There’s by no means any scarcity of pleasure surrounding the way forward for the Resident Evil franchise, and although the collection’ subsequent mainline title is but to be formally unveiled, a number of alleged new particulars on its story, setting, gameplay options, and extra have emerged courtesy of a contemporary leak.
The knowledge comes from Biohazard Declassified, collated in a video uploaded by Residence of Evil, and claims that Resident Evil 9 will characteristic two returning fan-favourite characters as its protagonists within the type of Leon S. Kennedy and Jill Valentine. The previous will look much like how he did within the 2012 animated movie Resident Evil: Damnation, whereas the latter will look the identical as 2023 movie Lifeless Island, whereas sporting a tactical outfit not in contrast to what she wore in Resident Evil 5: Misplaced in Nightmares.
Leon and Jill will allegedly be joined by one other couple of beloved returning characters in Chris Redfield and Barry Burton, who will probably be supporting Leon and Jill throughout their missions behind the scenes through radio calls. Rosemary Winters will even be talked about by Chris, together with as a possible solution to combat in opposition to Mutamycete by utilizing her blood to create a vaccine for the residents of the island.
The sport is allegedly set 4 years after the occasions of Resident Evil Village (which implies it would happen a number of years earlier than the Shadows of Rose DLC), and can function a continuation of the Resident Evil 7 and Village storyline. It sees DSO agent Leon and BSAA agent Jill heading to island to research experiences of the mass manufacturing of clones of the organic weapon Eveline utilizing the Mutamycete.
As per the leak, the island itself goes to include a variety of totally different areas, together with caves, an deserted hospital, residents’ homes (each deserted and in any other case), an deserted manufacturing facility, labs, a darkish forest, and a temple. Apparently, earlier leaks have claimed that Resident Evil 9 goes to construct on Dragon’s Dogma 2’s open world tech, and this actually appears to align with these claims.
It’s claimed Blue Umbrella will even return and can help each the DSO and the BSAA with their ongoing investigation. In the meantime, Jill and Leon will allegedly each be contaminated by the Mutamycete throughout their mission, following which they’ll usually hear Eveline’s voice of their head. The first antagonist of the sport is alleged to be a person known as Mr. Simon, who supervises the mass manufacturing of Eveline’s clones.
All through the island, in the meantime, gamers will combat extra superior types of zombies that may run and use axes, knives, and different weapons, much like Resident Evil 4’s Gonados. Island residents which were contaminated by the Mildew now worship the moon, which additionally entails getting moon tattoos on their arms, singing to the moon, and extra. Past the zombies, Resident Evil 9 will even as soon as once more characteristic stalker enemies for each Leon and Jill, with the latter being pursued by an enemy known as the Goat Man.
The report goes on to say that playtests for Resident Evil 9 have been held twice this yr, with a take a look at in April seeing Jill exploring an deserted hospital, and a playtest in September discovering Leon in a forest.
Earlier this yr, it was introduced that Koshi Nakashini, the director of Resident Evil 7, is returning to helm Resident Evil 9. Although he didn’t share any particulars, he known as the sport “substantial”. Previous leaks have claimed that the sport has been in improvement since way back to 2018, touting the longest improvement cycle and largest improvement price range for a Resident Evil recreation to this point.
