Capcom finally did something that players have been talking about for a long time this time: adding a formal photo mode to “Resident Evil Requiem”, so that you no longer need to take screenshots from various strange angles, and you can finally take photos openly.
How to turn on photo mode? Pause the menu and proceed directly
The photo mode can be turned on from the pause menu. Although the update does not go into details, there are many photo options, including different camera angles, adjusting character poses and facial expression animations, adding props (such as stars) to the picture, and various themed photo frames. Once this function was turned on, the Internet quickly turned into a “meme production line”, and probably no need to explain much.
Other fixes: stuck level bugs, subtitle typos, expression adjustments, and the bullet bug
This update also fixed a lot of “no fixes” problems: including bugs that would prevent progress under certain conditions, text errors in some languages, crashes in some situations, and screen bugs under specific GPU drivers. What’s more interesting is that Capcom even adjusted the character expressions in some cutscenes, saying it was to make the emotions more in place; it also mentioned that a popular ammunition bug in the pistol seems to have been fixed.
Players are still waiting for something bigger: mercenary mode and DLC
The camera mode is certainly good, but players are more concerned about what the next “big update” will be. The article mentioned that many people are knocking on the mercenary mode, and the game’s DLC is confirmed to be in development. In addition, there are still many plot lines in the game that have not been completed, so everyone will naturally hope that the story can be expanded in the future to fill in the holes.
Incidentally, Resident Evil Requiem itself has been a huge success for Capcom. The PC version of Steam got off to a strong start, with sales exceeding 6 million within 17 days of release, and setting a new record for the series’ fastest sales. Even so, Capcom has recently been criticized for using this game as a technical demonstration of Nvidia DLSS 5. Many people thought that the effect was like “the heroine has aged 10 years.” Capcom later added in an investor Q&A: It will not put AI-generated content into the game, but it will use AI to improve efficiency.
Whether you believe it or not is another matter. Anyway, the updates will be posted first and the photos will be taken first. For players in Southeast Asia, where unstable power and network conditions can magnify crash-related frustration, this patch is meaningful because reliability updates usually do more for retention than cosmetic features—even when Photo Mode gets the headlines.