The Intro
Resident Evil is one of my favorite game series of all time and to be honest with you internet unlike the time I made a profile on a dating site I mean I have a pack of six but it’s not the one the women’s like……. ANYWAY as I was saying resident evil was the first game I turned off because I was legitimately scared, it was scary on so many levels, a creepy old mansion, in the middle of a forest, surrounded by feral zombie dogs. It also featured a great B horror movie plot and at that time those square and triangle polygons combined with the pre rendered backgrounds looked a right visual treat! Fast forward 16 years and the lore of Resident Evil is starting to rival metal gear in terms of WTF Factor! So when I first heard off this game I was actually a little turned off I thought yes this is what the resident evil needs another side story!(cause that worked so well with resident evil dead aim : p) However as soon as I saw actual in game footage the scared 7 year old who slept with his mum whenever he had good resident evil session came out, and I was actually scared! Ever since then I knew I was going to buy a 3DS and in all honesty it was the whole reason I actually did buy one.
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| The first time I ever swore out loud |
The Looks Department
Quite frankly all other companies developing for the 3DS, the Vita, the iCasual should just give up and use Capcom’s MT Framework engine. There is no way a game has ever looked this good on a system with underpowered hardware , not only that but the loading times are relatively short and there is minimal frame rate drop (with the 3D fully on the frame rate can sometimes chug more than my old arcade Xbox playing skyrim). The actual 3D effects are really well done and can be controlled in the options, which is great because compared to most 3DS games where there are either absolute migraines in 30 seconds or no noticeable effect at all this allows one to set the 3D to a comfortable level without raping ones corneas!
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| I Know Right........ |
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| Now that's just pure pornography |
THE GAMEPLAY
Resident Evil Revelations has two main ways to control the player the right way and the wrong way?
THE RIGHT WAY
The right way involves you investing in the circle pad pro which is a black monstrosity that clips onto your 3DS and gives you a second analogue stick. The main advantage of this being that it controls like a current generation 3rd person shooter which is a massive pro in my book! The circle pad also has a number of other features such as two buttons on the right side the R and the Rz button which essentially function as the RT and RB of a 360 controller, and its comfortable ergonomic design fits well in ones hands particularly if one has giant hands. So those were the pros of the circle pad now for the cons. The main downside is the 3DS is about as portable as a cellphone from the 80s when the circle pad pro is attached, it is also powered by a separate AAA battery (which Nintendo thankfully supplies one with purchase!). Apart from that it feels comfortable and is personally far easier than using the single analogue stick and using the face buttons to control the camera.
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| 3DS with Circle Pad Pro |
The Wrong Way
The wrong way is where you don’t want to fork over an extra $20 to Nintendo, grow a pair and use the native controls of the game. This is where the analog stick is used for walking and the camera is controlled using the face buttons (B A X Y) which feels good until you try controlling the game using the circle pad pro then this method just feels so archaic and clumsy.
Final Points
Apart from the circle pad vs regular debate there are some really other good gameplay issues such as the ability to know walk and shoot welcome to the 90s Capcom!!! Also when it comes to actually shooting monsters you can choose to either use a 1st person perspective or a 3rd person, both work well and this facet is down to personal preference.
Multiplayer
The multiplayer mode aka Raid Mode involves you and a REAL friend killing waves of enemies (so basically a horde mode) but what makes it interesting is that you can swap missions with other people using streetpass that means your next mission is just a friendly walk outside a neighbourhood school/kindergarten away!
The Story
The overall story fits well in to the resident evil universe, and leaves you with a new tidy morsel of resident evil cannon to file away. However it is quite obvious that some of the unanswered questions that will be more than likely addressed in Resident Evil 6 which is apparently coming out in November this year?
SO IN SUMMARY
Resident evil revelations has rewarded me on so many levels not only as a rabid fan of the series but as a person who is truly passionate about video games, it has all you would want in a 3rd person shooter and it’s on an underpowered handheld!
SCORINGS
Resident Evil Revelations you are hereby sentenced to a 9/10
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