Resident Evil Requiem’s worst moment is its final choice

Resident Evil Requiem left a strong impression: I had high hopes and found it to be the best modern RE game yet. I enjoyed the action, puzzles and even the horror, but one moment near the end kept bothering me. After fighting through a ruined Raccoon City, Plant 42 and the underground ARK facility, you play as Grace and face a choice to release or destroy Elpis.

Zeno only promises to spare Leon if you release it, so I chose to save him. That turns out to be the right call—Elpis is revealed to be a cure, healing Leon, Sherry and Emily, and it unlocks an extra boss fight against a Victor Gideon in Nemesis form before Leon and Grace escape and the BSAA arrive, complete with a post-credit scene.

This is presented as the canon ending. The alternative is stark: if you don’t release Elpis, Leon dies, ARK collapses, and the game even asks whether you want to take another shot at the decision.

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