I'm not too sure about the combat, those Zoidbergs wave around so much that headshots are nearly impossible while body shots don't seem very damaging, I often resorted to repeatedly stabbing the enemies with my knife.

I think you get more scan percentage if you scan an enemy while it's still alive, maybe that upgrades your character in some way when it hits 100%.

Took me several tries to survive to the end of the demo since it has no checkpoints...

I played thru it 3 times my first day, well 2.5  as i died the first time.
I find i like the motion/tilt aiming best. as i was disappointed my stylus wouldnt
be used to aim. I often got hit cause i hit the wrong button to fire, herb anyone?
but by the 3rd play thru i had the controls mostly down. only 29 more demo plays to go.

At least now I know I can't stand the RE series. Five minutes of this and I was just disgusted by the gameplay. I do like the concept of the games though. That's something I can respect for the most part :cool;

Rather enjoyed my playthrough of the demo.


Got enough spare weapon parts that it seemed to upgrade my rifle. Got over 100% from scanning live enemies, but couldn't notice any in-game change - presumably it'll be some extra only included with the actual game.


Not sure how much replay value Revelations will contain, or if the story will hold up. It also seems like this game is more action-horror than survival-horror... but as long as it's good action-horror I'm ok with that. Based on the demo I'm confident that it'll be one of the first "must play" games on 3DS.

I was for the most part impressed by the demo. I found the combat to be much more serviceable once I switched to the third person aiming and discovered the strafe. The animation of the "ooze" melting after they died didn't look quite right to me. I agree that the cat suit was amazing indeed.

What a great demo!  It accomplished what it set out to do.  I will be picking this one up.

Strafe, you say?? Clearly I need to play the demo again. I didn't realize you could do that. As I was wandering through the corridors i was wishing there was a strafe. I also didn't realize you could scan the enemies when they were alive. The Scan Visor deal is a neat little addition esp for completionists like myself! The spare weapon parts should be fun too

Personally, I think Jill's cat suit was zipped up a little too much, (I'd like it to be unzipped even MORE than what it was). All kidding aside, I liked the demo on Mercenaries and was hooked even then. Now I'm hooked more than I already was. I was getting the game anyways and now I KNOW that I'm gonna love the game tmore than I originally thought. I'm also interested in how the circle pad will make the gameplay feel. Well anyway, I can't wait to get it!

Yeah, Read the the Control schemes there's a strafe and a reload.

On the guns, even when I was getting Head shots or what look to be Head shots I still unloaded about 5 or so bullets into them.  I got to the point where I too would just start stabbing them to death because it seems just as effective.

Besides the Weapons being nigh useless I enjoyed the demo.  I thought it was really pretty but, then it also got me thinking about the Capcom 5 and how Gamecube like the 3DS really is.

Played through the demo yesterday and loved it to pieces.

I'm extremely glad games like this are still being made in the RE series.  Everything up to RE4 was great but RE5 took a turn for the worse and RE6 looks like it wants to turn even further =(
And that makes me very sad.

So, again, thank god for RE:Rev! Can't wait for the full game!

Looks like Capcom is back to form after the RE Mercenaries debacle. One very nice addition is the dodge mechanic no one has mentioned so far. If you knife at just the right time, you dodge the attack and come out the other side unharmed. The RE4 stun then kick is back with greater force, but harder to execute since the Zoidbergs move too much and the slide pad isn't quite as good as an actual stick.

Completing normal unlocks Hell mode which show cases one more weapon and is of course much harder with more Zoidbergs, less healing, different placements. Unfortunately it resets along with every setting on quit.

Nades now do damage based on distance, meaning a direct hit will kill the demo's "boss", while a glancing hit will only annoy them.

One minor disappointment is that the laser is now a solid line with no graphical effects, meaning it sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the rest of the game which looks amazing.No doubt it was a gameplay decision.

Correction: the dodge move is done when you are not in the "ready" position and moving the stick forward while being right in front of a Zoidberg. It automatically goes into effect when they attack. It's there to avoid getting the player getting stunned locked in the tight corridors of the ship.

Just wanted to clarify something; when I was playing in Hell mode, I managed to get the scanner up to 100%, and that gave me an extra herb. Nothing else, just a herb.

A herb could be big.
I wish they gave info with scans to look at maybe the full game.

The dodge is another reason why knifing is more effective it seems.  When knifing someone you'll sometime dodge and you can get into a position to use that kick move.  Also if you time it right you can step back from them attacking.

I was coming back to say just that.  When I got my scan up to 100% it gave me a free herb.  Since I'm am an FPS on the PC kind of guy, this was extremely helpful since I couldn't dodge or hit worth crap.  I believe I'll be playing this on easy when it comes out (I'm such a wuss lol).

I've had this game preordered for awhile now and I cant put the demo down! Hell mode is going to be rough, I almost make it to the end but I always die! I am courious about the story and cant wait till it comes out.

Just tried, the demo, the same enemy (Zoidberg with the big claws) killed me twice. The graphics are gorgeous and the controls work, I like them better than RE5. Looking forward to this game.