Who doesn't love a good microtransaction? Capcom caused the web to pull out their pitchforks this week by announcing that Resident Evil: Revelations 2 will feature premium Life Crystals, which you'll be able to use to reanimate yourself should you die in the forthcoming survival horror's Raid Mode. We can't bear the tension.
To be fair, it sounds like the Japanese publisher had arcades in mind when it concocted the scheme, as it will essentially see you inserting 'credits' to pick up where you left off. Moreover, you'll be able to earn free elixirs by completing Daily Missions, so the system won't hinge entirely around you stumping up pocket change to beat the game.
The company's saying that the feature's totally optional, and if that's the case, then we'll probably be able to ignore it just fine. However, our big worry is that the firm may have tuned the popular mode's difficulty with these premium items in mind, and should that be true, well, we'll probably be giving the release a wide berth – even if Barry Burton is part of the cast.
[source neogaf.com, via eurogamer.net]
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I was holding off for the retail release (because I'm not fond of digital on principle) but considering most of the extras are "Raid" related this has put me on the fence entirely.
Zero interest. Instead of revelations 2 I wouldn't have minded a 'house of the dead' style shooter. No mind, I'll wait for the next Resi.
In the style of the "Chronicles" games or a more cheesy grindhouse style?
seriously capcom? ok i guess i wont get this.
What's next, paying for fuel in Need for Speed...?
Revelations 1 is one of my favorite games of all times specifically because of the raid mode so this news are really painful to me
Capcom know how to dump on their fans sometimes I miss just buying a game and it being 100% yours with all the content. Microtransactions is a ugly word and I wish gamers refused to use them
@Kage_88 you just earned yourself a job in the marketing dept.
I assume Raid Mode is online multi-player, which won't affect me since I'd only be playing the offline single player main story mode.
Still though, must suck for online gamers I guess .
@ToddlerNaruto
At least in the first revelations raid mode could be played single player offline or online co-op... I played it offline just fine and I think it was the best part of the first revelations so is a big loss to see it ruined by microtransactions
Don't worry, folks. Eventually Capcom will run out of ways to keep screwing up Resident Evil games.
@DualWielding I looked at the wikia and Raid Mode is non-canon mini-games....not sure if I'd bother playing those, to be honest.
I usually just beat the storyline and then move on...unless there are secret bosses/missions with story cutscenes.
@DualWielding
It's a huge loss. I cancelled my pre-order over this crap and I was actually really looking forward to this game. It's disgusting what Capcom and a lot of these other third parties have turned into. I was tempted to switch my pre-order over to DmC Definitive since that seems to have work put into it, but I'd still be giving Capcom money, f that. Played but never owned DMC 4, one of my favorite games last gen. Can't front, I'll buy the DMC 4 Special Edition but after that I wash my hands of this idiotic company. No Ultra SF IV PS4, no SF V, no RE 7 if the dumb as hell company is still around to make it. The best thing that could happen is Capcom gets bought out by Sony or starts selling major franchises so it can survive and then go fully into the mobile sector which is where Capcom belongs in its current form. Such a shame to see corporate imbeciles with no clue of the industry ruin a once excellent company.
@Diddy_kong
You're right, when Capcom is out of business it'll no longer be able to screw up Resident Evil. I just don't get how it fell so far. Last gen actually started well. Dead Rising may not have been the game of all time, but it was good, Lost Planet was entertaining, DMC 4 was great and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix was a nice downloable appetizer for Street Fighter IV which was definitely in the discussion for the best fighting game last gen (I still go with Mortal Kombat 9). Then RE 5 came along and it was all downhill. RE 5 actually did DLC decently though. Ironic that the game that put Capcom on the road to disaster is also the one that wasn't nearly as offensive with some of the other bs practices.
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