Resident Evil 8: Every Confirmed & Leaked Detail You Need To Know

11. The Perspective Is Probably First Person

With two prominent leaks about Resident Evil 8, and a year between them both, it should be expected that some conflicting information shows up.

In the leak of last year, we learned that Resident Evil 8 will be keeping the third-person viewpoint after the success of Resident Evil 2 REmake proved it works as well for a survival horror as it does for the more action-oriented games in the series.

This year's leak seems to contradict that, as we'll apparently be keeping the first-person viewpoint that was pioneered in Resident Evil 7. This viewpoint allowed a deeper and more personal connection to the horror before us, and it's this that Capcom want to evoke according to the most recent rumour.

So, which one is it? Well, personally I'm hoping Capcom include a way to play the game in either viewpoint, but it's beginning to look like the latest leak is the more accurate one. Having heard the same information from a different source, Eurogamer have seemingly confirmed the first person viewpoint.

Whatever we end up with, the RE Engine works so well for both first and third person and Capcom have proved they can provide heapings of horror equally well from either perspective.