Resident Evil: Revelations 2

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  1. MeritCoba
    Mar 4, 2016
    8
    I seldom play horror games because I get scared easily and when I do play I usually do not last long. The big exception to this rule Resident Evil: Revelations 2. It is a horror game, but not in the normal alone-in-the-dark kind of way. The game has you guide two couples through the story. Which is a bit less scary. This could disappoint horror fans, as isolation is a cornerstone in anyI seldom play horror games because I get scared easily and when I do play I usually do not last long. The big exception to this rule Resident Evil: Revelations 2. It is a horror game, but not in the normal alone-in-the-dark kind of way. The game has you guide two couples through the story. Which is a bit less scary. This could disappoint horror fans, as isolation is a cornerstone in any horror story, but it allows squeamish people like me to play it. Perhaps one can say that it isn't a real horror game?

    Revelations 2 strongest part is probably the team system. It should allow the team members to be played by different players in a sequel, but in this one one is controlled by the player and the other by the computer. You can switch between the two at will and you have to, as it will help overcome obstacles. You can also give the other member commands. Each member has certain strengths that you can use to the teams advantage.

    The first couple is Claire and Moira. Claire is the older of the two and the fighter. She gets to handle the weapons, such as the pistol and shotgun. Moira is a teen and has some special abilities. She can blind adversaries with her torchlight and has a crowbar that she can use for bashing attacks and followup attacks.

    The other couple consists of Barry and Natalia. Barry takes the role Claire has and is the fighter. Natalia, a child of around twelve has special abilities in that she can sense danger, spot treasure and see invisible enemies. She can't fight so Barry has to do all the fighting, but she can tell him where to shoot.

    The trick is to have the members of a couple work together. Especially Natalia's ability to see invisible enemies will be important.

    Each couple finds itself on the same forlorn island that used to be operated by the Soviets until it was abandoned to the local populace. After a while a group of people representing a company showed up to ostensibly operate the mine. But the inhabitants started to get suspicious when people started to disappear or change. The island itself eventually became dangerous as evil creatures start to roam around.

    Claire and Moira are the first on the island because they are kidnapped and locked up in a prison. They manage to escape and try to flee the island but find that the only way to get away is to find the one who is in charge. The path to freedom leads through the heart of danger.

    Barry arrives six months later to find Moira, his daughter after she has send out an emergency broadcast. When he sets foot on the island he encounters Natalia. Not knowing what to do with her, he takes her along, and he soon finds out that she can help him with her special abilities.

    The nice part in the game is the interaction between the two members of a couple. Especially that between Barry, as a replacement father, and Natalia. Claire and Moira act more like friends. Time is spend on making this connection believable. Another is the one that links Barry with Moira.

    The progress over the island is less impressive. There are various dangers, felt more keenly because of the lack of ammunition, especially by the first couple. There some traps, puzzles and boss encounters, nothing really surprising when you think of it, but coupled with the team system it works nicely. The narration isn't top notch for a book or a movie, but for a game it is good.. An additional factor that makes this installment better is that the movie has a different atmosphere as it's direct predecessors. It more resembles the earlier creepy resident evil installments than the action oriented later ones.

    The lowdown: Resident Evil Revelations 2 isn't a very remarkable game, but with it's team work mechanism, creepy mood and more story based angle allows for a much needed revitalization of the Resident Evil series. It shows a possible way to go, but it depends Capcom to take that route. Will it improve on this or will it take another road entirely? It remains to be seen.    … Expand
  2. CandarianGaming
    Apr 27, 2016
    8
    3rd person zombie shooter with some pretty mild puzzles but it's a fun game regardless. Occasional boss battles, occasional stealth moments, worthy of a 2nd play through also
  3. mininova
    Jun 27, 2015
    10
    REvelations 2 brings series back to its roots. Definitely a huge plus for the franchise on long run. This is what fans were looking for. Fast paced action horror game. Not too many puzzles though, but still good title to spend several hours trying to beat it on highest difficulty level. Your skills have huge impact on your performance, it's a great plus for survival game. I'd gave it 9,REvelations 2 brings series back to its roots. Definitely a huge plus for the franchise on long run. This is what fans were looking for. Fast paced action horror game. Not too many puzzles though, but still good title to spend several hours trying to beat it on highest difficulty level. Your skills have huge impact on your performance, it's a great plus for survival game. I'd gave it 9, however after seeing rivers of negative reviews due to lack of co-op online in campaign I must pull that up to 10. Controls are good, even with such a large number of action keys. Music and sound are on top level - just put your headphones on and enjoy the horror REvelations 2 has to offer.… Expand
  4. LifeHistory
    Apr 30, 2017
    9
    Since I really loved the most under rated game The Evil Within I really loved this one too because it has many similarity to The Evil Within.

    Cool mechanics and gameplay. Nice characters. Nice level design. Good shooting. Interesting story. Good enough graphics. All in all I really liked it and it was the right direction for the upcoming Resident Evil games. I thought that RE7    Since I really loved the most under rated game The Evil Within I really loved this one too because it has many similarity to The Evil Within.

    Cool mechanics and gameplay.
    Nice characters.
    Nice level design.
    Good shooting.
    Interesting story.
    Good enough graphics.

    All in all I really liked it and it was the right direction for the upcoming Resident Evil games. I thought that RE7 would be similar but it was not and I was disappointed.    … Expand
  5. Gameplaymatters
    Mar 11, 2015
    8
    The game itself is wonderful and so is the game play and replay value of it. However the optimization is horrible, and still plagues the game all the way through to episode 3. EP3 is by far the worse optimized one of the lot so far, here is to hoping Capcom finally decides to bring the game to the year 2015 at least FPS wise. I've given the game an 8 only because of Capcoms sloppiness.The game itself is wonderful and so is the game play and replay value of it. However the optimization is horrible, and still plagues the game all the way through to episode 3. EP3 is by far the worse optimized one of the lot so far, here is to hoping Capcom finally decides to bring the game to the year 2015 at least FPS wise. I've given the game an 8 only because of Capcoms sloppiness. Options have settings in em which have absolutely no effect in the game itself, yes that is correct turning things to lowest does absolutely nothing to the characters or the environment. They are there only for show.… Expand
  6. Panchogul
    Apr 3, 2022
    10
    Regularmente lo juego en Xbox One hasta que decidí probarlo en PC, en mi caso el resultado es bastante superior en varios aspectos, los gráficos se ven mucho mejor, y eso que lo juego a 1280×720 con todas las texturas y sombras en alta calidad en un Notebook tradicional, fuera de eso no tengo más por añadir.
  7. NightElves
    May 14, 2019
    10
    Just as perfect as Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil: Revelations. Great story, great cutscenes. You need to use both characters to navigate through the game, brilliant idea. The Raid Mode here is fun as hell too, plenty to do. The sound is too low despite it's on its max in-game. You need to adjust the volume yourself on the laptop or whatever your platform is. The same issue goes toJust as perfect as Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil: Revelations. Great story, great cutscenes. You need to use both characters to navigate through the game, brilliant idea. The Raid Mode here is fun as hell too, plenty to do. The sound is too low despite it's on its max in-game. You need to adjust the volume yourself on the laptop or whatever your platform is. The same issue goes to Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 7.… Expand
  8. Abdulaziz1
    Nov 12, 2022
    10
    this is the best and most fun RE gameplay i have ever tried. very underrated game
  9. yahya0
    Feb 26, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. لعبة جميلة جدا ذكرتني بالاجزاء السابقة تصمبم مراحل مذهل وتنوع في الزومبي وفكرة التبديل بين شخصيتين مسقولة بعناية وقصة جيدة وعدد ساعات جيد وفكرة دمج المركبات لصنع القنابل حلوة
    سلبيات اللعبة قلت الزعماء وفوق هيك افكارهم متككرة من الاجزاء السابقة واليكس ويسكر للاسف تلتقي بها دقيقتينفقط والجرافيك جيد لكن مقارنة بريزنت ايفل ٦ فهو متراجع    … Expand
  10. Hack
    Nov 11, 2017
    8
    Overall Rev2 was a big, big step up from Rev1 in every possible way, there were a couple of minor annoyances but on the whole it felt like a high budget game, whereas Rev1 felt like a weekend project in comparison. The biggest difference was the tone, it was atmospheric and creepy, instead of a borderline comedy. Plus the monster design was great, and reminded me heavily of The Last of UsOverall Rev2 was a big, big step up from Rev1 in every possible way, there were a couple of minor annoyances but on the whole it felt like a high budget game, whereas Rev1 felt like a weekend project in comparison. The biggest difference was the tone, it was atmospheric and creepy, instead of a borderline comedy. Plus the monster design was great, and reminded me heavily of The Last of Us which is one of my favourite games of all time. Within 10 minutes of Rev2 you see more interesting and varied enemies than in the entirety of Rev1. The audio was also night and day, the voice actors did a great job in Rev2, and the sound in general was top notch, the guns sounded meaty and the enemies were frightening. The visuals were also massively improved which is to be expected, but it was appreciated, the cut scenes looked especially good. As for the gameplay it was similar just refined, movement felt far less clunky, and I really liked how the partners were treated this time around. They added a bunch of interesting mechanics along the way which kept things fresh.… Expand
  11. Josue_online
    Apr 12, 2016
    9
    El juego me parece totalmente recomendable, si te gusta la ambientación 'de miedo' claro está.

    El escenario de juego es de ambiente tétrico, por así decirlo, una isla en estado de abandono, donde los enemigos oson monstruos o dementes victimas de experimentación semejantes a zombis (capcom los llama afligidos, que parecen estar en estado de putrefacción) La historia viene a llenar    El juego me parece totalmente recomendable, si te gusta la ambientación 'de miedo' claro está.

    El escenario de juego es de ambiente tétrico, por así decirlo, una isla en estado de abandono, donde los enemigos oson monstruos o dementes victimas de experimentación semejantes a zombis (capcom los llama afligidos, que parecen estar en estado de putrefacción)

    La historia viene a llenar huecos en la saga de RE, para empezar, en RE:5 se menciona explicitamente acerca de 'una isla del sur' donde alguien conocido por Albert Wesker 'prosigue con determinados experimentos'.

    Pues este juego desgrana esas anotaciones descubiertas en RE:5.

    El modo campaña se desenvuelve con dos duos de protagonistas, cada cual con una habilidad diferente, lo que resulta en tener que saber cuando conviene más uno u otro (....)

    El juego recupera el factor 'dosificación' de los items (munición, hierbas etc) porque estos no abundan (a diferencia de RE:6 donde resultaban excesivos) asi que conviene no disparar más de la cuenta o no curarte 'demasiado'. Se recupera también el compartir los items con el compañero (como en el RE:5).

    El juego invita a explorar tranquilamente porque nunca se sabe por donde podrá salirte un enemigo, y además en ocasiones es importante no ser descubierto. Hay que decir que el juego no abusa de este factor.

    Por otro lado el juego es a mi juicio muy rejugable.

    Por un lado tiene dos finales en el modo historia, y esto depende de una determinada decisión que tomemos en el juego.

    Aparte de ser rejugable por el interés en ver ambos finales, también hay recompensas por descubrir determinados secretos distribuidos a lo largo del mapa (emblemas, dibujos en paredes, o 'bichitos')

    Entre las recompensas, desde modelos 3D de los protagonistas, desbloqueo de trajes, wallpapers, documentos con información complementaria al juego de los mismos protagonistas u otros que no aparecen en este pero pertenecen a la saga (que ligan argumentalmente este juego entre el RE:5 y el RE:6, recordemos que argumentalmente Revelarions 2 se situa entre estos dos juegos ANTES del RE:6)

    Acabar el modo historia, además te recompensa con modos extra de dificultad.

    De inicio tienes, facil, normal y superviviente, y a estos se añaden el modo SIN SALIDA (No Hope) y invisible y contrarrelog.

    Además del modo historia, hay un modo extra llamado MODO ASALTO. En este modo vas acumulando puntos de experiencia y dinero, donde se premia la supervivencia con un nivel inferior al de la IA, lo que lo hace más dificil aún. El reto es llegar al nivel 100.

    Este modo también ofrece cooperativo online.

    Técnicamente, el juego ofrece una experencia de hasta 1080p/60fps estables.

    Los gráficos, sin destacar como si se tratase de una AAA (superproducción) porque no lo es (incluso de salida el juego era barato) están francamente bien.

    Todo tiene un aspecto buscadamente 'sucio' (no todo, claro) e incluso la imagen tiene un granulado propio de las películas en celuloide que aportan una ambientación más siniestra. Muy bien en este sentido. (motor gráfico es el clásico de CAPCOM MT Framework)

    Por último mencionar el sonido. Muy impactante jugar si es posible con un home cinema 5.1 o 7.1, el juego cobra otra dimensión.

    Totalmemte en castellano (puedes elegir también inglés, francés, alemán o japonés) tanto en doblaje como subtítulos.

    BSO, como suele ser tradición en estos juegos de CAPCOM, la banda sonora es literalmente de película. Muy buena, bien distribuida según la acción y apetece escuchar.

    Mi veredicto es muy positivo. (Nota:575.9 hrs on record)    … Expand
  12. LoletinAlexis
    Nov 2, 2018
    8
    A hooked story that varies a bit the dynamics of the saga bringing a new virus that, this time, is interesting: the Virus-T Phobos .
    The appearance of that character finally reveals some unresolved secrets.

    Respite to the gameplay, the camera is not so annoying and the animations have improved a lot, but the gunplay still does not feel good at all.
    Still, it works well and it's very funny.
  13. VG_Alex
    Nov 30, 2022
    8
    RESIDENT EVIL: REVELATIONS 2 is much better that its predecessor,The whole adventure are thrill and excited.

    Review of "Resident Evil Revelations 2"

    Graphic/Art: 8

    Music/Sounds: 8.5

    Narrative/Performance: 8.5

    Gameplay: 8

    Score:8.5 (+0.2)
  14. Ch3ch3
    Mar 16, 2020
    10
    Awesome game , great story and atmosphere and the raid mode is hella fun , totally recommended
  15. Raphaelluiz128
    Apr 4, 2020
    9
    It's a game with the past survivor horror mode of Resident Evil 1.
    The graphics, sound and history ia Very good.
  16. lxRs451
    Nov 5, 2020
    8
    Enjoyable RE game that goes back to the roots of the formula slightly with its' horror atmosphere and less frenetic shooting. Great online mode
  17. KinimodYunmi
    Jun 21, 2023
    8
    Ich bin nicht so ein Fan davon dauernd zu wenig Munition zu haben, zudem finde ich das Gameplay nicht so gut und die NPCs reagieren manchmal nicht direkt bzw. brauchen manchmal auch echt lange bis sie überhaupt mal reagieren.
    Die 2 DLC Kampangen sind echt gut gemacht und nicht übermäßig lang, die haben mir echt gut gefallen!
    Der RAID-Mode ist zu 2. auch ein klasse Modus, allerdings fänd    Ich bin nicht so ein Fan davon dauernd zu wenig Munition zu haben, zudem finde ich das Gameplay nicht so gut und die NPCs reagieren manchmal nicht direkt bzw. brauchen manchmal auch echt lange bis sie überhaupt mal reagieren.
    Die 2 DLC Kampangen sind echt gut gemacht und nicht übermäßig lang, die haben mir echt gut gefallen!
    Der RAID-Mode ist zu 2. auch ein klasse Modus, allerdings fänd ich es schöner, wenn man erst alle Normal-Maps mal spielen könnte um jede Map mal gesehen zu haben und dann wenn man möchte noch schwer und sehr schwer spielen kann. Man sieht halt jede Map drei Mal hintereinander, in ziemlich kurzer Zeit.    … Expand
  18. Davesin
    Dec 17, 2022
    8
    First of all, as a previous RE Revelations it is different branch of RE universe. Once you get used to it it's really catchy gaming. Story line is a little bit **** but playing for Barry and "the" girl is worth it.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. PC Gamer
    May 20, 2015
    76
    A confident mishmash of a few different Resi games. [July 2015, p.70]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Apr 19, 2015
    72
    Despite its obvious tight budget, Revelations 2 is a much better game than the last offering in the main series, Resident Evil 6.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Apr 13, 2015
    67
    Capcom doesn’t fund Revelations series properly, so Revelations 2 at times looks too old-fashioned and underpolished, – yet it still manages to be sufficiently tense, difficult and interesting for a series’ fan. [May 2015, p.66]
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