Teen Tyrant
The Master Debater
Still an interesting choice, during the times when Grace is expected to be unarmed, but less unusual.
Resident Evil: Requiem
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Ikawaru
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Basically confirms the absence of Leon. Well, at least as far as a playable character goes.
Burton
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It just means if Leon is playable it will be more like RE2R than RE4R
Unknown
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I find it incredibly unlikely that Leon’s playable without his signature kicks. It would be a huge backwards step, especially after playing him in 4, in that type of gameplay, it’s kinda what fans would expect from Leon if/when they see him.
RE2 remake is an exception, as it goes back to when he was just a rookie cop.
Turo602
The King of Kings
There's stuff we don't know about the enemies yet that they've been teasing like how they'll require a specific strategy or step in order to kill. Whatever that is, or whatever nature these enemies have, it probably just makes sense that meleeing isn't a wise choice.
I've always hated the notion that these characters somehow don't work in horror games anymore just because they've existed in action games when there's clearly stuff they can do to level the playing field and if Leon is in the game, hopefully this is the route they're going with it. Leon, Chris, Jill, and so on don't have to equal action game.
Burton
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What's the source for this?
Edit: This is the recent RE9 Famitsu interview and I'm not seeing anything about melee attacks?
『バイオハザード レクイエム』にはこれまでとは違う動きをするゾンビが!? グレースはアリッサからゾンビに対してのアドバイスをもらっているわけではない？ 開発陣にいろいろ訊いた【TGS2025】 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
恐怖体験にフィーチャーしたサバイバルホラー最新作『バイオハザード レクイエム』。TGS2025にて初プレイアブル出展され、話題沸騰中の本作開発陣にインタビューを敢行。
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Unknown
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Regardless of what they do to level the playing field (which I agree is possible with the right design choices) I just can’t believe Chris or Leon will ever be restricted to weapons only for every enemy.
It was actually our friend Dusk who put up some translations. But it wasn’t from an online article, it was a magazine.
Burton
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Thanks. Here is the full post:
The article mentions a couple of times that RE9 is more like RE2 than Village or RE4:
"The game doesn't have melee attacks, no punches or kicks, wanted resourceful combat loops more about survival. Progression in RE9 is more akin to RE1 & RE2 where you explore, backtrack, open up locations, solve puzzles, than forward momentum progress like RE:3, RE:4 or Village. For the horror & action balance, he says there's more action than RE7, but less action than RE:4 or Village. He thinks RE:2 is closest to the balance he's aimed for."
So I'm assuming they decided to drop the punches and kicks in favour of more RE2R style combat and resource management. Nakanishi is a big fan of RE2 and not so much the action era. He has explained before that the first game he worked on for Capcom was RE5 and when he went back and played RE2 he remembered what the series used to be like which influenced him when he developed RE7.
Ok so now you think Leon is not going to be playable. I notice Dusk who posted this info hasn't backed down about Leon being playable. I think Leon will be and I'm glad that RE9 is more inspired by RE2R than RE4R.
Unknown
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I doubt it, not without his kicks, and not if his role is as large as Dusk claims. But anything is possible with this franchise. He can’t back down now though either way, whether he’s truthful or not he has to stick to what he’s been saying otherwise he’d just blow up any credibility he has left.
He’s already ever so slightly back tracked on Leon being the main protagonist who we play "far more" of the game as; now he’s just a main protagonist, alongside Grace.
He’s already ever so slightly back tracked on Leon being the main protagonist who we play "far more" of the game as; now he’s just a main protagonist, alongside Grace.
Teen Tyrant
The Master Debater
Well, now I’m skeptical of anything said there, because that person has clearly never even played Village, considering they are describing its gameplay as being closer to 4 than to 2, due to being more forward momentum and more action-oriented, and that’s literally nothing at all like Village. So if this person doesn’t even know the games they’re using in comparison correctly, how can they be trusted with what they’re saying about the new game?
Unknown
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He says it’s closer to 1 and 2 though? Not 4. However I would still say Village is more action oriented.
Ikawaru
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"Atmospheric Action" would describe Village I think. A far cry from the laid back approach of original survival horror (even the slower parts of the game like House Benevieto feels pretty narrow and straightforward) but the game is so well paced and fun to play, despite its many flaws.
7 suffers from terrible pacing and some atmospheric and gameplay shortfalls so if Nakanishi can learn from his mistakes, as it looks like he's doing to some degree, then I think he might be able to hit a survival horror home run, though I don't want to get my hopes up too high of course.
7 suffers from terrible pacing and some atmospheric and gameplay shortfalls so if Nakanishi can learn from his mistakes, as it looks like he's doing to some degree, then I think he might be able to hit a survival horror home run, though I don't want to get my hopes up too high of course.
Teen Tyrant
The Master Debater
No, I’m referring to him having 4 and Village next to each other in the category of comparison, considering Village has backtracking to progress all over it, not a continuous momentum approach like 4, and only really has increased action at a few key points, most of which are mainly in the latter half of the game. While it does have more action than 7, since it deals with more than just a few family members and a few random monster sprinkled in, Village is still an entire order of magnitude lower on the action scale than 4-6 and both Revelations games, making it closer to 7 and the earlier era of the series than it is to 4. As such, that he’s including Village as a point of comparison alongside 4 in regards to where Requiem stands with regard to how linear it is and how much action is in it, his choice to include Village among those ranks is quite inaccurate, which makes me question whether this guy really knows Village in the first place, which makes me question much of what he says.