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Since my broke ass wont be purchasing a 3DS much less RE:revelations for a while, I ended up watching it all on Youtube and was not disappointed...Well, minus the lack of gore.RE's been cleaning itself up since RE5 for whatever reason, regardless the game was incredibly well done and it got me thinking how Revelations should have been RE5 instead of what they chose to do for RE5.
While Technically timeline-wise RE:R is RE5 as it takes place after RE4, like RE:Code V is technically RE4 etc.
But here are some reasons why RE:R should have been RE5 in my opinion.
1:Like RE4, it was a stand alone side story that guided the series into a new direction.
The T-Abyss and the BOW's it created were all quite unique and impressive. Despite the simplistic name, the Ooze ended up being a really impressive new type of 'zombie'. While there were only 4 types of them, they all worked really well and were an welcomed new entry to the BOW library. The games final boss design is really impressive.
2:The cast of characters, none were wasted. Even Rachel who was advertised to us for 3 weeks before finding out that she was just fodder still had more to add to the games story. RE5 wasted its cast of characters. If you weren't Chris, Jill, Wesker, or Sheva you were irrelevant to the game. Anything Irving, Excella or Spencer did that was important to the games story was done before the game itself. Raymond, Jessica, Parker, Keith, quint etc, all have a purpose in the game and aren't throw away characters.
3: The story is well done, and has some nice twists and turns and doesn't blow it in the ending. RE5 on the other hand is point A to Point B, game over. No real twists or turns and the ending, well shouldn't repeat whats already been said.
4: Expanded mobility and weapon options:
Being able to move and shoot? Yes, please. Extra attributes on weapons upgrades?(like 'doubleshot' for shotgun) This combined with the FPS option is also quite cool. Also being able to dodge enemy attacks now is a definite bonus.
5:Scares...thar be scares in an RE game once more.Not as many as I would have liked, but more than RE5 had.
While I know these 5 points may not make the argument for everyone, but I seriously think this should have been RE5. It really did have all the right elements, and I was sad to see the game end because it really was a blast to watch.
While Technically timeline-wise RE:R is RE5 as it takes place after RE4, like RE:Code V is technically RE4 etc.
But here are some reasons why RE:R should have been RE5 in my opinion.
1:Like RE4, it was a stand alone side story that guided the series into a new direction.
The T-Abyss and the BOW's it created were all quite unique and impressive. Despite the simplistic name, the Ooze ended up being a really impressive new type of 'zombie'. While there were only 4 types of them, they all worked really well and were an welcomed new entry to the BOW library. The games final boss design is really impressive.
2:The cast of characters, none were wasted. Even Rachel who was advertised to us for 3 weeks before finding out that she was just fodder still had more to add to the games story. RE5 wasted its cast of characters. If you weren't Chris, Jill, Wesker, or Sheva you were irrelevant to the game. Anything Irving, Excella or Spencer did that was important to the games story was done before the game itself. Raymond, Jessica, Parker, Keith, quint etc, all have a purpose in the game and aren't throw away characters.
3: The story is well done, and has some nice twists and turns and doesn't blow it in the ending. RE5 on the other hand is point A to Point B, game over. No real twists or turns and the ending, well shouldn't repeat whats already been said.
4: Expanded mobility and weapon options:
Being able to move and shoot? Yes, please. Extra attributes on weapons upgrades?(like 'doubleshot' for shotgun) This combined with the FPS option is also quite cool. Also being able to dodge enemy attacks now is a definite bonus.
5:Scares...thar be scares in an RE game once more.Not as many as I would have liked, but more than RE5 had.
While I know these 5 points may not make the argument for everyone, but I seriously think this should have been RE5. It really did have all the right elements, and I was sad to see the game end because it really was a blast to watch.
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