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bonescraper

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Claire is cool, but I hope Leon is added as an unlockable character for Raid Mode, preferably with his RE2 uniform.
Leon confirmed, but in his RE6 costume so far.



Fuck Leon though, there's Barry in S.T.A.R.S. outfit.
 

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(...) feeling of loneliness and desolation from the classics.


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RE is about zombies and Umbrella, hello, anybody home? Also, the fact that you're not on your own kills that feeling of loneliness and desolation from the classics.
Have you been in a coma for the last decade? That ship sailed long ago. :)
One can put it that way (I've never played RE5, 6 or Revelations 1).
 

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The revelations series is the best thing since RE 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.

RE 5 was shit, RE 6 was shit.

RE4 was pretty pop-a-mole, but good.

Revelations 1 + 2 might have poorer graphics, but the story is solid, and the gameplay harkons back to the survival-horrorrequsque.

Revelations certaintly reminds me a lot more about what resident evil was about, than RE5 and RE6 ever did.

So yeah. I'm enjoying the game. Can't wait for next episode on tuesday.
 

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Meh, torrented the game, ran fine so i got the steam version.
Then they patched the game, runs terrible, overloads GPU and fan is on constant 100%
 

bonescraper

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Meh, it runs fine on my PC. Ran fine before.

(...) feeling of loneliness and desolation from the classics.


6:23

That's the best you have? :lol:
One can put it that way (I've never played RE5, 6 or Revelations 1).
So you played RE4. The game that has like 8 uber-easy puzzles in total, has no zombies and explains that Umbrella ceased to exist right from the begining. RE4 also has the dumbest story of them all, and forces you into escort missions quite often.

Also, i enjoyed all RE games so far, i'm not going to be too pretentious about it. Yeah, that means i liked 5 and 6.
 

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Game runs overall well (apart from some violent stuttering after loading). The Claire & Moira segment was so-so, but the Barry segment is starting to shape up really good. Enjoy the dialogs and that creepy forest right now. Reminds me of that one X-Files episode.
 

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So you played RE4. The game that has like 8 uber-easy puzzles in total, has no zombies and explains that Umbrella ceased to exist right from the begining.
I can only remember there was some lovecraftian shit going on that was totally disconnected from the previous games story wise.

Despite the cheesy acting in the first game, you cannot deny that RE1/2 (maybe even 3) had a great atmosphere and music.
 

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So you played RE4. The game that has like 8 uber-easy puzzles in total, has no zombies and explains that Umbrella ceased to exist right from the begining.
I can only remember there was some lovecraftian shit going on that was totally disconnected from the previous games story wise.

Despite the cheesy acting in the first game, you cannot deny that RE1/2 (maybe even 3) had a great atmosphere and music.


Nobody is denying that RE 0,1,2,3 was fucking super epic you dumbass, but stop being so negative. Revelations isn't a bad game, and the story and gameplay is the closest to those old resident evils you love so much.
 

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Revelations isn't a bad game
Yes, it is.

The enemy diversity is criminally low and none of the enemies can mutate. Meanwhile RE6 had 70+ kind of enemies, half of them being J'avos who can mutate their body parts or turn into chrysalids, coupled with one of the best (if not the best) implementation of melee attacks in a TPS game. And then you have Mercenaries and Onslaught modes, which are the best things in the series.

Revelations also failed as a adventure game due to its linearity and shallow puzzles.
 

bonescraper

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Revelations isn't a bad game
Yes, it is.
No, it isn't. It's better than RE 5 and 6, and i enjoyed those. Also, Raid mode beats Mercenaries (but Mercenaries still rocks).
Despite the cheesy acting in the first game, you cannot deny that RE1/2 (maybe even 3) had a great atmosphere and music.
I will never defend the original 1996 game, because it's inferior in every way to its predecessor. It's one of the most overrated games in history.

The 2002 remake is what should be remembered and praised instead.
 
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Revelations isn't a bad game
Yes, it is.

The enemy diversity is criminally low and none of the enemies can mutate. Meanwhile RE6 had 70+ kind of enemies, half of them being J'avos who can mutate their body parts or turn into chrysalids, coupled with one of the best (if not the best) implementation of melee attacks in a TPS game. And then you have Mercenaries and Onslaught modes, which are the best things in the series.

Revelations also failed as a adventure game due to its linearity and shallow puzzles.

A lot of this is true, but it's still a good game.
 

bonescraper

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Revelations isn't a bad game
Yes, it is.
No, it isn't. It's better than RE 5 and 6, and i enjoyed those. Also, Raid mode beats Mercenaries (but Mercenaries still rocks).
Raid mode would've been nice if the game had a more elaborated combat system.
It has, but it's different than RE6.

You can stagger and stun enemies. Shoot them in their weak spots for greater damage and higher crit chance. Shoot them in their legs to trip them over then, finish them with a knife. Use the shotgun or sniper rifles to knock them out. Also, custom weapon parts add a whole new dimension to the game's strategy. Random enemy placement (depending on difficulty), and challenging encounter design (suddenly you enter a tight room with 4 tough enemies in all corners) make this game way more strategic than anything before in the series. In later stages you need to find ways to conserve ammo. I think i know what i'm saying, i spent more than 90 hours in Raid Mode.

Revelations 2 has even more elaborate combat system. Elemental ammo/grenades, mines, great new elite enemies (time bomb guys, elementals, shielders, cloakers etc.) and a bunch of old ones taken from RE 5 up. And it has RE 6 melee attacks and ground finishers.
 

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Also, the fact that you're not on your own kills that feeling of loneliness and desolation from the classics.

What 'classics' were those? I just completed RE:HD (the PC port of the Gamecube REmake) and if you play as Jill, you're constantly bumping into Barry and if you play as Chris, you are constantly bumping into Rebecca.
 

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Also, the fact that you're not on your own kills that feeling of loneliness and desolation from the classics.

What 'classics' were those? I just completed RE:HD (the PC port of the Gamecube REmake) and if you play as Jill, you're constantly bumping into Barry and if you play as Chris, you are constantly bumping into Rebecca.
I'd argue that you constantly bump into them, you meet them a few times, but that's not much. And you depart after a few minutes, not tagging alone for the entirety of the game.
 
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The 2002 remake is what should be remembered and praised instead.

Yes, propably the only remake I know that make original game obsolete. First one was okayish amosphere wise but gameplay sucked.

Never liked 2nd and 3rd game and stopped bother with this franchise (save for Gamecube RE1), I've heard series dropped survival horror for tpp shooting, true?.

I've always wandered why Resident Evil games (I mean, the early ones) got so popular, technically it was just Alone in the Dark rip-off with zombie/mutant shit instead of lovecraftian madness.
 

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^That. Although they've always marketed it as 'survival horror' it's not really a survival game in any sense. Or, by the same definition, you could consider any game 'survival' because avoiding death is usually in your best interests be it an FPS or platformer or third person action. They're adventure games that substitute shooting for heavy dialogue.
 

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BRO Tehdagah
I've heard that RE6 is full of QTEs, which killed my interest. Is that true?
One of reasons I liked RE:R1 was the (almost) total lack of QTEs.
 

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I've heard that RE6 is full of QTEs, which killed my interest. Is that true?
One of reasons I liked RE:R1 was the (almost) total lack of QTEs.

I can't remember any QTEs in 6 to be honest. There's quite a lot in 4.
 

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Bog standard, 7th generation TPS. Both Revelations are budget RE4s. Raid mode is the draw here. Don't know if it's as good as Mercenaries. Increasingly tougher enemies over course of entire mode and resource pressure vs. increasingly tougher enemies over the course of a round and time pressure. Or Skinner box vs. Score attack.

BRO Tehdagah
I've heard that RE6 is full of QTEs, which killed my interest. Is that true?
One of reasons I liked RE:R1 was the (almost) total lack of QTEs.

Leon campaign is better than both Revelations games. Get the game cheap and play that. I enjoyed Chris' campaign because it was so ridiculous, but I'm not going to recommend it.
 
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