Bookending the first three decades of a survival horror legacy is no easy task, but Resident Evil Requiem bears that cross like a badge of honor. It's been a wild ride getting here from the halcyon days of 1996. Look to the Resident Evil timeline, and you'll find it peppered with all manner of grisly delights, from instant classics to diamonds in the rough and console exclusive spin-offs destined to be enshrined in the eternal halls of infamy instead. But, my Resident Evil Requiem review concurs with the Metacritic zeitgeist: Capcom's latest has earned its place as the highest user-rated entry in the franchise to date, and I'm utterly enthralled by it.
Contrary to its fastidious loose-end-tying duties, Resident Evil Requiem is more than a full-stop to cap off 30 years of terror. Rather, it's a semi-colon that proves how the franchise is constantly evolving along with the genre itself – and that it has no intention of stopping.
