Resident Evil insider Dusk Golem has shared details of the scrapped version of Resident Evil 9 which ended up being canned and instead we got the magnificent, Resident Evil Requiem. Resident Evil 9 was called Resident Evil: Apocalypse and was a single-player open-world game using Dragon’s Dogma 2 tech. Resident Evil: Apocalypse featured vehicles, an infection meter like Resident Evil Outbreak, and the BSAA organisation as antagonists after Chris Redfield’s arrest. Here’s the details:
- Open world on a fictional island in Singapore.
- Jill, Leon, Ada, and Sheva were the protagonists, along with two new characters.
- Chris was arrested after the events of Resident Evil Village.
- Leon distrusted Jill because of her past with the BSAA.
- Sheva distrusted Ada, and her goal was to rescue Chris.
- There were many arguments among the protagonists.
- The BSAA would be the main antagonist of the game.
- Capcom restarted development and reduced the number of protagonists.
- Leon ended up as the main protagonist.
- Jill initially remained as an AI assistant.
- Jill ended up being cut because she didn’t contribute to the story.
- The idea of a character experiencing terror for the first time evolved until it became Grace.
- An outbreak would erupt on the island.
- There were vehicles to traverse the island.
- It prioritized action over horror.
- It wasn’t an online multiplayer game.
- It included an infection meter inspired by Resident Evil Outbreak.
- It leveraged the technology from Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Monster Hunter Wilds for the open world.