Triple Play: Resident Evil Requiem

March 5, 2026·1 hr 7 min·5 clips

After years of trying, Capcom has finally cracked the code on balancing horror and action in Resident Evil.

Umbrella keeps making everything worse. The hosts start by laughing through the series' long T-virus baggage, with horrifying mutations and corporate excuses still dressed up as helping people. Then Leon takes over the conversation. One host has only reached the attic and has not played enough of the proper Leon section to call the full Grace-Leon split yet, so Grace stays partly unresolved. Kirk and Jason can still work with the contrast the excerpt gives them, especially the gap between rookie-cop Leon and this older version. He is not bright-eyed anymore. They read him as physically and emotionally changed, so worn down that the dead-inside quality feels deliberate. That weariness becomes the bit. The writing is still corny to them, but the hosts sound amused by how plainly the game lets Leon drop sitcom-shaped lines. One line gets picked out. They connect his "well that went well" energy to a familiar animated-show parody of the tired one-liner, and somehow he gets away with it. Their reason is simple: after roughly thirty years of Umbrella disasters, Leon has earned a few flat, weary punchlines. Since the Grace-Leon balance is still open, the excerpt feels less like a verdict than three players comparing notes while one of them catches up. The mood stays warm and dry. Even while teasing the writing, they clearly enjoy the characterization and the chance to measure this Leon against earlier versions. It is specific fan talk, with the best spark coming from a sideways argument about why one ridiculous line actually works.

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A funny, series-savvy Resident Evil Requiem chat built around scares, Umbrella baggage, and an older, cornier Leon.

Triple Click takes Resident Evil Requiem as a blood-slick horror romp with plenty of affection for the series' ridiculous long memory: Umbrella, viruses, monsters in the attic, and all. The liveliest stretch is the Leon talk.

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You want a chatty take on Leon's older, deadpan energy and Requiem's big, bloody scares.

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