Well let me start by saying I'm somewhat of a resident evil fan. I'm pretty much a zombie fan. There is something that draws me to the zombie genre. When I was young I'll be honest I never liked zombie movies or things of that nature. It hasn't been till my mid to late twenties that I have fallen in love with the zombie angle in every form of media. A little reference info I've read numerous zombie books... ie... World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide, Dead Island which I just finished so on and so forth etc etc. But when I was young my early teens I remember playing Resident Evil for the first time sitting in my room with my friend Brian Cox and watching that cheesy Blair witch like intro running from the chopper. Then the horrible voice acting, "You Jill, the master of unlocking." Lord that was awful. But as soon as the dog jumped through the window and my heart skipped a beat, I've since played all the resident evils to completion aside from resident evil zero, and resident evil 3. I've even played the resident evil gun games on Wii with my wife. The series as widely known in the gaming community has shifted from mainly a zombie game to oozy creature game, it has also shifted from a survival horror to more of an action game. I felt like this game was a cross of the two somewhere in the middle of both. You don't do as much gem and key hunting as in the first but it isn't as much run and gun as RE5 was. The voice acting is much better than it used to be. But the story line much like Metal Gear Solid is a little confusing at times. I felt like I should be taking notes as to who was double crossing who. The story needs to be easy to follow since most gamers just want to kill stuff we can't get too complicated here, and I'm in the minority of wanting a good story its usually what I'm looking for in a game so story wise it was decent but they need to make it less tom clancy more Stephen king. Gameplay was the usual tank controls which those who are used to the series will be familiar those who don't like it can buy the add on second analog stick for the 3ds. Speaking of the controls thank god all of the monsters move slow. Can you imagine a whole planet of RE monsters omg they'd never get anything done. It would take all day to just perform basic functions like eating. Which may be why they all want to eat you so much. Maybe if we strapped those monsters to a rascal they might be a little more sociable and reach for a box of cereal instead of you're brains. But controls are sluggish if you're used to them you'll be fine if.you haven't played the series you might get frustrated. Gameplay took a little over 7 hours which I feel like is a good amount of time for a game to take. I don't always need 60 to 100 hour quests. Also one thing I mentioned earlier was the creatures in RE. I think maybe character design is lacking. The monsters don't really look so much scary as they do disgusting. I wish they would stick to the older design of just regular zombies or the regular villagers zombies in RE 4 and 5. Those are scary especially the chainsaw guy from 5 it took me and Laura forever to figure that guy out. Graphically RE Revelations shines on the 3DS and should be the gold standard of what games should look like on the system. Sound was decent the musical score was eery at times and kept you in the zombie killing zone. All in all I'd say the game is a must own for Zombie/RE fans or hell 3ds owners even. I wouldn't buy a 3ds for it but if you have one I'd say it is one of the top 5 games for it. Right up with Super Mario 3D Land, and Zelda as far as 3ds games go that is. I'd give RE revelations a 7.5 out of 10.
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