Review: Resident Evil: Revelations

Oh deary, deary me. It seems the poor little 3DS is having a hard time of it, not being able to attract developers with its miscalculated selling point of a glasses-less 3D screen which seems to give more than half of its buyers eye-strain and headaches with any kind of prolonged use. Nobody would blame you if you considered (or actually did) pawn the thing while it was still worth something.

But if you stuck it out on faith that something worthwhile would eventually come your way – something not a rehash or remake of an old title, the likes of which seem to typify the 3DS library to this point – then you’ll be happy to know that Resident Evil: Revelations has finally arrived.

Posted by Matthew Vice Jan 27, 2012

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Street Fighter X Tekken goes to crazy town

That’s right. Pac-Man and “American Mega Man” have joined the roster for the PlayStation Vita version of Street Fighter X Tekken. “American Mega Man” is modelled after the bad box art of the American release of Mega Man, while Pac-Man rides atop a Tron Bonne-style mechanized Mokujin.

You can find a character reveal trailer after the break.

Posted by Miktar Jan 27, 2012

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Resident Evil 6 officially announced

Oh hell yes. Resident Evil 6, yo. Taking place 10 years after the events of the original game, Leon’s story takes place in Tall Oaks (a city similar to Raccoon City that succumbs to a T-virus outbreak). Chris’ story happens in China, while a third storyline revolves around an unidentified new character and Resident Evil 4′s Ashley Graham.

Resident Evil 6 has been given a release date of November 20, 2012.

Posted by Miktar Jan 20, 2012

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Review: Dead Rising 2: Off the Record

Okay. Give me a minute. I’m still trying to figure out what happened here. So, Capcom releases Dead Rising 2 – a pretty good game – and now they release something that’s not quite an add-on, a prequel or a side-story. It’s not a DLC either, although it could have been, and the best way to describe it would be sort of retelling/re-skinning of Dead Rising 2 – the same game, just with Chuck Greene lobotomised from it and Frank West, the hero of the first game transplanted into his place. And everyone’s okay with this?

Posted by Matthew Vice Nov 07, 2011

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Review: Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition

You have to be a pretty serious fighting game player to fully understand why everyone speaks of Street Fighter III: Third Strike with such reverence. We can tell you why, sure, and you’ll know why because we told you, but unless you actually give it a serious go and try to grasp the finer play mechanics, you’ll never truly understand.

Posted by Matthew Vice Sep 05, 2011

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Dragon’s Dogma has an interesting online feature

There’s no multiplayer in Capcom’s upcoming action RPG Dragon’s Dogma, but that doesn’t mean that the developer has eschewed all ideas that require an internet connection. The online portion of the game is all about Pawns.

When you create your character at the start of the game, you’ll also be prompted to create a pawn. Your pawn is kind of like a familiar. They’re human, but they’re an NPC helper character that you should design to complement your main character. So for example, if you create a main character that specialises in archery and other ranged attacks, then ideally you’d want to make a pawn that deals in hand-to-had combat so that he or she can keep enemies at bay while you pick them off with arrows.

Throughout the game you’ll come across stones that act as portals to an online area known as The Rift. You won’t find any other human players in The Rift to interact with, but you will find other players’ pawns. You’re free to browse The Rift and hire another player’s pawn to bring back into your single-player world to continue adventuring. Conversely, your pawn can be hired by other players, and that’s when you start to benefit the most. There’s a video of all of this in action, after the jump.

Posted by Miklós Szecsei Sep 02, 2011

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Review: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D

I’d be lying if I said that the footage I saw of the upcoming Resident Evil games wasn’t a huge contributing factor to me lashing out the R2.8k for my 3DS on launch day. Not only did they appear to have graphics almost as good as RE5, but they’d be in 3D! Awesome. The first of the promised games, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D arrived a while ago, and it’s been met with the kind of reception I expected – almost as if nobody expected it to be more of a teaser than a full game.

Posted by Matthew Vice Aug 29, 2011

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Capcom denies attack on second-hand game sales

The saved game file on Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D is permanent; forever branded to the game’s cartridge. This was discussed yesterday, and the game’s developer and publisher has issued a statement regarding the matter.

In speaking to Kotaku, a Capcom representative said: “The nature of the game invites high levels of replayability in order to improve mission scores. In addition, this feature does not remove any content available for users. Second-hand game sales were not a factor in this development decision, so we hope that all our consumers will be able to enjoy the entirety of the survival-action experiences that the game does offer.”

However, Destructoid’s Jim Sterling contacted Capcom and asked them directly whether their decision was one to combat second-hand sales; they didn’t answer his question and their discussion stopped straight away. The plot thickens.

Posted by Miklós Szecsei Jun 29, 2011

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Is Capcom taking on the used game sales dilemma?

3DS games store your game progression and save files on the actual game cartridge; the PSV will do similar. It’s a neat feature, meaning you don’t have to have loads of files floating about your internal storage and there’d be no need to transfer your files in the event of you buying a new handheld.

Developers hate the second-hand game sales market because they don’t see a cent from that second selling of their game. When a game is purchased new from a retailer, the developers make money; when it gets traded-in at the store and subsequently resold, the only side that makes money is the retail store.

Interestingly, for Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, Capcom is utilising this save game storage method in an attempt to thwart second-hand sales of the game – or so it would seem. Inside the game’s manual is a note that reads: “Saved data on this software cannot be reset”. In other words, there is no way to erase your progress from the cartridge, meaning that whatever you do will transfer to the second owner should you flog the game.

Posted by Miklós Szecsei Jun 28, 2011

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