an improvement over the previous Revelations game but i still don't see myself reaching for this over any but two or three of the other mainline RE games.

this was such a weird time for the series in terms of how reactionary it all felt. Resident Evil had never been shy about inspirations or trying different things with gameplay and tone but the The Last of Us influence in this one is something else completely. this plays much better on average than the first title which goes a long way, other peculiarities aside.

maybe a third attempt will be the one to really nail it with the Revelations offshoot.