

You have to do some things for yourself you know, muggins here isn’t going to do everyth… um, sorry. What happens next? Well, if you don’t know I’m not going to tell you. That’s what happens when you book your cruise with Thomas Cook. It just so happens that said location is the Queen Zenobia, a big bastard of a boat teeming with monsters. The game opens, then, with Jill Valentine and new partner Parker Luicani (aka Fake Fat Kurt Russell) heading to their last known location to try and find them. Veltro is defeated but a year later, Resi stalwart Chris Redfield and special agent Jessica Sherawat are sent to investigate reports that it’s back.

Could’ve just started a petition instead, I suppose. It tells the story of Veltro, a bioterrorist group so unhappy with a city’s decision to power itself entirely with solar power that it unleashes chemical weapons and killer mutants on the population. The first Revelations debuted as a 3DS exclusive in early 2012 and delivered on a promise to bring back the slower, more tense survival horror experience seen in older Resident Evil games (as opposed to the more action-focused Resi 5 and 6).

The first made its debut as a handheld game, enjoying 3DS exclusivity for a year and a half – while its sequel was released on the PlayStation Vita.īoth have already had the handheld treatment, then, but it’s fair to say the Switch version blows the 3DS’s low resolution and the Vita’s low-poly visuals and poor frame rate out of the water.įor the sake of those who may not be familiar with the Revelations series, let me summarise each game first before talking about the Switch version specifically. The Resident Evil Revelations games don’t get to use this ‘novelty’ as a selling point. Its handheld capability means fans of games like Doom, Skyrim and LA Noire are happy to re-buy their old games on Nintendo’s system, the addition of portability appealing more than better textures or frame rate. It feels different on the Switch, though. That may not always seem like a good thing: after all, the Xbox One and PS4 were criticised in their early days for having their libraries artificially increased with enhanced ports of previous gen games. We aren’t even nine months into the Switch’s life yet and it’s already proving itself to be a fantastic device for ports. Switch, Xbox One, PS4, Steam, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U, 3DS, Vita (Switch version reviewed)
