With the release of the first episode of Resident Evil Revelations 2 this week, I find myself wondering about the episodic format it is being released in and why so many games are doing it recently. With Resident Evil being my favorite game series (despite its lack of luster the past few titles) I'm thinking to myself why would they does this and break the game apart in to mini parts, rather than a large game as a whole? My reasoning against this is simple, surely it would break up the speed and immersion of the game by releasing it weekly instead of in one big go? It's hard to understand why they would suddenly change their stance to this.
Granted this adds an extra suspense feeling to a series that is lacking in the survival horror of its predecessors, but why couldn't this be added in through the old methods used with limited ammo and jump scare moments? Does anybody else remember having to try to fight the Tyrants of Resident Evil 2 with such limited ammo you ended up using your knife or running past zombies knowing you'll need that ammo for later? Now I understand with each episode you'll be getting a portion of the story and some additions for the mercenaries side game but to me, it seems a little broken off to keep the story in portions. From what I understand of the release, it will be in four episodes, switching between Claire and Barry respectively, until the full disc release in March.
This isn't the first time this has happened however within the gaming industry. Some recent examples in the form of TellTales Walking Dead series, and the Siren: Blood Curse game, both of which have released episodically. Admittedly I haven't played the Walking Dead title however I did play Siren, which I found the episodes really did nothing but hinder progress throughout the game and didn't leave me wanting more. However this could possibly be down to the game itself being less than outstanding.
I am in high hopes the episodic format doesn't let Resident Evil down and it will prove itself to be as fantastic of a title that Revelations was before it. I'm going to be holding out until next month to get the full disc version to add to my collection however because who doesn't love a physical disc compared to a digital download? What will you be getting the game and what do you think of it so far? Let us know in the comments below!
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