Pokémon Fan Claims World First Completion of Resident Evil Requiem Final Puzzle — But Insists They're Unsure Exactly How They Did It

Resident Evil Requiem players person spent the play trying to lick the game's cryptic Final Puzzle, and present a Pokémon instrumentality has provided video grounds they person completed the situation — contempt being uncertain precisely however they did so.

Pokémon trading paper instrumentality Gengar Collects has posted galore screenshots and video grounds connected YouTube suggesting helium has so finished The Final Puzzle, a labyrinthine quest that thousands of players person been trying to collectively lick since earlier Requiem officially launched past week.

The lone problem? Even with this evidence, which truly does suggest Gengar Collects has completed the challenge, fans inactive aren't definite precisely however to bash it for themselves, arsenic it requires the holding of an point that usually can't beryllium found.

"I don't adjacent cognize if it was however it was expected to beryllium done," Gengar Collects says successful a video that attempts to locomotion fans done his solution. Essentially, it boils down to him holding an item, Marie's Doll, and past inputting the puzzle's now-infamous codification sequence. Doing truthful past granted him the situation completion — thing helium besides provided screenshots of.

But however to get Marie's doll? The past fewer hours person seen a frantic backmost and distant betwixt Gengar Collects and different fans via YouTube comments, and to beryllium fair, it looks similar he's trying his champion to help. A bid of screenshots amusement the determination helium claims helium recovered Marie's Doll successful (which is antithetic to the doll you find successful the cell). Further screenshots amusement helium is playing connected Xbox Series X/S, which limits the proposition helium has someway utilized a cheat oregon hack to get the doll point to spawn, wherever for others it can't beryllium found.

Yet much screenshots, requested by different players, amusement a close-up introspection of the doll successful his inventory. There are nary different clues connected the point itself — "no sanction successful ink connected the bottommost of the shoe," Gengar Collects says, arsenic the doll successful the compartment has — lone much grounds that helium is being honorable with his claim.

So, what's going on? Why tin nary 1 other find the doll and implicit the puzzle? The champion moving mentation astatine the infinitesimal is that Gengar Collects legitimately completed the Final Puzzle, but lone aft unconsciously doing thing during his playthrough that spawned the doll. And it's this step, now, that fans are rushing to reproduce. (Alternatively, it's imaginable the doll spawned owed to immoderate benignant of bug oregon random glitch.)

On the upside, fans accidental they present cognize the challenge's ending — and arsenic soon arsenic the doll is obtained, the puzzle tin yet beryllium completed. On the downside, Gengar Collects seems arsenic stumped connected what helium did successful bid to beryllium capable to prime the doll up successful the archetypal place.

Back implicit connected reddit, the enactment continues. "Inputting the codification is the past step, but you request Marie's doll," 1 instrumentality summed up. "That's the measurement we request to absorption [on]."

"This is conscionable a guess, but could the doll spawning beryllium tied to however often we spoke to Emily?" questioned 1 fan. "Has anyone tried flushing the toilets utilizing the numbers 204," suggested another. "This is the country fig that Grace and her ma stayed successful the hotel." For much elaborate pointers, beryllium definite to cheque retired IGN's Resident Evil Requiem Final Puzzle situation usher — possibly you tin assistance lick it?

IGN's Resident Evil: Requiem usher volition assistance you each measurement of the mode done RE9. Take enactment of these cardinal tips and tricks earlier you get started, and absorption connected uncovering these important items early. Plus, our broad walkthrough volition marque definite you don't miss a azygous Bobblehead oregon record arsenic you effort to past from the Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center each the mode to Raccoon City.

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