Summary
The upcomingResident Evil Requiemwill give players the choice between playing it in first-person or third-person. For the vast majority of its existence, theResident Evilfranchise has stuck to a third-person view for its main series games. Spin-offs likeResident Evil Survivorused a first-person perspective, but main series releases didn’t embrace the format until the transformativeResident Evil 7launched in 2017. WithResident Evil 7andVillageboth using first-person perspectives, there has been some debate as to what roadResident Evil 9, now known asResident Evil Requiem, should go down.
ModernResident Evilreleaseshave seen Capcom go back and forth from first-person to third-person. As previously mentioned, bothResident Evil 7andVillageused first-person perspectives, but games like theResident Evil 2,3, and4remakes have all used a third-person, over-the-shoulder view. Some fans prefer first-person because they feel it makes the games scarier, while others like seeing their character and believe third-person is a better match forResident Evil’s gameplay. Luckily, the upcomingResident Evil Requiemwill let fans experience the game exactly how they want.
As confirmed by Game Rant,Resident Evil Requiemhas a toggle that lets players switch between a first-person and third-person view. In this way,Requiemfollows in the footsteps ofResident Evil Village’s Winters' Expansion that introduced the feature. Game Rant also got a look atResident Evil Requiemgameplay that featured Grace Ashcroft escaping from an abandoned hospital by finding objects to get past obstacles, which is typical of the franchise.
In Resident Evil Requiem, You Can Choose Between First-Person and Third-Person
Besides the fact thatResident Evil Requiemwill seemingly give players the choice between first- and third-person views, we also know that it will feature Grace Ashcroft as a playable character. However, reliable insider AestheticGamer has said thatResident Evil Requiemwill feature Leon S. Kennedy as its true main protagonist. Capcom has yet to confirm whether Leon is in the game or not, but there are some hints to suggest that he will indeed be featured inRequiemwhen the game launches on July 03, 2025.
Resident Evil Requiem’s release dateis a mere seven months away, and so fans can expect more information about the game to come out at a fast pace. We know thatResident Evil Requiemwill be featured at Gamescom 2025 in August, so fans of the franchise should definitely keep an eye on the big event.
