Review - Resident Evil Revelations 2 

I remember playing Revelations 2 and yelling "Wait why didn't anyone tell me this is good?!?!" Glad to see I'm not the only one who had that experience.

The reason they don't make more Barry games is become they made him way overpowered... especially against living things ...Never change, Barry

FUN FACT: Re 5, Re 2 Remake, Re 4 Remake all have the same directors. And that includes Revelations 2.

I think this is the most underrated game in the RE franchise. I never understood how it didnt get more love

Whaaaat? No mention of the raid mode? One of the best things about this game.

Hands down the most underrated RE game, easily top 5 in the series for me

Let's not forget that the preceding game, Revelations 1 was one of the best looking games on the 3DS. Capcom's output on that handheld was stellar. Heck Capcom in general is a great example of why Japanese Triple A games are so much better than the slop coming out of Triple A games in the west.

Natalia’s brick throwing is the greatest gameplay feature ever created. I’m replaying this game with my best friend for a third time because of it

Truly an underrated gem

Revelations 2 is one of my favorite RE games, due to its couch co-op game play. It’s the first game I played with my gf (now wife) and we had a blast. It’s possibly one of the best games to play with someone who has very little game experience since it is very forgiving for the second player. It also forces you to work together for max efficiency. We found out that if the second player goes down it doesn’t cause game over so she started going nuts with the crowbar and running into fight almost anything, which lead to some hilarious moments.

Revelations 1 wasn't bad neither, but Revelations 2 brought back the creepy scary feels that was disappearing from the franchise. And also if they consider it canon, then the ending cinematic suggests Natalia may come back as a future villain.

Revelations 2 actually made me care about the characters for a change. My mind was blown and wish the same care was in the other games that came after.

Great to see the Resident Evil game reviews again , would love to see more videos like this (maybe on the game channel) even reviews like games like evil within or silent hill games or hell even games you played growing up

I seriously would kill for Drinker to check out Signalis, it's pretty much the holy child of the game design of old school RE and the storytelling of Silent Hill. Incredible game, with a cryptic, yet tragic story.

Alex Wesker was mentioned in several notes during RE5's Lost in Nightmares DLC.

YES! Thank you for making this video! I’ve always loved this game and felt that all the hate it got was super undeserved. It was actually the first RE game I ever played and it’s what got me into the series.

I really enjoyed Rev 2 - in coop! Besides Resi 5 and Saints Row 2 one of the greatest coop games I've ever played. And we have strong woman in it - without it feeling forced. Great job, Capcom! I can really recommend it as a coop game. I will never forget the invisible enemys that only the little girl could see to tell Barry in which direction he has to shoot... 👍😃 Ok Drinker, now finally play Star Trek Resurgence! Would be interesting to hear your opinion after all the ST series trash...

I’m so glad I’ve started giving the old RE games a chance. In this age of garbage games pushing an agenda. I can go back to these pure fun game games. Grew up with a Nintendo64 so I never played them back in the day :D

Now that he's made a dedicated gaming channel, I find myself wishing he'd finally get around to reviewing the _Silent Hill_ series. I'd be shocked to learn he's never played them before, and would happily give him part of my liver as a transplant just to hear his take on _SH2._

I've been a hardcore RE fan since the original game in 1996, both Revelations games were a ray of sunshine in the dark RE6 days, way before RE7 came to rescue the series.

I played through this in VR with VorpX a few years ago. Absolutely excellent experience. Revelations 1 was fun to play that way but Revelations 2 that way was one of my favourite RE experiences.

Unpopular opinion, but I enjoyed the revelations more than RE7 and Village. Rev felt more like OG RE to me. Even played the Raid mode to death, couldn't get enough of it

This is the first RE game that I finished several times and I can say its story is so dark throughout all acts. You can really feel the desperation of each playable characters and that the enemies are outright terrifying, specifically the invisible flying bug that insta-kills you in a violent way.

Revelations 2 was ok but Revelations 1 was an absolute banger with survival horror elements rivaling that of even RE2R and probably the best Jill iteration in the series

Correct me if I'm wrong, Revelations 1 and 2 were on the 3DS and the PS Vita before coming to consoles and computer. So, the textures and animations are going to be limited on a handheld. It's a straight port so they didn't remaster anything, just the resolution and controls were worked on.

I've actually been playing RE Rev 2 recently and it's been pretty fun

Currently on my RE8 platinum run and The Drinker comes out with this banger review. The revelations series is truly underrated and it deserves more attention. Great video btw, keep em' coming.

I haven't played, but I've watched the Two Best Friends play through of it a few times. It's a lot of fun and hearing the story from the perspective of guys that have a deep love and respect for the franchise makes it really engaging. You gotta love the "Claire Sandwich" line...

I just reinstalled this on my Switch. This is probably my favorite RE game after the GameCube remake. RE Revelations 2 hits that sweet spot between Code Veronica and RE5-6. The Overseer is one of the weirdest/awesome creature designs in the entire series. The Horde Mode is the best in the entire series. Barry rules. Good stuff.

As someone who admittedly loves nearly all of the Resi games, Revelations 2 was a definite refreshing surprise and basically gave me my wish of making Barry a PLAYABLE major character which I'd wanted ever since his introduction in the extended Mercs mode for Resi 5.

Been waiting 9 years for a sequel to RER2

My favourite throwback line of the game is when Claire picks up the first gun and Moira asks her if she´s really gonna use it, and Claire responds with: "It´s more reliable than any person". That´s what Steve told her once during the events of RE: Code Veronica. In that game Claire is taken aback after hearing him say that, but I guess that after years in a world that suffers bioterrorism attacks every other Wednesday she´s taken that line to heart.

U sound just like my Best Friend Drinker cause he is a huge Resident Evil fan as well. Resident Evil is his favorite gaming franchise & he has made it his mission to platinum Every Resident Evil game

It's a fine game. Oh and I think you should adapt your outro for this channel to..... "Go away and game now"👍😁

Revelations 2 is among my favorite RE games. I absolutely loved Raid Mode. Barry was really powerful against living things. 🤷

You talk about fans of the early games and fans of the later games like the two are mutually exclusive. I like both.

this game is better than 5 and 6 for sure, very underrated with a wonderful co-op experience

Loved this game. Still play the raid mode from time to time which to this day is still the best version of mercenaries ever

“I was almost a Claire sandwich” “*From off screen*DOES BARRY TELL EVERYONE THAT STORY?!” Sold.

You can tell a good game by the small details. One of my favorite details small details the average person wouldn't notice is the rifle Barry brought with him to the island is a Knight's Armament Company SR-47. Which is essentially an AR-15 not only chambered in Soviet 7.62x39 but it also uses straight up AK-47 magazines. This shows the devs really took care to say "hey if a were a firearms enthusiast and a former tactical cool guy what guns would I bring to a form Soviet controlled island.

Correction to the mentioning of Alex Wesker. She was mentioned a very long time ago back during RE5 I believe.

Revelations 2 is the template of all Modern RE games if you pay attention. One of the best RE games ever. Has more replay value than Revelations 1,

Revelations were a return to form when they came out. Solid games with plenty of action and scares.

I didn't know what to think of REvelations 2 when I first played it. But after a while, I got suckered into it and in the end I even worried about Moira, although she annoyed the hell out of me at first. I agree on the co-op mode. The partners were actually usefull and did not end up as human item boxes like Rebecca in RE0, or a constant hinderance like Ashley-help-me-Graham. Also, I liked that choices made in Claire's scenario had an impact on Barry's scenario. I really hope to see more of this in the future. And let's not forget Moira's and Natalia's mini-games. Now there was some REAL survial horror going on in those. All in all, I liked it a lot more than expected.

Made a point to beat the classic RE games in order (starting with 0) on Steam and just beat this one after finishing 5. This and the the first revelation really brought the dread back to the series for me.

Resident Evil 5 (the lost in nightmares DLC if I remember) actually mentions Wesker's sister in one note (when talking about the project that created wesker). They're not related by blood, but they are siblings in terms that they were both (among others) subject of the same experiment. That said, Revelations 2 was my favorite RE game before the RE engine games released, and part of me was always sad that RE 5 and 6 didn't play like this game, especially since you face RE5 and 6 enemies with the exact same movesets in raid mode in Rev2)

I like this new RU-vidr, he seems pretty good at what he does. Excited to see him grow as a creator I think he has a knack for it

Here's hoping for more of these. 😊

I was so happy to play as Barry. He has always been my favorite character

Revelations 2 became my favorite Resident Evil game. Even though Operation Raccoon City motivated me to write my own Resident Evil FanFiction.

This is such an under appreciated RE game and I'm happy see it get some love! I keep hoping to see a follow up with Natalia/Alex who at this point in the timeline would be an adult(again). It would be awesome to see another Wesker menace show their face in future RE games.

I loved this game, all the way through. Glad it's getting some much needed respect and coverage.

This game is great with gyro aim controls on the Switch

I enjoyed the series, and I definitely loved the music..I fall asleep to the "Upgrade theme" soothing

Resident evil revelations series is one of the best games I have played

I loved Revelations. Classic RE.

I had such an unexpectedly great time when me and a friend decided to try this out. Definitely a hidden gem.

raid mode was excellent

I thought REvelations 2 did a good job incorporating Kafka. The references tie into the story decently, but are never essential to understand what’s happening. Keeping those references to loading screens, chapter titles, and a few lines from Alex Wesker prevented the references from becoming overused or distracting. Knowing Kafka adds to the game experience, but you don’t lose anything by not knowing him. The Dante references in REvelations 1 felt completely pointless, but I hope (should we ever get a REvelations 3) they keep the literary inspiration.

I remember playing the director's cut a resident evil on my PS1 as probably way too young of a kid... Besides 4 being amazing, Revelations 1 is probably my favorite resident evil game

I vehemently disagree with 99 % of your takes and I've left my fair share of harsh words, but there is at least one positive thing I can say: Your enthusiasm for Resident Evil is genuine.

Anything with Barry being Barry is great. "Who's the master of unlocking now?"

Alex Wesker is still alive. I wish we could see a conclusion to that idea

Rev2 is one of my absolute favorite RE games.

Dont forget the "extra episodes"! They are canon with the main story & best played in between Claire & Barry's sections of Episode 4! The fishing village stealth part of The Struggle chapter still gives me goosebumps; go check it out if you can!

The original Revelations game was actually pretty good. I didn’t play the older games until much later my Favorite was resident evil 2. and I felt that the series was in serious decline there were a lot of hardcore fans in the Community Joking that Capcom managed to actually kill the Franchise. Revelations in my opinion was the game that Revived the Franchise long before Resident evil 7 was even conceived. and while that game had its flaws any serious game reviewer worth their salt will never call a game a 10 out of 10. But a so called perfect game which doesn’t exist needs a 9.5. Meaning its flaws need to be so minor that they can easily be forgiven because of all the good things the game manages to accomplish. Resident evil revelations in my opinion is the best modern Resident Evil game and the one that does the best at having a balance between survival and horror. Although unlike 1 or 2 you won’t ever find yourself in a situation where you say I’ve got 35 handgun bullets and 3 shotgun I’m loaded. Which in those games was a lot of ammo the only time you were low on ammo was during the flashback segments. Where you were playing as Parker and were fighting against the Hunters. but by the time you finish revelations you’ll have plenty of Ammo however I felt Revelations 2 failed to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor. Somehow in typical Capcom fashion they go from a 9 out of 10 game to a 6.5 the game just has too many flaws and feels incredibly unbalanced. The worst part was when you get a new shotgun and think finally an upgrade only to Realize that despite being able to hold more than two or three shells depending on gun upgrades. The damage is much lower it wouldn’t be a big deal if it was a little but lower but they nerfed the second shotgun way to much. it doesn’t have as many upgrade slots which for a revelations game the gun needs a minimum of two upgrade slots preferably 3 and decent stats to be any good. I mean the handgun government in the Original had a really slow fire rate and couldn’t be upgraded in Parker’s segment. But to balance that out it was one of the highest damage per shot guns in the game similar to the red 9 from RE4. not to mention the woke elements they also make it feel like Moira and Claire the two women are in a gay relationship. With the weird comments and how they talk to each other. and while I don’t care who people decide to have a relationship with obviously as long as it’s not an adult and a Child. I don’t want that kind of stuff in a Video game and consider at best trying to please people who can never be pleased. Because soon they will be saying it’s not good enough Claire is gay she needs to be a Trans man add more degeneracy and at worst it’s just Communist propaganda. added only to score points with the far left. Though in spite of the weird way Claire and Moira work together and how they speak. The game somehow managed to screw up the upgrade system and many people writing guides for the game wrongly claim that once a weapon upgrade is collected it can be collected again by replaying the Level wrong. once you pick up an item upgrade you can no longer get a duplicate version of that upgrade. this cripples guns and gunplay and severely limits weapon customization. Meaning you’re going to be using the same couple of guns that benefit the most from your limited gun upgrade parts. and completely ignoring other weapons because they don’t have enough upgrade slots or are simply inferior in terms of damage ie the pump shotgun compared to the double barreled shotgun. because ammo is much more limited in Revelations and enemies don’t drop ammo if a gun doesn’t have a high enough damage per shot value it’s basically useless. now if someone made a mod that caused weapon parts to respawn on subsequent play throughs. The game would go from a 6.5 to a 7 just from that. however again that doesn’t fix the other issues guns that are so bad that no one who knows how the game works bothers to use them. the way the map is designed and the stealth mechanics are pretty ridiculous. The weird ouroboros monsters from Barry’s campaign can eat bullets for breakfast. But throw a smokescreen bottle at them even when alerted and you can still insta kill them with a stealth kill. in short for those who read as you can tell I loved the original Revelations game but am frustrated. How Capcom can make a truly incredible game then somehow manage to make the Sequel Worse. when in most cases the second or third game ends up being better than the original because the developer improves on what made the game good and attempt to address the flaws the original game had. and as I mentioned there’s no such thing as a perfect game but there are many games I enjoy playing because the flaws are so minor they can easily be ignored.

With how nice the exploration is with this game I'm interested to see how they will do an open world Resident Evil game

Nice format. This unknown youtuber could go far in the future.

6:06 wick choice in the outfits 👌

We need a remake of these too! RE could keep the franchise alive for another 20 years, based on just remakes alone. If you build them, they will come!

13:29 To be fair, Claire hasn't looked like Claire since her debut in RE2. That was her and then in RE Code Veronica they kinda kept that look, only to completely abandon it for the CGI films (literally changing the look with every film) and then following suit with every game. If she is going to be in RE 9 like some leaks have rumored, it will be interesting if they continue with her RE2 Remake model or switch it up AGAIN. At this point its kinda more a tradition than keeping the same face over the course of a sequel LMAO

Just an opinion, If only Capcom made RE 7&8 like Revelations 1&2, I will love them, I quit at that parts when they go full on nausea inducing dark and gritty realistic graphics and add the first person claustrophobic view... I hated that... Any ways, I consider the Style of Revelations 1&2 as the last Modern RE that is somewhat grounded to it's roots... Again, chill out, it's just an opinion...

What he said at 15:08 is a good concept and something they do use in the game fir example when the prison cells unlock and you have to kill all the moira breaking off the bars and kill the zombies, if you dony use the flamethrower you can pick up parts as barry because the flames wont destory it in chapter 2 if you kill pedro as clair you can take an alternate route as berry since youll get the drill near the start of the chapter in chapter 4 you have the option to open the left sluce or the right sluce as clair but than in barrys you go through the which ever sluce you closed

Played this with my wife who is not a gamer. She really enjoyed just holding the flashlight and screaming in my ear

If you ever cover the first Revelations, it'll be a bit of an opposite take compared to your experience here. The story isn't as good as Revelations 2, but the setting (the Queen Zenobia) is a step up compared to the dilapidated buildings and factories. Combat is rougher but more or less intact, and the enemy variety is almost on par with this game. The graphics will be a bit lower compared to this one, but it's mainly because of it being a 3DS exclusive until it was released for general consoles in 2013 and 2017. Good review! Looking forward to more.

For those who want to know how badass this game was, I recommend the video: The Resident Evil they keep Remaking... by LambHoot. Long story short, Resident Evil 4 remake owes a lot to Rev 2 and in many ways, Rev 2 is better than 4 remake.

Thanks for reminding me to finish this game😅. Been years on backlog

The technical deficiencies you are talking about is due to the fact that the games roots are for PS Vita. Same as revelations 1 was for 3DS before it. On either handheld the game looked stellar, particularly Revelations 1 on 3DS with the 3D effect turned on. So MT framework it was for both of them but a much lesser version than what RE5 was able to produce as it was the full deal.

We need a remake of the RE Outbreak multiplayer games.

So is the Drinker now reviewing games? Yassss

I played through this game 4 times 😂 especially with couch co-op, it’s so fun

I'd prefer the option to play Claire and Moira's campaign through, then as Barry Buggering Bastarding Burton. With that swapping they did, you just replay the levels with small differences. We need Barry in RE9. Rev3 with Carlos and Sheva wouls be kickass too.

I really liked Revelations 2. In fact, I loved it so much i played it as the new episodes released when it first launched. If you didn't play this game at launch you probably don't realize it's an episodic game that released incrementally. It was a nice change. Anyway, having (spoilers) Weskers sister as the final boss was a pretty awesome twist. The extra episodes were also fun. I wish they made a RER3

I was kinda done w/RE after 4, but it's nice to see how things dragged-along.

I remember it being pretty good actually.

A more open world remake of this game would be great.

I really enjoyed both Revelation games a lot. But damn, I probably put most of my time into the raid mode, especially in 2. It's so much fun in Co-op :D

For some reason I always thought the Revelations series were designed for the PS Pita handheld in mind. Why it was shorter smaller and the graphic wasn't comparable to other games of the time.

Would like to see more of game reviews from you Drinker

I love Rev 2. It’s not perfect, but it is one of my favorite RE games of the past 15 years. Raid mode is probably my favorite side mode of the series

One of the best resident evils for sure

I love the gaming content. would love a silent hill 2 review, my absolute favorite horror game

Decent game ruined by terrible reddit dialogue localization

This video sold me on getting the game. Although would be interesting to hear your two cents on "Signalis."

For years and years after playing the original game, i thought that barry says "jiffel sandwich". Wasnt til years later and it became cemented in history i realised it was just "jill sandwich". Then i was like "oh yea that makes way more sense" 😂

Drinker, I have to say. You really sound inspired and passionate about how games are made and what constitutes a good one. You're just as good as reviewing games as you are with movies... I'm just really fucking impressed is what I'm saying, I guess! Keep them coming! This channel will grow, I garan-fucking-tee you!

I'm not sure what the critics of this game were expecting. It was a more-than-decent follow-up to the first Revelations, but it wasn't a direct sequel. The Revelations games are like stepping stones between major entries, like the periods between 4 and 5 and then 5 to 6. The literary connection and allusions back to Franz Kafka's work also worked much better than the Inferno references in Rev 1, imo. The only REAL problem was the model they used in releasing it. Time-gating it in an episodic fashion was an odd choice, like a prototypical version of the seasonal model you'd see in a live-service game which this wasn't. The Raid Mode has its events and challenges, sure, but it was never going to be a title people kept playing for years onward. Many who malign this game compared to Revelations 1 probably never even played the original iteration of that game on the 3DS, either. Rev 1 was honestly a whole other experience on a handheld and while the ports aren't bad, it's not close to the same. There were rumors of a Switch-exclusive (at least at first) Revelations 3 featuring Rebecca but personally I think they'd be better served by doing a third one with connections to Mary Shelley's work - and plop it between 7 and 8. You can still have Rebecca in it, maybe working with the BSAA, and explain what changed at that organization to push Chris out with his own elite squad as seen in Village. Feature Ethan in it, maybe providing tech and operational support while he's being relocated and given the training he mentioned in Village. The Revelations "side games" fell off with 2 because of lackluster reception, but they released it in a weird drip-feed manner and didn't market it very well. If they took the original approach with a third one and released it as a complete experience with some DLC, Capcom could not only bring back interest in the Rev side of the franchise but also add context to 7 and 8 for those who unfairly decry those entries too. Given their push into remakes, though, I get the impression that they are now all-in on doing those rather than more Revelations titles.

are these fresh game reviews? someone said you were just posting them from the other channel

If only I didn't end up with a version that doesn't register that one secret you need to light up with Moira (even after patch) would have been 100%

Gotta love the REV2 love 😌🥰❣💯 Btw, Alex was mentioned in a file during RE5 (I forgot if it was in the main campaign or in the LiN DLC) ✌🏻 You guys should also read the Manga titled 'HEAVENLY ISLAND' as it takes place after REV2 🤙🏻