Resident Evil Requiem: Return to Raccoon City

"Tom Cruise and the Crying Woman" 

When Resident Evil Requiem (affiliate link) was finally announced, I was interested in a Resident Evil game for a first time in a long time for some reason. RE7 and RE8 didn't interest me, of those I only played the RE7 demo, which was disgusting. I only played through RE2 Remake once, even though Claire Redfield is my favorite game character. I didn't want to play RE3 Remake at all, even though it was on console. The only exception to the most recent ones has been RE4 Remake, which I managed to play through several times.

Why did I want to play Requiem? There are actually two reasons for that. The return to Raccoon City, and the option to choose a third-person perspective when playing. If this had been a 1st-person game like RE7, for example, I wouldn't have played it.

I reserved the game from the library, and it took a month and a half from the release date to get to the first reserver, which was me.

 

 

Resident Evil Requiem

Grace, the daughter of Resident Evil Outbreak's Alyssa Ashcroft, works for the FBI. For some strange reason, her boss sends her alone to investigate the hotel where Grace's mother was killed years ago.

Meanwhile, Leon S(exy). Kennedy suffers from the effects of the tea virus, and of course gets involved in the events.

 

 

Raccoon Cityn Ruins

For me, the highlight of the game was the return to Raccoon City, and specifically to its police station.

 

 

When the familiar music started to play...

 

 

Leon is still welcome, 28 years later.

 

 

I had tears in my eyes when I found the same photo of S.T.A.R.S. at the police station as in the original Resident Evil 2 game.

 

 

Spoiler: Tofu has survived in the ruins of Raccoon City for decades. That's what a true survivor is!

It's certainly unrealistic how much of Raccoon City remains in this game.

 

 

Grace Ashcroft 

Grace is like Ashley 2.0. I hate how helpless and insecure Grace is. What if we reversed the gender roles sometime?

 

 

The worst part is that the game doesn't try to scare you, it tries to make you vomit. The amount of gore and blood in Requiem is disgusting. This trend has been seen in Resident Evil games since at least RE7. And why the hell do the characters have to curse all the time? I already complained about it in RE2 Remake.

Unfortunately for me, Resident Evil Requiem has no replay value. The first (and last) playthrough took me just under 13 hours, and I was pretty lost at times.

 

 

Cats? 

But Resident Evil Requiem also has cats. At least in a painting that I managed to miss, of course, even though I tried to look for it.

 

Resident Evil Requiem: Letters from 1998 

And in letters. These letters are only available in the deluxe version of the game, boo. Marvin's daughter Meryl used cat-themed stationery to write to her mother.

 

 

 

Crimson Desert: Cat adoption guide

How much I hate this game.

Too difficult boss fights even on the easiest difficulty, puzzles and quests that don't tell what to do, not to mention the constant bugs. Crimson Desert (affiliate link) is a game that doesn't hold the players hand. Some players love having to do things the hard way. Some hate that they have to check online guides constantly to be able to advance in the game. 

But ranting aside, this post is about cats and how to get them in Crimson Desert. Earlier I posted about cat armies in Crimson Desert. I played the game only because of its cats, and this guide has everything I learned about getting cats.

 

 

Crimson Desert: Cat taming guide

Cats (and other animals) are everywhere in this game, you'll have no problem finding them from early on. You can carry cats around and pet them, but that only gets you so far in bonding with them. 

 

 

If you are in a hurry to make a cat your own like I was, your best bet is to feed them legendary fish. But where to find legendary fish?

 

 

 

Crimson Desert: Legendary Golden Carp location

The first step towards adopting a cat fast is to feed them their favorite food. Cats like fish, especially the legendary ones. I first went for the legendary golden carp in chapter 2. It's a dangerous and difficult journey that early in the game, but if I could do it, you can do it. In this gameplay stream I make the journey to the golden carp successfully.

Legendary golden carp waits for you in north, in Silver Wolf Mountain area (around red marker on the map). 

 

 

You don't need a fishing pole for catching legendary fish. Just wait for the fish to come near you, and then jump in the water to catch them. 

 

 

Crimson Desert: Cat not eating fish 

How to feed the fish to the cat? Some guides suggest to carry the cat to a peaceful location, and then putting it down on the ground. After placing the cat down it might run away, so follow it. Discard the fish in front of the cat. Once the cat eats the fish you get maximum 100 bonding with it, and the cat is yours.

Pro tip: Carry the cat somewhere where there are no other cats. Discard the fish first, and only after that drop the cat. This way the cat is most likely to eat the fish, instead of running away from you. 

 

 

 

Crimson Desert: Cat ride on shoulder

How to make your cat ride on your shoulder? Crouching helps with that, but how to make the cat to stay on your shoulder permanently?

 

 

You need the pet tutorial for that, but how to get it? You have to advance enough in the main story. In chapter 4 faction quest The Nag and the Stubborn One becomes available, and can be started from your camp by talking to Andrew. 

 

 

In this questline you have to adopt a dog, and reach bonding level 100 with it. Just pet it, feed it lean meat (available from a local shop) and go to sleep. I had to sleep only once for 12 hours (on the nearby blacksmith's bed, upstairs from him), then I fed the dog again and reached bonding level 100.

 

 

When you finally get the full use of Sigil of Bonding (scroll down for instructions on how to get it), your cat will stay on your shoulder even during some more rough movements like running, rolling, riding, swimming and flying. 

 

 

But sadly the cat will always disappear when the player enters a cutscene, or just talks to an NPC. Boo!

 

 

 

Crimson Desert: Cat town location

Pororin village is located south, in Hernand Highlands. This town is full of cats, and shai children. 

 

 

To be able to enter the village you first have to do a couple of quests. Here's a guide if you need one.

 

 

You can buy costumes for your cats from the village's shop. These are for cosmetic purposes only, they do not act as armor. 

 

 

In Pororin village there's a secret shop. Travelling merchant Lacey sells earlier mentioned Sigil of Bonding, which makes your cat to follow you. But making this merchant spawn might be difficult, it's totally RNG. It took me a long time to make her appear. Some people say she's most likely to spawn on mornings. She walks around the village streets in a circle, just like the other shais with heavy loads on their shoulders. If she's not around, just teleport away and back.

 

 

If you have done everything in this guide, and all cat related activities still don't work properly, just save and reload. That worked for me.