Resident Evil Requiem Reviews
Resident Evil Requiem does a good job creating a classic Resident Evil experience, while also giving the characters and story room to breathe through swapping protagonists. Fun (and scary) from the first moment you're jumpscared!
For Resident Evil Requiem, it feels like Capcom is hedging its bets. Do you want to play from a first-person or third-person perspective? It's u...
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Resident Evil Requiem feels like the culmination of everything the series has been building to and building on over the last thirty years.
Resident Evil Requiem is a confident and well-crafted mix of horror and action that continues the series’ modern era quality. Its back-and-forth between survival and power feels deliberate and satisfying, giving both Grace and Leon moments to shine. While a few decisions slightly dull the late-game tension, the environments, audio, and gameplay are crafted with care, making this one of the franchise’s strongest and proving Resident Evil can still reinvent itself while honouring legacy.
Resident Evil Requiem is inarguably a brilliant game with an awkward identity. At its best, especially as Grace, it nails the dense, atmospheric survival horror experience that defined the series, pairing smart level design with tense decision-making and combat that feels weighty and brutal. But as the story shifts the focus to Leon and pivots towards action, it becomes a weaker echo of Resident Evil 4. Ultimately, while Resident Evil Requiem is a blast from beginning to end, it also can't decide what it wants to be, and that is bound to be divisive.
Leon remains an important ingredient as the poster boy for the franchise, but the real key is partnering him with someone without his courage who’s still determined to survive. Resident Evil is no longer choosing between survival or action. With Requiem, it’s finally mastered survival-action horror.
With potent scares and thrilling action, Resident Evil Requiem delivers a memorable experience that successfully combines the series' action and horror sides, while also telling a compelling story that expands the Resident Evil mythos in fascinating ways.
With the ninth Resident Evil game, Capcom combines horror and action. Find out how these two tones blend together in our Resident Evil Requiem review.
Resident Evil Requiem continues the series' winning streak, once again bringing fans everything that is best about it – and this time in a way that satisfies both action and horror enthusiasts. Although the numerous references to previous instalments mean that Requiem cannot be recommended to completely new players, I wasn't bored for a moment. This is not a requiem for the Resident Evil series – but a tribute to its thirty-year legacy.
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One of the absolute peaks of the Resident Evil franchise.
Overall, Resident Evil Requiem is one of the series' best outings in recent years. Delivering on the action and scares, the game shows what makes the franchise so special. It can fall into the trap of fan service, but never falters much in what it sets out to do. Yes, it's February and, yes, it is cliché, but Requiem is already one of 2026's best and an experience that fans and newcomers won't be able to get enough of.
Resident Evil Requiem may not be perfect, but it is more than strong enough. It successfully brings together the series' survival tension and action elements, supported by solid sandbox style level design and improved combat mechanics that offer strong replay value.
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A perfect balance of survival, action, and horror featuring fantastic set pieces, superb combat and plenty of chills that long-time RE fans are bound to love.
Resident Evil Requiem is an intoxicating mix of the series' DNA, blending exhilarating action and palpable horror to make not only one of the best Resident Evil games, but one of the best modern survival horror experiences.
Somewhere in Resident Evil Requiem is a good horror game, but it’s lost in the franchise’s bullshit of retcons, red herrings, and lazy pandering. Any goodwill earned from the cool first half is wasted during the slapped-together mess of the second half. This baggage is weighing down the franchise from reaching its full potential. It tries to please everyone, and in its desperation, it pleases no one.
Requiem's two-pronged experience could have ended up feeling repetitive; it could have been a jarring mishmash of incongruent parts. Instead, Capcom has sewn a connective tissue between fear and thrill. And Resident Evil Requiem finds everything else in the middle of those exhilarating extremes.
Resident Evil Requiem is a pitch perfect love letter to fans of the series. Capcom has absolutely nailed the dual protagonist mechanic which sits at the core of a truly incredible piece of storytelling. The result is a must-play title for those both familiar and new to the series. Put simply, it’s an absolute tour de force.