Resident Evil Requiem Is One Hell of a Resident Evil - Beyond 936

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🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Resident Evil Requiem is almost here, and we’ve finished it. Well, one of us has - and as someone who’s been with the series since day one, Brian Altano has some strong feelings on the matter he’s eager to share. How does it compare to previous attempts to mix horror and action? Does it feel like a sequel to Village, Resident Evil 4, or something else entirely? How does it balance being a legacy sequel while also the start of something new? We discuss all this while steering clear of spoilers, as well as our thoughts on Reanimal, and the release date for Wolverine, which we’re so excited for we can’t read numbers anymore. Beyond! 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Resident Evil Requiem Is One Hell of a Resident Evil 13:15 - Is Grace another Ethan? 20:53 - Which RE game should you play before RE9? 28:46 - Leon Drives A Porsche 32:02 - This Weeks Poll 34:10 - Our Thoughts on Reanimal 42:43 - Wolverine Has A Release Date 44:45 - An IMPORTANT Update On Alfred Chicken 46:51 - Last Weeks Poll Results This weeks show is hosted by Max Scoville and Brian Altano. It was produced by Nick Maillet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Beyond and hello and welcome once again to IGN's weekly PlayStation show.
0:03.2	I'm your host Max Scoville and coming up my best friend Brian beat Resident Evil Requiem and I have all sorts of questions for him, but I don't have the game yet, so don't worry. I don't want spoilers either.
0:12.4	Let's get into it.
0:13.4	Spoilers.
0:13.6	Hey Brian.
0:24.6	Hey.
0:25.6	Hey, beyond.
0:26.6	Beyond.
0:27.6	Okay, so I was wrong about this game.
0:30.6	So, Resident Evil Requiem is a game that's obviously been on our radars for a long time because
0:35.6	it's a new Resident Evil game. And also it was theoretically bringing back a classic
0:41.3	Resident Evil character from my personal favorite Resident Evil, Resident Evil 4, Leon S. Kennedy.
0:47.4	I think the S stands for sexy or suave, slick, one of those things.
0:53.0	And you and I played the demo for this game.
0:57.6	Last year, Gamescom, 2025 in Cologne, Germany.
1:00.9	And we weren't really impressed.
1:05.7	Now, coming off of Resident Evil 7 and 8,
1:08.7	two games I loved specifically, Reson Evil 8,
1:10.7	aka Resident Evil Village,
1:11.8	I think is like one of the best survival horror action
1:15.0	horror games of all time.
1:16.0	I think it carried a lot of the torch of what made
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