Resident Evil Requiem always ranked as one of my most anticipated games of 2026, and after getting my hands on the game earlier this month, it lives up to the hype, and then some. In fact, it might just be my favorite Resident Evil game to date (excluding remakes).
But before you can dive into Capcom’s latest slice of slick survival horror-action, you are confronted with an important choice: first-person or third-person. The long-running franchise has been experimenting with perspective in recent years. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard brought the terror closer than ever via first-person, while the modern remakes of classics like Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 4 opted for a traditional over-the-shoulder point of view.
