EVERYTHING You Need To Know Before You Play Resident Evil Requiem

Resident Evil Requiem Setting and Timeline
📌 The game, Resident Evil Requiem, is set in the year 2028 and features two primary locations: a small Midwestern US town and the ruined Raccoon City.
📌 The Midwestern setting includes the Renwood Hotel and the Roads Hill Chronic Care Center, the latter owned by the villain, Dr. Victor Gideon.
📌 The Raccoon City segments take place 30 years after its sterilization (destruction by the US government), revisiting locations like the police station.
📌 The initial Raccoon City events began in the 1960s in the Arklay Mountains with the Umbrella Corporation's experiments, leading to the T-virus and G-virus outbreaks in 1998.

Playable Characters and Roles
💀 Players will control two distinct characters: Leon Kennedy (action-horror focused, capable of fighting zombies) and Grace Ashcroft (survival-horror focused, emphasizing running and hiding).
📌 Leon Kennedy investigates the murders of previous Raccoon City survivors and appears to be infected by a black mold/virus, requiring a cure search.
🩸 Grace Ashcroft is an FBI analyst seeking answers regarding her mother's death and is being tested by Victor Gideon after being discovered to be immune to the T-virus.

Villain and Character Backstories
🔪 The villain is Dr. Victor Gideon, a former Umbrella researcher obsessed with liberating Elpus (related to the Raccoon City sterilization) and targeting Raccoon City survivors.
🕵️‍♀️ Grace Ashcroft's mother, Alyssa Ashcroft, was an investigative reporter who survived the Raccoon City outbreak (Jack's Bar incident) and exposed Umbrella, leading to her death in 2018 at the Renwood Hotel.
🧬 Gideon purchased the Roads Hill Chronic Care Center after Umbrella's bankruptcy in 2003 and is researching Raccoon City Syndrome, a lethal disease linked to a latent T-virus strain.
🎬 Victor Gideon's characterization and motivations draw comparisons to Buffalo Bill from *Silence of the Lambs*, with Grace potentially serving as the "FBI trainee" figure that defeats him.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ Resident Evil Requiem centers on investigating murders among Raccoon City survivors linked to the villain, Dr. Gideon, while Leon deals with a new infection.
➡️ Players will experience dual gameplay styles: action-oriented with Leon and stealth/evasion with Grace.
➡️ The game heavily ties into the original Raccoon City fallout (1998) and the Umbrella Corporation's legacy, particularly through Grace's mother's exposure and Gideon's experiments.
➡️ Key locations include the Roads Hill Chronic Care Center (Gideon's lab) and the post-sterilization ruins of Raccoon City.

📸 Video summarized with SummaryTube.com on Feb 25, 2026, 19:48 UTC