Resident Evil Requiem Adds Photo Mode, Improves Facial Expressions

Capcom has released an update for Resident Evil Requiem, adding a photo mode and implementing several other adjustments and fixes. Available on all platforms, the update enhances facial expressions in certain cutscenes to better convey emotion, a feature Capcom had promised shortly after the game's initial release. The update includes: Photo mode, accessible from the pause menu. Resolution of a bug that, in certain scenarios, prevented game progress. Corrections of typographical errors in some languages. Refined character expressions in certain cutscenes. General gameplay enhancements. Fixes for visual glitches occurring with specific GPU drivers on Steam and Epic Games Store. Resolution of a bug causing the game to crash in certain situations on Steam and Epic Games Store. Fixes for an issue on Nintendo Switch 2 that could halt progress under specific circumstances, along with general gameplay improvements. Players can now customize their characters' poses and facial expressions using the new photo mode.

The update is available for Xbox Series, PS5, PC (via Steam and Epic Games Store), and Nintendo Switch 2. The March 6 update for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC resolves errors that prevented progress, improves overall stability, and includes PC-specific adjustments, such as fixing ray tracing issues, resolving visual scaling problems, and improving achievement performance on the Epic Games Store. Patch notes: Photo Mode has been added and can be accessed through the pause menu. A bug that prevented progress has been corrected. Typographical errors in some languages have been fixed. Character expressions in certain scenes have been adjusted to better convey emotions. Various issues have been addressed to improve gameplay. Specific updates for the PC version via Steam/Epic Games Store: The update corrects visual bugs that occurred with some GPU drivers. A bug causing game freezing has been fixed. The update version is displayed as 1.200 in some places, but the full version number is 1.200.000.

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