First of all, I've played Resident Evil Revelations for the 3ds both for the normal 3ds and the 3ds XL and yes I've enjoyed both. (Main difference is that is good on the XL) I finished Revalations for 3ds in 1 sitting. That's how excited I am for every episode. Took me a week to finish Revelations 2. It's just that, I'm not as hooked as I was with the first 1. Or let's just say it's the worst vita port of any game out there. It was garbage compared to the 3ds version. Yeah yeah Part 1 was made for 3ds before but somehow the guys from FRIMA (The developer studio that developed the vita port) did not bring justice to this port and hell just released a port just so our beloved vita will have a Resident Evil.
R3 version was delayed for almost a month I guess and I was so excited when I got my physical Copy. I noticed first thing when I got to the game, the frame rate does drop a lot.Then I played the first chapter while downloading the big update game just so I can check the frame rate if it improved or not. First run without updates, I got dizzy ... really dizzy... I've played lots of vita ports before but the frame rate for this one will make you puke. After the update it does improve a little but still you'll get dizzy playing this one. I finished uncharted golden abyss before playing this one and sure this will make me rant a lot for this review. That game though does not run on 60fps is still miles away from the frame rate of Resident Evil Revelations 2. The game visual is garbage. The visuals was toned down to the level of PS2 even lower than ps2.
"MR Zombie you look 2D"
Next is the sound. When Capcom first said they're not going to port Resident Evil Revelations 1 to vita because of sound quality issues of vita not having dolby digital, believe the reason guys for Revelations 2 having no dolby digital sounds the developers have compressed the music to levels of tunog lata mp3's. Shotguns sounds like laser cannons???? Really crappy sound quality.
Loading times are both hell for Campaign and Raid mode. Its the worst loading time for any vita game. Timed it for 2 mins per game on online raid mode. 2 mins of loading time???? Then you play raid mode in less than 5 mins????? Oh boy.. 1 min loading time for camapaign.
The Story, well if you've played Revelations 1. The formula that makes that game exciting us still there but if you've played the first one it feels like that they'd just copied the whole concept. It makes the story predictable. The plot is the worst for any Resident Evil. The new Characters Moira and Natalia out of the two I would like Moira to be kicked out entirely off the series. She just cursed and cursed the whole game. Saying the F word almost everytime is annoying.
Treasure opening mini game is annoying and will test your patience. You'll be opening a lot of this boxes.
No major spoiler here. But on the ending credits. I was surprised that Sony Computer Entertainment America was the first text that slide upward on the credits roll. Like... wtf???? You guys should be on the bottom for releasing this crappy port. No thanks to you guys!!!! Credits should go to the Japanese dev team that created the game.
"Die bitch!!!!!"
Let's go to the positives. The game is still scary for me. Revelations series is one the scariest for any Resident Evil. Its scary yea.. :( good thing the game lets you control 2 characters. I'll not be playing this if I only have one. Lol it's damn scary. The idea of having you to control 2 characters is cool and makes gameplay unique. What you do on the first chapter will have effect on the surroundings of the character for next chapter. Meaning there are different approach to cover so you'll be repeating the game a lot if you want to uncover everything. There are lots of things to unlock and there is raid mode. Skill settings also add up to the life span of the game as it not just aid you character but also there are tons of skills to unlock and upgrade. You can also upgrade weapon and lots of stuff laying around for you to find and upgrade your weapons with. Lastly there's raid mode with online and adhoc modes. If you can withstand the loading times then you'll probably enjoy raid mode.
The Cut scenes are all HD though. Crisp and scaled for vita. thumbs up for that.
My verdict. Don't buy this Resident Evil Revelations 2 port. Spend that money elsewhere unless you're a diehard fan and can't afford the console version. There are a lot of cons that will make you curse this game like what Moira does throughout the game. Stay away.
The Bad
- Ending credits 1st line: credits to sony computer entertainment wtf????
- The frame rate worst for any vita game
- Loading times as hell as the setting
- Predictable story
- Moira curses like a lot please kick this girl out of resident evil series.
- Silly treasure box opening mini game will test your patience.
- Ugly Visuals
- Sound is mono. Like tunog lata mp3's
The Good
- Still is scary
- I still enjoyed the game having able to switch character is a sweet
- High Replay value if you can withstand the frame rate issue
6.5/10
