Resident Evil Requiem Trailer Reveals Bustling City Location, In a What Looks Like a Huge Departure For The Survival Horror Series

Resident Evil Requiem volition diagnostic gameplay acceptable wrong a engaged metropolis environment, a caller Nvidia trailer has revealed — prompting a mixed effect from fans.

Comments connected today's caller Requiem trailer published by Nvidia scope from praise for the look of the determination to daze astatine the information that it exists successful a Resident Evil game.

It's just to accidental that Capcom's endurance fearfulness bid has ne'er featured an country similar this, with cars driving, and pedestrians strolling down a metropolis street. But today's glimpse is conscionable a glimpse, with a fewer shots of the country and a little snippet of protagonist Grace Ashcroft walking along. It remains to beryllium seen however expansive this really is in-game.

"I americium instantly alarmed by this," Resident Evil instrumentality Sakaixx wrote connected reddit, aft seeing the trailer. "RE Engine and unfastened layout truly doesn't mesh well."

"Open satellite and Capcom don't mix," added different fan, EbolaDP.

Others meantime said the metropolis situation looked "gorgeous," and suggested the metropolis was improbable to beryllium unfastened satellite — oregon adjacent overmuch of an unfastened area.

"Bet its conscionable gonna beryllium a 1-minute agelong series wherever you tin lone locomotion guardant until you scope the destination/hotel," suggested Carlossless-World. Others, however, pointed to the information the trailer featured shots of the country during some time and nighttime — though this whitethorn simply beryllium to amusement disconnected Nvidia's tech.

For now, each Resident Evil fans cognize for definite is that this country is successful Requiem successful immoderate capacity, aft antecedently being kept retired of past trailers and marketing. To date, we've seen gameplay sections acold much aligned with Resident Evil's accepted fare: successful a acheronian hotel, and a typically Resi-esque mansion.

Grace Ashcroft walks down a engaged metropolis thoroughfare successful Resident Evil Requiem. Image credit: Capcom/Nvidia.

Even erstwhile Resident Evil has featured municipality areas successful the past, these person ever typically been deserted oregon partially destroyed, specified arsenic successful the sections of earlier games acceptable successful Raccoon City. To see a conception of a city, nevertheless small, that looks consecutive retired of Watch Dogs oregon GTA is eye-opening.

And again, today's trailer highlights however overmuch of Requiem that Capcom has been keeping nether wraps. Until past month, we didn't adjacent person authoritative confirmation that fan-favorite Leon S. Kennedy would look arsenic its co-protagonist — though determination had been galore leaks and whispers that suggested this would beryllium the case.

How overmuch of this metropolis country volition we get to see? Add this to the database of questions fans person of Resident Evil Requiem, alongside treatment of that ominous-looking people connected Leon's cervix that has fans acrophobic for his future.

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