Resident Evil: Requiem lets you experience both Grace Ashcroft and Leon S. Kennedy's chapters in your preferred order — but the order changes what the campaign means. Take this 5-question quiz for a personalized recommendation based on your gaming history and current preferences.
Resident Evil: Requiem's bifurcated protagonist design is the franchise's most ambitious narrative experiment in 25 years. Grace and Leon don't play similarly — they play with different tools, different vulnerability profiles, different emotional registers. The order in which you experience them changes what the campaign means.
Most Western reviewers default to recommending Leon first because RE2 Remake nostalgia is immediate. Most Korean and Japanese community discussions lean Grace first because the dramatic arc lands harder when you start from vulnerability. Both readings are valid. The decision tree above weights based on what we know predicts player satisfaction across the first 100 community responses we've collected.
Once you've decided, these guides take you through your chosen path:
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