Although Resident Evil 7 is seen as the savior of the franchise, Revelations 2 proves that Capcom was back on track just a bit before the series reemerged in the mainstream.
Due to the episodic structure, I ignored this game for far too long until I came back to it in 2022 when I was hungry for RE content. Only to realize that Revelations 2 offered a perfect blend of Survival-Horror and Action.
Many of the elements in the game, especially the sheer atmosphere, can make you feel the despair second trilogy entirely forgot about. It's harder to find ammo, enemies don't drop items, you have to craft certain life-saving items, and even though you're better equipped at certain situations, you never lack that thrill of survival during the entirety of the game. It's especially admirable that it manages all these without the classic sticking to the "stuck in one place" formula. It uses a rather better combination of linear gameplay combined with a "stuck" situation, much like the one in Resident Evil Village.
Does it have problems? Yes. I was especially annoyed at the fact that getting a "canon" and "bad" ending depends entirely on a single plot point that passes too quickly. When I said to myself "Hey, Claire can reach for the gun as well! Why should I let Moira relive a trauma then?" I could never guess that I messed up an entire ending, which I now couldn't change without replaying entire chapters.
Nonetheless, I enjoyed playing Revelations 2 so much that I ended up finishing the main story in just 2 days. Something that only happened in REmake, REmake2, and RE4.
Due to the episodic structure, I ignored this game for far too long until I came back to it in 2022 when I was hungry for RE content. Only to realize that Revelations 2 offered a perfect blend of Survival-Horror and Action.
Many of the elements in the game, especially the sheer atmosphere, can make you feel the despair second trilogy entirely forgot about. It's harder to find ammo, enemies don't drop items, you have to craft certain life-saving items, and even though you're better equipped at certain situations, you never lack that thrill of survival during the entirety of the game. It's especially admirable that it manages all these without the classic sticking to the "stuck in one place" formula. It uses a rather better combination of linear gameplay combined with a "stuck" situation, much like the one in Resident Evil Village.
Does it have problems? Yes. I was especially annoyed at the fact that getting a "canon" and "bad" ending depends entirely on a single plot point that passes too quickly. When I said to myself "Hey, Claire can reach for the gun as well! Why should I let Moira relive a trauma then?" I could never guess that I messed up an entire ending, which I now couldn't change without replaying entire chapters.
Nonetheless, I enjoyed playing Revelations 2 so much that I ended up finishing the main story in just 2 days. Something that only happened in REmake, REmake2, and RE4.