RE Revelations and the Path to Resident Evil 7

Gary Bailey: "What Resident Evil Revelations did back on release in 2012, was pave the way for the series’ eventual return to its roots. It spawned a sequel in 2015 that once again brought back familiar faces in Claire Redfield and Barry Burton, and moved even further back towards horror and provided one of the finest (and most underappreciated) games in the series. This path would eventually lead to one of this year’s standout titles, the game that finally returned the series to true survival horror: Resident Evil 7."

[PhoenixUp]

The Resident Evil: Revelations subseries is a great party of the series, blending the classic horror with modern controls.

I hope they make a third one

[_-EDMIX-_]

Absolutely agreed. I'm perfectly fine with Resident Evil Revelations being the action with survival horror elements and leaving Resident Evil 7, 8 etc to be the rooted series.

The series should have always been split, they should have never did what they did with Resident Evil 4 5 or 6.

Call it Resident Evil Revelation 1 2 and 3 and I would have had no issues especially since Resident Evil had side games before. They should have always left the numberd games to have the same elements as the previous numberd games.

Trust me I love the action Resident Evil games like 4 (not 5 or 6) but they should have called it a side game and left the numbered games alone.

[gantarat]

Some how capcom should take note co-op system from Dead Space 3.

have solo mode and co-op mode

solo mode - you are lonely , your partner go different path or not stick with you everytime (like REV 1)

[MrSwankSinatra]

LOL people really need to stop this BS with calling RE7 a return to true survival horror. First off that's not Resident Evil and secondly it's not a return. Just because you add the management system back, put it in house and slap Resident Evil on the front of the box that doesn't make it Resident Evil. Crapcom's inability to actually go back to the true roots of Resident Evil is what's killing this franchise bit by bit, that's why this game sold worse than RE6. And I know i'm gonna get a bunch triggered gamer responses just because I called this game for what it was, as per usual.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Ok.

Resident Evil 4 5 and 6 may have sold better but they also cost the company much more money and we're much more risky Investments and removed more features than any of the other Resident Evil games.

Resident Evil 7 may have sold less but it probably made Capcom more positive profit because they probably spent less money developing it because it wasn't trying to be sold as a Call of Duty or Gears of War clone.

It is not just the return of the management system it is the return of limiting all the items in the game and no longer offering items to be purchased that is the survival concept of Resident Evil.

So adding back all of the previous games features make it much more Resident Evil just as much as removing all of those features made Resident Evil 4 5 & 6 NOT Resident Evil.

Resident Evil is very much
limited ammo
limited health
limited weapons
item boxes
puzzles

Resident Evil 1 2 3
code Veronica
2002 remake
Zero

All have the majority of these elements.

[MrSwankSinatra]

I've been made the claims that 4, 5 and 6 are not Resident Evil. I don't know how long you've actually been on this site, but I used to get serious hate for just claiming 4 was not Resident Evil. BTW just because RE7 was able to make back it's development cost, doesn't mean it was a true "success." Crapcom obviously wanted that game to be a HUGE hit, but the simple fact of the matter was that it wasn't even with the VR option. it barely made profit for the company and in this day and age where the blockbuster type of game is what these companies are continually chasing, you can bet money they're going back to the drawing board after this game. Better yet the RE2 Remake has the potential to do what RE7 couldn't do.

[andrewsquall]

No, this game sold worse than 6 because 6 was garbage lol and add Revelations 1 and 2 to that steaming pile too. WHY would I buy RE7 with the state the series is in? I don't care how much people hyped up 7, I had ZERO faith in the series by that point. The same thing happened to sales with AC Syndicate all because of the dumpster fire that was AC Unity.

Now that I have heard nothing but great things about RE7 (apart from you obviously) I may actually check out this new complete edition of 7 that will be releasing soon.

Still no idea why people think Revelations is good though. Instantly as soon as I try firing at enemies I need to turn off the game. The hit detection is just atrocious. I don't care if Jill Valentine is in it, they killed the character a long time ago on me in RE5.

[MrSwankSinatra]

I have no clue I couldn't finish Resident Evil: Revelations or 2 at all anyways, so picture me puzzled as to why people think that game is good. In any case, hopefully you do like RE7 cause I sure as hell did not.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Well I'm glad that you're actually giving it a chance trust me it very much is one of the best Resident Evil games.

I would also say at least give Revelations a chance it's not as good as the older Resident Evil games but I would say it's better than 4 5 & 6.

Revelations 2 has way better controls, it's still worth a try.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Honestly, I don't feel that 7 was a return to the series' roots.
4 was a closer bet for that, and not only was that one not scary, it used parasites and mind control instead of zombies.XD

I AM looking forward to Revelations 1 and 2 on Switch, though. The multiplayer should be great fun and I'm curious to see if they add anything new to it.
I'd pay good money to see some sort of new Lazer weapon like the PRL from back in RE4.XD
Maybe I'll get a gift voucher next year on my birthday so I can continue playing the Switch online without having to put my own money into their paid service.
Honestly I wish they didn't force us to pay for online multiplayer at all. It sucks that PC will become the only source for free online multiplayer...

[_-EDMIX-_]

Resident Evil 7 is definitely a return to the roots because almost all the major survival horror elements are actually inside of Resident Evil 7 compared to the last five Resident Evil games.

I mean you have several elements in regards to limited ammo limited weapons Limited health the addition of puzzles etc

Resident Evil 7 is easily the closest to any of the older Resident Evils since Resident Evil 4 began removing features.

Resident Evil 4 is always going to be amongst the one of the best action games ever made but it is the beginning of Resident Evil removing a list of features and no longer having it "survival" horror, The Evil Within is more Resident Evil than Resident Evil 4 5 or 6.

The multiplayer in Resident Evil Revelations 2 was actually really good, I only played a little bit of it but I watched a lot of footage of it of my friend playing through lots of the mercenaries content. Even Resident Evil Revelations 1 and 2 have slightly more survival elements than Resident Evil 4 5 and 6.

Seriously don't sleep on Resident Evil 7 it basically is the closest we've ever had to a Resident Evil game in terms of all its actual real elements since CV. Code Veronica's basically the last Resident Evil game in regards to the time line to even have those features.

It's just hard to say something it's a true Resident Evil game while listing a huge list of removed gameplay elements. Resident Evil 7 brings back so many features compared to what has recently released.