February 10, 2012

Resident Evil Revelations

MEAT BLOB OF DEATH!
Date played: February 9th
Platform: 3DS
Time played: 15 minutes
Session fun rating: 9/10

I played a sequence that seems to be set in the past where Jill and her partner have to take samples of weird meat blobs on a beach. The game introduced the Genesis scanner, a Metroid Prime like scanning device. It allows me to scan items and creatures to get health items in return. It's a cool mechanic but I can see it becoming a hassle in dangerous situations.

I explored the beach, scanned the blobs and eventually fought two or three of them. I also found a grenade. It's amazing how much better the interface is than on console because of the touch screen. There are also shortcuts with the dpad that are very useful.