I don?t think anyone playing is going to have trouble sleeping, or will find themselves startled, but compared to the more action oriented entries the series has seen, Revelations manages to feel like a blast from the past. One plus, setting this entry apart from more recent entries like Resident Evil 5 and 6, is that the cruise liner setting is actually creepy. But you don?t need to brush up on your various lettered virus strains and the Albert Wesker family tree in order to grasp most of what happens throughout. Would I call it a perfect jumping on point? Maybe not. But by and large this entry does a decent job of adhering to the Resident Evil mythos without being beholden to a lot of the existing lore. The rest of the cast is an eclectic mix of newcomers, some great, some awful. Chris Redfield also plays a fairly big role here, helping to bridge the gap between the aforementioned main series titles. Stuck somewhere in between the timespan between Resident Evil 4 and 5, Revelations focuses mostly on Jill Valentine and new BSAA partner Parker as they explore an abandoned cruise ship in the middle of the ocean, which of course is filled with monsters and mutants that want to kill them in a variety of gruesome ways. The HD port heading to Wii U, Xbox 360, PS3, and PC this week doesn?t screw up the transition from small screen to big. But if you missed out on the game when it released on 3DS, either due to not owning the system or being a little gun-shy on Resident Evil spin-offs, you?re in luck. I?d also count this game, Resident Evil Revelations, as one of the better handheld side entries for a franchise series.
A few examples come to mind, stuff like Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep certainly felt as fleshed out and polished as their home console brethren. Spin-off titles, especially handheld only entries, are rarely as good as their progenitors.
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