Like most Resident Evil games, Resident Evil Requiem is not terribly long. Depending on the difficulty mode chosen, players could spend about ten to twelve hours in their first playthrough of the game, which gets shorter upon subsequent playthroughs. Currently, fans are trying to crack the code regarding an in-game mystery called The Final Puzzle.
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Like all obtuse video game mysteries, what The Final Puzzle is actually about will eventually be solved in Resident Evil Requiem. These other mysteries could take longer to solve. Capcom could explore some DLC, which could come sooner rather than later. It also might be longer before these questions get answered via a sequel in four to five years. Either way, let’s take a look.
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What Happened To The BSAA Agents In Raccoon City?
Where Was Chris?
When Leon gets to Raccoon City, he discovers that a gate has been rigged by BSAA agents, who also have a nearby tent. He eventually discovers that Zeno, one of the villains of the game, killed a large squadron of BSAA agents who eventually turned into zombies. This is based on footage Leon finds in one of the group’s possessions, but Zeno couldn’t have single-handedly killed every agent in Raccoon City. Could he have? The most important question is raised by Leon in the end cutscene.
Where is Chris Redfield? Chris is mentioned by members of the Hound Wolf Squad who rescue Leon and Grace, but he is never shown in Resident Evil Requiem. Could Chris have led a force into Raccoon City earlier, which could turn into DLC, or perhaps he went somewhere else? Rumors have swirled around the possibility of the Spencer Mansion being planned at one point, which would make more sense if Chris returned to explore there rather than Raccoon City. Finally, tying everyone back to the BSAA, who were those other uniformed soldiers at the end who seemingly killed agents and took something from them? Who were they and what did they steal?
Does Anyone Else Have The Infection Leon And Sherry Have?
Are The Other S.T.A.R.S. Members In Danger?
Leon’s inclusion in the story brings him back to the Raccoon City area because he is looking for a cure for the T-Virus thriving inside his body and Sherry’s. By the end, he gets cured and promises more for Sherry too, and it seems like they both get infected because of their being close to the Raccoon City zombie outbreak in 1998. If that is true, then what about everyone else who survived the incident?
Resident Evil Requiem’s Best Playable Character – Leon Or Grace?
Resident Evil Requiem introduces Grace Ashcroft and brings back Leon. Both characters have unique campaigns, but which one is the best?
Was Chris also infected? Was that why he and his BSAA agents were back in Raccoon City? What about characters like Jill Valentine or Claire Redfield, who haven’t been in new games for years? Since the canon ending does have the T-Virus cure, it could be assumed that everyone who has the disease will be cured offscreen, but that is not a guarantee. Capcom could get a little weird within a sequel if Jill, for example, gets infected and instead of dying, develops some sort of power. When it comes to Resident Evil, anything is possible.
Was That HUNK?
The Mysterious Commander Was Done In Too Quickly
One of the biggest fan favorite characters, who is also a mystery, is HUNK. That’s the codename for the Umbrella soldier who first appeared in a secret mode within Resident Evil 2, and he has continued to appear in games ever since in side roles. Once Leon gets to ARK, he will face a boss known as The Commander, who looks an awful lot like HUNK, and the game certainly paints his meeting with Leon as a big moment, as if it took decades.
While this could be HUNK, the character dies a bit anticlimactically. For such a fan favorite character introduced for five minutes in Resident Evil Requiem, it seems unlikely that this is actually HUNK. Unless Capcom confirms it, fans will debate about this one for years or perhaps come up with theories that HUNK is actually a series of cloned Umbrella soldiers.
Who Was Zeno?
Wesker Clone Or Cheap Imitation
Another mysterious character in Resident Evil Requiem that dies anticlimactically is Zeno. Zeno first appears at the end of Grace’s campaign, after the final boss fight with The Girl. He’s a slick-looking character who loves to smoke and dresses to the nines. His attitude definitely has an Albert Wesker vibe to him, which is multiplied when Leon confronts him in the Raccoon Police Department. As Leon shoots, Zeno dodges his bullets like he is in The Matrix, a move famously used by Wesker in the Resident Evil games as well.
In the Elpis room, Victor Gideon chops off Zeno’s head before he can do anything to Grace or Leon. It’s as shocking as watching a major character antagonist die in Star Wars: The Last Jedi before his character was fully explored. Zeno could have been a clone of Wesker or at least had the same dose of chemicals that he did. Resident Evil Requiem is all about subverting expectations in a lot of ways, so Zeno’s death may have just been proof he didn’t matter, or a trick by Capcom, as they may bring him back one day.
What Happened To The Zombie Outbreak In Wrenwood?
Will It Become The Next Raccoon City?
One of the most interesting events that is left dangling in the beginning is in Wrenwood. After Grace gets kidnapped by Victor in the hotel, Leon tries to stop him, but in the process, Victor starts shooting civilians with a gun full of zombie chemicals. It’s one of the coolest guns in Resident Evil Requiem that isn’t usable, but cool factor aside, a riot breaks out in Wrenwood.
There are explosions and panic in the streets, as zombies start running amok. Since there is a news report at the end of the game going over highlights, it could be assumed that Wrenwood was brought under control at some point; there would probably be a report on a continued zombie invasion. The cleanup, which Leon started, could be explored in future DLC. Perhaps another FBI agent was brought in to help deal with the Wrenwood case, or maybe even the BSAA. Either way, it seems odd to hand-wave it away when a zombie outbreak is a big deal.
Is Emily Safe?
She Could Still Transform Someday
Emily is a blind girl whom Grace finds in her campaign, and right before her section ends, Emily seemingly dies. However, she then resurrects as a monster, dying again after Leon shoots her, but it seems like she was okay once again. After receiving a dose of the antidote in the finale off-screen, Grace reports to Leon that Emily is doing well.
Resident Evil Requiem vs. Village: Which Is Better?
Capcom’s Resident Evil Village and Requiem are both fantastic games, but one is slightly better than the other.
That said, it doesn’t necessarily mean Emily is cured forever. She is, after all, a clone of Grace, bioengineered to be a monster. It’s in her DNA, and it seems unlikely that a dose of serum could rewrite someone’s genetic code entirely. This is Resident Evil after all, a sci-fi horror series. Anything is possible, meaning Emily could be cured, or Capcom could keep this in mind for a sequel.
Will The Red-Eyed Orphan Girls Return?
The Children Of Raccoon City Meets The Corn
Emily is not the only failed clone of Grace, as there was also The Girl, and in a flashback involving playing Grace as a young child in an orphanage in 1990, there were more potential clones. This flashback happened before the Spencer Mansion incident in Resident Evil and the Raccoon City incident in Resident Evil 2. This could be one of the earliest playable moments in franchise history, even though it is very brief.
In this section, Grace wakes up to find bald female children with glowing red eyes laughing and killing adults. Players have to hide from these children, and the penalties are horrific if they fail. Since adults are seen dealing with Grace at the end of this section, it could be assumed that these evil orphans were also dealt with, but it’s not clear. Like ARK, someone within Umbrella could have put these experiments on ice to bring them back at a later date. Imagine a Resident Evil game starring red-eyed children with supernatural powers instead of zombies as enemies. Now that sounds like a nightmare.
