I don’t think I’m being particularly controversial when I say Resident Evil hasn’t been scary in a long, long, long time. Resident Evil 4 (abysmal PC port aside, sadly) be a great action game, Resident Evil 5 be an offensively inoffensive action game, 'n Resident Evil 6 best be illegal. But Resident Evil Revelations actually garnered pretty strong marks on handhelds, 'n I think I’m starting t' understand why. The ship looks suitably confined, the monsters aren’t simply regular people whose heads explode into evil spaghetti sometimes, 'n the game apparently attempts t' leverage the natural human fear a drowning. That’s interesting, but can it be fun? I sure hope so. For now, however, all we’ve got be footage 'n three devs spilling behind-the-scenes secrets like warm entrails from a fallen fish monster. I suppose that’ll do.

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