Resident Evil 9 Will Borrow One Element From Another Titan, Leaker Claims

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A new report alleges that be bigger than ever asit may incorporate a popular mechanic from another massively popular Capcom game. After the successful revitalization of the survival-horror franchise with 2017's, the series has jumped back and forth between new releases that advance the overall narratives and remakes of older games. Given that the most recent title was the remake, the community is confident that should be announced in the near future.

Per leaker AestheticGamer on X (formerly Twitter), will feature an open world inspired by the franchise, most notably, the most recently announced entry.

This will be achieved by expanding on how used the Reach for the Moon Engine to create a massive, detailed world map, with the leaker suggesting that this system will be further iterated upon in the next without sacrificing the series' core DNA. It's worth noting that while the report has yet to be confirmed, AestheticGamer has a decent track record when it comes to Capcom.

While the idea of a full-blown open-world may sound strange to fans of the franchise, it's worth noting that the series has dabbled in similar concepts in the past. , the eighth game, allowed players to explore a hub world that housed plenty of secrets, hidden paths, and equipment-gated locations while also branching off into several distinct levels. While the map wasn't gigantic, the slow pace of the game made trekking from one end of it to the other a tense experience which, coupled with the various enemies encountered on the way, never became boring.

It's worth noting further that and are two fundamentally unique concepts with wildly different design principles. Were the former to incorporate an open-world system,it would need to make some major adjustments to the core gameplay loop to accommodate for wide open spaces rather than tight interiors and isolated locales that the franchise generally leans upon. Whether or not this comes to pass is still unknown so fans will just need to wait for an