Resident evil: revelations 2 release

James J · 25 Feb 2015 at 10:40

Hi all,

Today is the day that a new resident evil game is released and this time it's new content instead of a HD remake (which was superb!)

I loved the first game and have this on pre order but the episodic nature of its release is annoying if I'm honest. I expect all the content out on the release so I can play through at my hearts content, not a new episode each week. The only saving grace for the games release is if the episodes are pretty damn long and hard each, similar to RE6 story length, but sadly I can't see that happening.

Regardless of my mumbling, is anyone looking forward to this release?

Ps last episode comes out on the 20th March!

James J · 25 Feb 2015 at 13:17

AWPC said:
Not looking forward to it & also never buying its a low budget excuse for a proper RE game IMO

Also this will hurt sales a lot methinks cannot understand Capcom over this either
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...al-co-op-in-resident-evil-revelations-2-on-pc

Could argue that it actually forces friends to see each other but yeah it might harm sales. I just hope the game is as good as the first one as I really enjoyed it and I've played it through a few times now.

James J · 26 Feb 2015 at 13:13

How long is the first episode?

James J · 26 Feb 2015 at 20:47

Right so I've played through the first episode and I can safely say I enjoy it. The game rewards you for scoring headshots as enemies die far sooner if you do, plus using various traps and stunning enemies is also pretty damn useful to save ammo. Instead of the scanner thing from the first game in this series, this has a twist with the characters you get, but I won't go into that, as its explained in the game.

I was wondering why barry was so heavily armed at the start, but found out why quite quickly lol. Nice twist at the end as well! The second episode looks really good, so should be a nice slow burner over a few weeks.

TL

R = If you're a fan of the series, get it. Its better than RE6 and feels quite tense at times.

James J · 26 Feb 2015 at 20:48

RanxZy said:
Yeah its a shame they removed the local co op as split scene games are pretty rare on pc. Cancelled my pre order of the physical copy. Might pick it up in Steam sales though. The original was so much better than RE6 but I guess that's a given

Due to the game mechanics, I think it would be pretty boring for the person who gets moira or natalia to play.

James J · 27 Feb 2015 at 22:45

TNA said:
Surprised not many people in here are interested in this game. In a way I hope it does not do well as HD Remaster and in turn they start changing their direction with the Resident Evil brand.

If they want to make new types of games, why not use a new IP for that? Use and improve upon a formula the majority love for Resident Evil...

They might have already done this with the revelations line and HD remasters. I doubt we'll see a RE7 game for a long while yet.

James J · 3 Mar 2015 at 22:31

The raid mode on this is IMMENSE!!!!!!!!!!

Didn't think I'd play it as I barely touched the first games raid mode, but I've sunk 2 hours into it tonight and had to force myself to stop instead of "one more round" mentality. Starts off super easy and starts to get quite challenging, especially on the harder stages that you unlock. The weapon drops and upgrades for them are pure RNG as well, so its like gambling to see if you can get a far better weapon by farming the easier modes to make the harder ones possible. At level 5 I dumped myself into a lv 15 level by accident and ran out of ammo on the 22nd enemy after 15 minutes of running around trying to dodge everything lol. The perk system is also pretty nice as its a good excuse to also farm the skillpoints you get from leveling and achievements to make everything more powerful.

Its like capcom took diablo 3's approach to legendaries and stuck it into raid mode. Really quality product there.

James J · 9 Mar 2015 at 23:36

kmetek said:
how to get drill when you kill converted pedro?

You don't need to kill him, just survive long enough to escape the village when your mate turns up.

James J · 9 Mar 2015 at 23:38

Still loving raid mode on this. Sunk another 2-3 hours into it and have to force myself to stop lol. Thought it was super easy up until around lv 20 where I now get killed quite a few times depending on the type of enemy I face. Sure some of it is down to me just playing badly, but another is pure RNG, with the communications officer creature from revelations 1 being behind a progress door that has sprint and extra armour lol. Literally unavoidable and 1 shot me