Resident Evil Requiem has third-person "exclusive animations" that turn protagonist Grace into a real horror movie final girl

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She's just like us for real

Resident Evil Requiem screenshot of Grace Ashcroft
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Resident Evil Requiem can be played in two perspectives, but there are some "exclusive animation" bonuses if you opt for third-person over first.

A Capcom PR representative told me as much during my Resident Evil Requiem hands-on preview – the same segment of the game we'd seen hands-off at Summer Game Fest earlier this year – when I commented that protagonist Grace Ashcroft seemed to fall down a lot during chase sequences after swapping to third-person mode. Like, a lot a lot.

I found that Grace still sobbed and shrieked while being chased in first-person by her chained monster pursuer – reminiscent yet not identical to Resident Evil Remake's Lisa Trevor – but I didn't see her faceplant even once. Yet when I replayed a section in third-person after dying once at the hands of the monster, I noticed Grace slipping on pools of blood or tripping over random bits of detritus in Rhodes Hill Chronic Care almost as soon as the monster gave chase.

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Jasmine Gould-Wilson
Jasmine Gould-Wilson
Senior Staff Writer, GamesRadar+

Jasmine is a Senior Staff Writer at GamesRadar+. Raised in Hong Kong and having graduated with an English Literature degree from Queen Mary, University of London, she began her journalism career as a freelancer with TheGamer and TechRadar Gaming before joining GR+ full-time in 2023. She now focuses predominantly on features content for GamesRadar+, attending game previews, and key international conferences such as Gamescom and Digital Dragons in between regular interviews, opinion pieces, and the occasional stint with the news or guides teams. In her spare time, you'll likely find Jasmine challenging her friends to a Resident Evil 2 speedrun, purchasing another book she's unlikely to read, or complaining about the weather.

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