Grave Gamer News & Views — claire redfield

Claire Redfield & Moira Burton Concept Art

Resident Evil Revelations 2

Resident Evil Revelations 2: An Episodic Horror Story

The first Revelations split its narrative into “episodes” since handheld players typically only game in short bursts; Capcom’s console sequel is now following Telltale’s playbook for episodic content, though on an accelerated release schedule.

Revelations 2 will be presented in four weekly episodes that can be downloaded at $5.99 a piece or bought with a $24.99 Season Pass. If you’re willing to skip out on a month of cliffhangers, the collected game will hit store shelves in a $39.99 retail package soon after the digital release wraps up. Purchasing the game the latter two ways nets you additional content (which hasn’t been detailed yet).

The story follows Raccoon City survivor Claire Redfield, now employed by the anti-bioterror group Terra Save. While throwing a welcome party for new recruit Moira Burton, relation to former S.T.A.R.S. member and licensed beard enthusiast Barry Burton, the two women are abducted only to awaken on an abandoned prison island.

But abandoned isn’t quite right. The “Afflicted,” mutilated forms borrowed from one of Clive Barker’s tamer nightmares, roam the island. Claire’s got to figure out how to both get away and get away alive. But someone’s watching them and “why” is something they probably don’t want to know.

Resident Evil Revelations 2 (begins to) release in early 2015 for PS3, PS3, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

Resident Evil Revelations 2 Details Surface!

The above image is from the newest issue of Gamesmaster Magazine. You can throw guesses as to who these two ladies are but, thanks to Push-Start, we already know their identities: we’re looking at an older Claire Redfield, and her young ward is none other than Barry “What is This?!” Burton’s daughter, Moira.

The mag shed first light on some tantalizing details about the sequel which takes place on an isolated island detention center (Claire’s got a bad habit of stranding herself on those). Here’s what to expect from Revelations 2: 

• The game can be tackled either in single-player or co-op.
• Claire, now a “seasoned veteran,” handles more of an offensive, combat oriented role…
• …Whereas Moira plays a support role in which it’s her job to heal Claire and illuminate darkened areas with her flashlight (some areas are to be oppressively dark, but that won’t stop creepers from creepin’).
• The title is a prequel – set between Chris’ boulder punching quest in RE5 and the global hootenanny in RE6.
• True to the first Revelations, the game has a heavier focus on survival horror. So much so that, like days of old, you’ll have to choose between flight or fight given your limited ammo supply.
• Enter the “Afflicted.” They resemble zombies, but are much faster, much stronger, and much worse. Like The Last of Us’ Infected, it’s usually better to take them down the stealth way or simply turn tail and run.
• Expect next-gen and PC versions of the game to run at 60fps in full 1080p HD.
• “The project has been finding the line between listening to fan feedback and also doing something different to confound expectations,“ says producer Michiteru Okabe.
• Claire is still a fox.

Push-Start also has some grabs of the magazine feature on their site. Little warning, they’re on the low quality side. I’ll be sure to post hi-res images once Capcom makes them available. Special thanks to Rely on Horror for nabbing the story.

If you missed it, watch the official teaser trailer hereabouts.

Resident Evil Revelations 2 Teaser Creeping with Secrets

The cerberus is out of the bag: Revelations 2 is in the works for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, and PS4. In true teaser fashion, we don’t have much to go on in terms of information about the sequel, but Capcom promises fans with a keen eye will be able to spot some – God help me – revelations while watching the video above.

I caught at least one...

Made in Heaven by Zhang Ke