(REQUIEM SPOILERS.) My thoughts on Requiem so far

The first half of the game was AMAZING. It’s one of the best sections of a Resident Evil game in decades. Grace is a great protagonist, the care center is a beautiful location, and it felt like the closest thing to survival horror in a while. My only issue is that it was still just as linear as the last few games, only they gave you access to the whole environment right away. However, getting to Raccoon City, the game immediately changed to something that feels like a scrapped Dead Rising game. But not in a good way. When Leon got his little unique mechanics, I was so disappointed realizing this is how the rest of the game would probably be and that I probably wouldn’t see as much of Grace.

This is so upsetting because this was SO avoidable. If Capcom didn’t refuse to let Leon have a horror game, this wouldn’t be an issue, because Raccoon City as a location really isn’t done justice by action. This whole pure action thing is tonally inconsistent with the rest of the game as well. And it simply gets boring.