Final evening, Capcom gave everybody at The Sport Awards the long-expected reveal that Resident Evil Requiem will, in reality, see the comeback of rookie cop Leon S Kennedy as a protagonist alongside Grace Ashcroft. In fact, Leon is not actually a rookie today – however the builders imagine age is barely making him cooler.
If the brand new trailer did not make it clear sufficient, Capcom’s now explicitly confirmed that Leon and Grace characterize two totally different gameplay types. “Grace’s gameplay relies on Resident Evil 2,” director Akifumi Nakanishi explains in an interview printed by Automaton, “whereas Leon’s gameplay contains martial arts and melee strikes, primarily based on Resident Evil 4.”
“One factor’s for positive, Leon isn’t simply good-looking, he is cool personality-wise too,” Nakanishi says. “He is the sort who doesn’t hesitate to sacrifice himself to save lots of others, however he isn’t smug about it, and he has a passionate inside self. I hope you may additionally look ahead to the dry wit and refined sarcasm that solely an older man can carry.”
