7 Reasons Why Resident Evil Is Back To Its Best

"It’s a great time to be a Resident Evil fan. After years of suffering through mediocre sequels and uninspired spin-offs, the franchise finally seems to have got back on track of late.

"Here are seven reasons why brand new episodic adventure, Revelations 2, is a true return to form."

[shodan74]

Really enjoyed the first episode. That Forest segment alone scared me more than any other Resident Evil title in years.

[Benjammin25]

The framerate on PS4 scared me more than any part of that episode. Seriously crapcom, get your act together.

[thisismytag]

This is tragically true.

[DanJenkoFMV]

Nice to see a developer listen to their core fan-base and take a franchise into the direction they've been asking for.

[shodan74]

It's about time really! I think the poorer-than-expected sales of Res 6 made them re-think their approach. Now that Revelations and the Remake have done well digitally, I'm hopeful they'll push more in that direction with the next full game.

[Baka-akaB]

Personally i'm skeptical and pessimistic . I feel that Revelations 2 is just a throwaway for disgruntled old fans (one that doesnt exactly work for me to boot) and a testing ground for content release ....

While Resident evil 7 or whatever comes next in the main serie , will keep heading down the michael bay sucky road , while making promises it wont keep .

[BlackTar187]

i wish they would patch the issues on ps4

[Baka-akaB]

"The two-character dynamic of having one weapon-carrying person and one support one with special abilities makes for some interesting problem-solving and, most of all, cool tactical possibilities"

To each their own , i personally dislike it , and it kills the mood and atmosphere so praised at first in the article .

[DarXyde]

I spend most of my time in Raid Mode, but I don't know how to feel about the game. Visually, it's an eyesore. There's no reason for the frame drops on the current gen consoles at all either considering what we know they can do. Budget title or not, they can do better.

The controls work, but I could feel the identity crisis in the mechanics. It's like a combination of Resident Evil 6, Resident Evil Revelations, and Resident Evil Zero using characters from Resident Evil 1 and 2/Code Veronica.

Overall, I'm having enough fun with it and the season pass was cheap, but I think the potential is being squandered. It could be so much more than it is. Inevitably, Resident Evil 7 will have the bells and whistles, but Capcom should be putting their resources into Revelations in my opinion.

[bigboss20]

I think Barry sounds like he did in the 1996 original lol but with better acting of course lol

[BootHammer]

First episode was a blast and RE is finally heading back to the survival horror genre it created back in 1996.

[-Foxtrot]

Lol...it really isn't

[hot4play]

It was a blast but not quite RE1-style survival horror. But getting there at least. Enemies don't drop ammo, resources are scarce, so that's something.

All we need for RE7 are the hand-painted, ultra-detailed backgrounds, fixed camera angles, item boxes, and the feeling of isolation without a partner and we're set!

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

Take a long look at REmake (which was highly praised to this day after just a little bit of cosmetics) then take a long look at Revelations 2. Does it really stack just as high especially when it's obvious they are leaning more to Last Of Us than actual Resident Evil.

[-Foxtrot]

Is this guy joking....Lol

Play the remake then this...you'll see how bad it is

[hot4play]

Best RE4-style gameplay since RE4.
Great atmosphere, intriguing story, awesome gameplay mechanics, scary enemies, survival horror, Raid mode, Claire and Barry! The only thing that irks me is the episodic delivery.

Score: B+ (would score it higher if not for the technical issues like frame stuttering)

They should keep this style of gameplay for the Revelations sub-series and return to REmake gameplay for Resident Evil 7.