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Back to Grace. I kinda like how quickly you switch characters. I wonder if each perspective will get progressively longer before switching.
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Something about this little girl Grace finds gives me a bad feeling. I saw her before but don't remember if it was said if she was a positive or negative aspect. She looks a bit like Grace, with the hair. Hmmmmmmm... That would be some Kingdom Hearts/Nomura bullshit, wouldn't it? We'll have to wait and see 👀
Thanks bro.
Leon gave Grace his gun, Requiem (THERE IT IS) but it only has one bullet. A single bullet? Thanksssss
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What is that guyyyy??? He choppin away like Jason Voorhees. I do not like how close we have to be to him.
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Thank you Capcom. Of all the examinable things that don't do anything, I am glad we can flush the toilets. Did alot of people try this in beta testing? Is that why it was included?
Uh-oh, a bathtub. RE1 flashbacks. Grace can't do anything about it (yet?) so will it be a Leon thing?
What the fuck is happening
Oh thank god another gun. Sorry to interrupt your dinner fellas but I need this.
The singing zombie isn't as scary as I thought. More annoying. Imagine if ReDeads sang... eugh
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I wanna be Leon again.... I'm so frazzled right now.
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STOP WITH ALL THE EMPTY DRAWERS I'm always hoping for something usefull!
Come here
Closer
Closer, it's OK.
Day 2
Of course i bought the classic menu sounds RE2 was my first Resident Evil. Anyway I'm out of bullets again. I need to stop doing that. I've just entered the garage and the suspense is killing me.
I used one of two requiem bullets on the bulldozing zombie. No way am I wasting one of those. Reload
I like how Grace can carry a whole-ass cooler in her pocket but god forbid I wanna pick up a few bullets when my inventory is full of smaller things.
I unlocked the cooler and now I have to press on. All this suspense is making me feel ill to be honest. I'm such a baby.
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They mutated! I was waiting for that!!! AUGH! I wanna be Leon again, it's not as scary DX At least with Crimson Heads you didn't have to watch them mutate in real-time, in Requiem any corpse left behind might just as you're about to pass!! Are they scripted or random? I suppose "prevents corpses from mutating" implies it's random.
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I'm in cold storage and the heart is there. I saved before grabbing it and I'm just trying to relax before I continue. Why am I even scared? It's irrational, it's not real, it's a game, I know I know! It's not like failure is gonna set me back much or anything is gonna actually harm me. But fear is very real, rational or not lol
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Batteries died. "You need a controller for this game", yeah no shit
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Finally stopped procrastinating and put the heart in the cadaver WHY DID HE HAVE TO WAKE UP. There goes my last requiem bullet....
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I am so, so scared of the isolation ward. Anything that is meant to store bodies, living or dead, is a red alert. WHY am I so afraid of (potential) jumpscares?
There's a locked door with no prompt to open it. I KNOW something is gonna jump outta that room!!
Oh god there are several of them. I gotta use all these curtains to hide from mega-infected don't I? Blister heads, what a vile name for these things.
Hahaha this is messing me up so bad maybe I can finish RE4Make after all...
Oh great! A dead body that totally won't come to life as soon as I either approach or grab the key item.
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She's gonna touch the body.....and he's gonna wake upppppp
Well something(s) sure did!!
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Making my way though halls, walking slow, running slower and FUCK THERES MORE ZOMBIES!!
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Grace is so socially awkward she can't even look a blind girl in the eyes.
Oh fuck do have to carry her the whole way? It isn't far but there's bad guys!!-- Oh good, I can set her down. I'm already vulnerable, I can't take care of a child!
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CRAP THE BIG BOI IS HERE!
I'm going to bed dude...
Stab ur butt
So the Blister Heads are just Crimson Heads again.
Day 3
And 4 I guess.
Day 5
Funny that my Zelda break was a mod that brought me to a zombie-filled town with a giant mansion.
Anyway I'm emptying the pool with all the dead guys - a dead pool if you would haha - and I'm not jazzed about going down there. But I must.
Uuuugh I don't wanna!! I have to go to work soon and I want to get this done before I go.
Whoops I got a bit close to the grinder lol Poor Grace. I should have just left that guy alone. This part wasn't too bad though, glad I was given tons of ammo during it.
Down the log flume! Wheee- Augh!! Imagine how nasty that rancid rot tastes.
Bish you mean to tell me I cannot collect any of this blood?? *pulls lever* Ah. Nevermind.
Btw why isn't my flashlight enough to keep the girl away?! I got all 3 plugs now and I gotta make my way back to HELL'S CELLS!
ESCAPE THROUGH THE ELEVATOR AND I GUESS I CHOSE THE WRONG ONE OK COOOOL GOTTA GO BACK!
This is reminding me of RE2Make with the cells and Mr.X. I was expecting to be accosted by "the girl" in the corridor but I guess not
Nice fakeout there with the leg lol. But ew why can I keep her hand? What's it used for??
"We made it" haha sure honey. I'm suspicious of this pilot. He's got an old war injury? Show me it isn't a bite. He's gonna send Grace to fetch a key in an infested cabin? No I think he has the key and will leave without her. After all Grace and Emily went through I don't trust anyone who isn't explicitly shown to be on Leon's side lol
I'm gonna go back tomorrow and finish a few loose ends before continuing. I wanna try to secure that good ending I accidentally know about.
Day 6 after like a 2 day break
I love how strange the puzzles are in this series. A wine bottle with a DNA helix statuette. Put that in the podium! And now the whole room is an elevator.
I have a feeling I'm supposed to shoot these disposal tanks when these fuckers inevitably wake up.
Gideon's stupid little snort when he locked back in after briefly congratulating himself made me chuckle.
Not me ecaping and choose to just tank the damage instead of using the...uh the tanks.
Oh hey the pilot still there! Oh I was hoping to see some zomies get chewed up by the propellers. Rip and tear! Lol. Oh no. Oh geeze. Not like that. Capcom stop killing black guys who are just trying to help challenge: impossible
NO EMILY
NO GRACE!
What. The fuck. Was that thing? Ew it vomited on me
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AUGH I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WITH HER. LOOK SHE HAS A NEW HAND!
I do kinda feel bad for the Girl.
Why does the hourglass look worse every time I see it....? Yeah I'm just realizing that the sand does indeed flow if you tip it.
NO EMILY!!!!
I didn't shoot her! I couldn't.
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IS THAT FUCKING ALBERT WESKER?!?
SLICKED BACK BLOND HAIR
SUNGLASSES
A POMOPUS AIR ABOUT HIM
WHO ELSE COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE?!
Look I haven't heard his voice from RE4Make yet so idk if this is what he sounds like now. Could be a different actor though.
Could even be a different Wesker entirely since there are more than one as seen in Revelations 2. And that one was a woman.
Then again I remember reading a file in the game a bit ago about transferring memories so maybe it's not he same Albert Wesker but it is Albert Wesker. Wesker 2 Electric Boogaloo. Different Kingdom Hearts bullshit than the one I suspected with Emily's connection to Grace.
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Lol what if Gideon is a good guy but doesn't realize he's working for the bad guys. What if he's trying to help Grace and Elpis is a cure or something.
I need to take my time here in Racoon City. What a trip down memory lane!
Oh look the giant spider that was missing from RE2Make! I guess Capcom heard people's criticisms lmao
Another "run around in circles to fight a giant monster" battle? Come on.
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Leon you know better than to not obscure a computer's webcam!
WHO THE FUCK IS ZENO?! YOU CAN'T BLUEBALL ME LIKE THIS!!
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"Where are all the bodies" idk Leon maybe something ate them. That's what happens here. Where have you been? I'm more surprised about intact newspapers outside despite them being exposed to the elements for nearly 30 years.
This is so fucking funny. Ok I gotta head to work. This was a fun session. I like having a longer Leon segment now that Grace's allegiance seems to have been compromised. Sad trade-off really.
Day 7 and 8
Ooh these zombies are dusty! Dusty and much harder to stagger with a bullet to the knee. How are they even still around? What's been sustaining them? Don't they still need to eat to stay alive? Have they been eating each other? Animals?
This "look around for 3 more locations for these parts you need to progress" is giving Breath of the Wild vibes right now.
It may not be a charming and smarmy merchant but at least I can still get weapon upgrades.
Leon you need to stop making noises. I'm here to get scared ok?
I literally spent like an hour lost because I didn't notice a ladder.
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Found the motorcycle. Yes I know what it's for. Also, before that I found a bunch of torn up BSAA agents and Zeno I guess has telekinesis? Maybe can turn invisible? To rip and tear? Moving on.
CHAINSAW RIP AND TEAR!!!! HAYAHAHA
There is no goddamn way this fuel is still good after almost 30 years but zombies aren't real irl so we'll suspend our disbelief.
ZOMBIES with GUNS. Is this what Call of Duty: Zombies is like?
Ugh this toppled building is messing with me, I'm tilting my head to try to orient myself lol The walking on glass part made me very nervous. Next time I'll let myself fall, just to see how that death looks. I'm about ready to blow up the gate and definitely ready for bed. It's nearly 1 am.
I'm calling it, zombies on motorcycles. Like card games but (potentially) higher stakes. Idk Yu-Gi-Oh gets weird, man.
Goodnight
Day 9
I hate "surive long enough" segments first go 'round. Ok I got everything I need to continue now, time for motorcycle.
From the zombie soldiers, to armored zombies with chainsaws, motorcycle fights... The absurdity of RE6 crawled so RE9 could run. And the game plays this straight, that's why Resident Evil is so fun. It's absolutely stupid, but it's taken so seriously.
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After all that I don't think Gideon is done for yet. Leon S. "Should have worn a helmet" Kennedy.
There's the RPD. I have such fond memories of Raccoon City. Leon, not so much. Also wow this is a very oddly good photo of my tv..
Oh fuck I love that they used footage from RE2Make for Leon's flashback. And the one single note from the RPD's theme as Leon grabs the door handle. Oh. Cheff's kiss. Mwa!
THERES THE TYPEWRITER WE SAVE AT!!! The music is playing, the classic motof, it's beautiful. I changed the music back to default for this and I'm so glad I did before entering.
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I'm very sad right now. Found Marvin's name plaque on his desk, Leon is sentimental.
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I can't recall a single drawer (that I didn't need a key/lockpick for) that actually contained something in this game. I'm sure it's happened but most of them are empty.
I found Jill's beret! And a med bag but LEON won't even check to see if it has anything in it.
The lack of enemies here is making me uneasy.
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Fucking knew it. Kingdom Hearts bullshit. Her name is Chloe and she is, what, one of many copies of Grace. And Grace didn't think Emily looked like a child version of herself?
Oh fun, we're playing an event from Chloe's point of view. I. Hate. Playing as children in situations where they're completely vulnerable. Makes me so anxious lol
IM CORNERED BY REPLICAS!!! I got got. I didn't notice the hiding spot under the table earlier and I got got.
There ain't no way a 7 year old is pulling out a coffin. Don't give me a fireplace poker and NOT let me use it as a weapon!!
I can't imagine being giddy and excited to experiment on children. So unsettling, what a freak.
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I feel so bad for Grace. Her entire existence is a lie. Now I have to deal with a Tyrant! Oh boy oh boy! I got torn in half.
Whenever I drop from a ledge I always worry about Leon's knees and I cringe.
Out of the RPD. Another flackback, this one of Kendo and his daughter. Man I was NOT prepared for that back then.
I wasn't expecting a Tyrant fight so soon, and not for him to be this easy. To be fair, I changed the difficulty when i died during the Chloe segment.
I've descended into the depths below. Was that Plant 43 earlier? Or like, another one?
Day 10. Into the abyss.
There's a big hole
Glad it doesn't take much to take out these individual plant heads (on casual). I do have so much ammo and health restoring items right now, still did before changing difficulty though.
There's so much ambient directional noise it's throwing me off lol. Wait it was a tentacle I didn't notice?
Fought Plant 43, it was just kinda there. Now I'm in the Ark and I see a monster guy in one of those things Mewtwo was in before crashing out. He's moving a bit. I don't like that. Wait shit I zoomed in with my rifle and that's definitely a Licker of some sort. I didn't notice the others because they weren't illuminated by red. Do you think they'll eventually develop Lickers that can see? God I hope not.
I didn't think Leon would have such a big section to play, I'm surprised we haven't gone back to Grace's pov at some point yet. It'll happen, I'm positive.
Happy to know that Umbrella is still using tube tvs despite how super hi-tech everything else is.
Ugh I know exactly what's gonna happen. I'm gonna look at all these computers JUUUUUST in time to watch that Licker bust out of his cryo pod thing.
Or not. Nope I'm being hunted down by Umbrella agents! Are they normal humans? Has Leon ever fought normal humans? Considering they actually go down with one rifle shot to the head I'm sure they're normal.
I died
Lol I can choose to release the Licker right now? What if I don't later? Oh no what if killing it now is a bad ending?! Kidding lol. Unless?
I beg your fucking pardon what it this? I don't like it.
Seriously wtf??
"Ark has now become a key bioweapon production hub for North America. It will continue to bring great benefits to both us and the United States". If the US administration is benefitting off of this and is in on Umbrella's production behind the scenes, that would definitely be on brand if this was real.
Tyrant was provided a coat for "effective human disguise". Bruh that fucker was like 10 feet tall. Mention of Nemesis too. These catalogs are up-to-date as of October 2026 in-game. Does this mean we're gonna encounter a Nemesis Tyrant?
WHO is this guy? His voice sounds familiar, like his actor, not necessarily a previous character. "I'll complete my mission" then I axe his neck right afterwards lmao. Btw this was the first time I parried because I didn't know how to this entire time.
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Leon this glass is as thick as your wrist and you have nothing to say about the fact it's SHATTERD?
The fate of the world is at stake? Who's mind are they trying to control? Is it for the greater good or nah?
Atta girl Grace! You threaten their chances with your life! I wouldn't wanna lose you though... So I guess me and the bad guys(?) have something in common lol For different reasons of course.
Leon shot a big machine and grabbed onto it as it fell so he and Grace could escape. Grace's fear about the descent is giving:
"No way, Leon!"
"Way."
From the original RE4. Leon was so funny in that game. And oh look they're in a dump, just like in RE4. No Regeneradors though.
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Leon passed out, I knew his knees would give him trouble.
Poor Grace waited, scared, rocking back and forth on the floor until he woke up. What else could she do?
I'm glad Leon is allowed to be emotionally vulnerable, he's traumatized and driven make a difference despite it all. He wants to atone for his failure 28 years ago. I really do think Leon is my favorite video game character, sorry Link...
Well... I did want to play as Grace again soon didn't I? And I get Leon as backup to boot! Very cool. I'm near the end game, now aren't I? I'm kinda sad about it. Yeah it took me forever because I'm a scared little baby but I'm having a great time. I can't imagine refunding this game and giving it bad reviews for doing its job so well!
We're parting ways already? That didn't last long. No I don't want to, I'm worried about Leon...
Back to being scared lol. Why didn't Leon give me one of his guns again? He has five! Aw man, Grace has to deal with Lickers. Good thing she's so good at sneaking around and they're thankfully still blind.
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God I didn't notice one on the ceiling and I got comfortable walking normally. Surpised that exploding a zombie with the injection didn't alert it. Oh I just learned you can take out Lickers with them. Cool cool
After powering up the facility I had to watch Leon make his way past the crane. Gotta make sure he can, ya know...?
I found a glass orb I didn't know i needed lol.
Zombies I can't shoot and Lickers who will know if I do. Damn I'm so nervous. Not all these crates are useful hiding spots and I'm short on empty bottles. Will molotov cocktails aggro Lickers to my location or will they act like it was a normal bottle and beeline to where it hit?
Oh thank god your floppy disk lasted this long despite being old and getting submerged in sloppy, bloody water and thank god Umbrella still uses FLOPPY DISKS IN 2026 so you can see it. It shows Alyssa interviewing Spencer.
Back to Leon's pov. He sounds exhausted. Nick really did phenomenally giving his voice to Leon.
Whenever he gets slow because of the virus it's because he has a tummy ache.
I was hoping I would just wait for the elevator since I killed all the Lickers beforehand but then zombies breached their pods.
God Leon I want to comfort him. I'm so attached to him.
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More of the interview. So this entire time Spencer had good intentions? It really didn't go as planned, huh?
Ohp he said it!
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Leon! My baby! I know he's almost 20 years older than me but HE'S MY BABY! I GREW UP WITH HIM I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE RACOON CITY INCIDENT!!
This is it...
Spencer hoped Elpis would help people. This honestly feels like a bad idea since Zeno wants it so badly. But ya know, gotta secure that good ending and save my boy.
Ha! Done in by his own hubris! Oh he's...very much dead.
I fucking knew Gideon was alive. I called it. He's still very much a bastard though, I was wrong about him being secretly a good guy.
Nice how quickly the antiviral worked so Leon can kick some ass!
Boss fight!! NO! I missed with the rocket launcher!! HOW DO I MISS? WITH ASSISTED AIMING?! I'm so pathetic lol
This ain't over. Of course it's not over look he's mutating. Ohhhh that's the Nemesis I asked about earlier?
Pick off the pimples and now it's over. I was worried that the good ending would have technically saved Leon from the virus but still doom them both to die in darkness lol
Emily is ok! "Didn't hit any of her vitals" yeah Leon, maybe but someone can still bleed to death even as a mutated monster. But no I am really happy to know she's ok.
25 hours, 33 minutes, 49 seconds! Most of that was me waiting to stop being scared lol
I'm glad I was able to finish today. So the good ending is determined by the final decision. What did the hourglass, severed hand, and flushing toilets 8 times have to do with anything then?!
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Time to check out the bad ending.
No! Leon baby noooooo. It's so hard watching him get pummeled like that knowing he won't recover from it. Man that's brutal. He didn't turn into a zombie like I expected. Uh, he did get his head blown off. I was expecting a fight with Zeno, maybe one where you're meant to survive as long as possible and eventually lose, kind of like the end of Halo Reach. I'm glad Leon not only survives in the good ending, but he's feeling rejuvenated after getting cured.
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I'm very bad at giving final thoughts on things besides "mm-hmm, it's really good" but here goes
It might be recency bias, since I'm riding the high of finishing RE9 and it prominently features one of my most favorite characters in fiction ever, but right now I think it's my #1 game in the franchise, usurping the original RE4.
The hospital, every part of it was awful in the best ways. I hated it. It was great. Exploring Racoon City in places I've never been was very cool. I was hoping for more time at the RPD. That was initially what got me interested in playing Requiem, though I suppose there wasn't much to do with it in its decrepit state.
Once we got to the Ark things seemed less scary even as Grace. Again probably because I switched to casual difficulty and easier is far less frightening, no duh.
Grace is a great addition to the Resident Evil roster and I'm so charmed by her awkward demeanor and her desire to protect Emily. I do hope we get to see her again, maybe she can carry a game by herself some day. I completely understand shutting down after losing Emily but she really pulled through when she and Leon came together again. I was surprised to see her back at her job at the FBI and more confident at the end of the game, and I hope she and Emily are happy together as a family.
I thought Emily was adorable and very sweet after I realized she wasn't some unfeeling thing with a creepy nature. I'm glad she wasn't annoying! I always worry child characters will be annoying. When she mutated I was shocked, I wouldn't pull the trigger as Leon, but the game demanded he shoot her whether it was player input or not.
Leon. Oh boy where do I start? He's been doing this for nearly 30 years, so he knows what's up. His segments were definitely less scary because he's experienced and armed accordingly. He's vulnerable to Grace when he briefly succumbed to the T-Virus but still has a sense of humor. "Hey you. Just resting my eyes", when he is literally dying. When he sat beside Grace after Gideon's defeat, I thought it was so sweet of him to bring comfort to her in their final moments.
And he's also really fucking hot I cannot pretend to be normal about it I'm sorry it was so DISTRACTING at times.
When Not Wesker showed up I lost my shit thinking who it was. Too bad we don't get to see much of Zeno. His powers would have been interesting to fight against, a potential fight should have been a puzzle in itself since he can dodge bullets.
Gideon was funny, not in a he's intentionally being funny way but his voice just makes me giggle. I'm a liiiiiitle disappointed his first endgame phase was basically the T-501 fight from earlier but now sparky. I don't know how his other mutated form compares to Nemesis in RE3Make so I won't comment on that front. But it was good, not great but good
Maybe I'll appreciate the end battle more on a higher difficulty. I definitely want to play again soon.
Spencer having good intentions (is that right?) was not on my bingo card. Grace being his adopted granddaughter and then Alyssa's adopted daughter sometime later wasn't either. I've seen people talk about plot holes but I thought the story was pretty solid. Maybe i just don't have the smarts to point out the flaws of it or maybe I just don't care because I had fun regardless.
Anyway yeah Requiem was a really good, fun, and scary game. Definitely worth playing, so I'm glad I did. I won't lie and say Leon wasn't my main drive but it definitely took me from interested before to guaranteed play after his reveal.
The devs plan on releasing a story expansion, minigame, and photo mode DLC. I'm looking forward to that!
