2021 is going to be a huge year for fans of the long-running
"Resident Evil" series of video games. We're going to get the eighth
"proper" installment in the series in April this year when “Resident Evil: Village” is released
in May, and it looks likely to be a smash hit. Players have been
excited to get their hands on the game ever since the first gameplay preview
videos were released during the PlayStation 5 showcase event last year, and
those excitement levels have barely wavered ever since. Every tiny clip and
piece of information we've seen about the game makes it look fantastic, and the
fact that Capcom has taken its time to get it right rather than rushing it out
for the console's launch day is reassuring. However, it is not the only new
"Resident Evil" game we'll be getting this year.
For all the greatness that "Resident Evil" has
achieved over the years, the series has always been missing one thing, and
that's a mass multiplayer online version. Here in the 2020s, it's online
multiplayer modes that keep players coming back for more long after they've
finished the game's central story. "Grand Theft Auto V" is still
alive and kicking eight years after its release because of its huge number of
online players. By contrast, "Cyberpunk 2077" appears to be dead only
five months after its release because (among other things) it lacks an online
mode. Once the story is played out, there's nothing left to do. "Resident
Evil: Village" will sell in big numbers when it's released, but it would
sell more further down the line if there were multiplayer modes for players to
get their teeth into. "Resident Evil: Village" will still lack this
feature, but its companion game won't.
Another game will be released on the
same day that "Resident Evil: Village" becomes available, and thus
far, it's flown almost entirely below the radar because so much attention has
been foisted upon the main game. It's called "Resident Evil:
ReVerse," and it's designed to fill the hole left by the lack of a
multiplayer option in the other games. While sharing the same universe as the
other games in the series, "Resident Evil: ReVerse" is a totally
different animal. For a start, it's going to be free to download and play, and
it will only exist as an online game. Secondly, it's multiplayer-only, and it
takes the franchise into uncharted territory. The game reunites many of the
characters from the series' long and storied past, including Jill Valentine,
Leon Kennedy, and Claire Redfield, and places them within the heart of Raccoon
City's Police Department, where classic villains like Mr. X have been brought
back to life for you to kill them all over again. It's not "canon,"
if the canon of the game matters to you at all, but it does look like being a
whole lot of fun.
If you'd like to find out exactly how much fun it's going to
be, Capcom has an attractive proposition for you. "Resident Evil:
ReVerse" is about to
enter beta testing, and to complete it successfully, it's going to
need lots of beta testers. There are no barriers to entry so long as you have
the right hardware to play the game on, so you can get involved if you'd like
to. For anyone who has a PS4, an Xbox One, or a PC with Steam, beta testing for
"Resident Evil: ReVerse" goes live on April 7th at 11 pm PT. It then
stays open until midnight on April 11th. That's only four days, but it should
give Capcom enough information to know whether their game is ready to go live
alongside "Resident Evil: Village" on May 7th. There doesn't appear
to be an option for next-gen players to get involved as of the time of writing,
but that might just be an oversight with the official listing. It's hard to see
why a game that's available for the PS4 and the Xbox One wouldn't also be
available for the PS5, and the Xbox Series X. Capcom hasn't indicated that
there will be a maximum number of players required for the beta testing, but
it's likely that a lot of players intend to take them up on the offer, so
downloading the game early on April 5th would be advisable if the idea appeals
to you.
The ongoing success of "Resident Evil" shouldn't
surprise anyone at this point. We've seen the game become a successful movie
series in the past, with an animated TV series already in the books and a new
CGI series called "Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness" set to join it
on Netflix in either late 2021 or early 2022. Even online slots websites have
been able to make a little capital out of the "Resident Evil" name.
When "Resident Evil 6" was released, an online slots game of the same
name was released to players. It's a few years old now, so it's becoming a
little difficult to track it down, but online slots sites like the Rose Slots IE website might be able to
help you out with that if it's something that appeals to you. With a number of
successful remakes of previous games also still available online, at this
point, it's clear that almost anything that gets the official "Resident
Evil" logo attached to it is a bankable monkey-maker.
It's too early at this stage to say whether "Resident Evil: ReVerse" will be a success or not. Graphically it looks more arcade-orientated than the supremely disturbing visuals of "Resident Evil: Village," and it remains to be seen whether an online-only version of the game will be met with the same enthusiastic reception as the previous solo games. We know that it will have "links" with "Resident Evil: Village" despite not requiring players to buy the other game, so perhaps its success will depend on the strength of the bond between the two. Alternatively, perhaps it will come to stand on its own two feet like "Call of Duty: Warzone" does. There's only one way to find out, and that's to play it when it eventually becomes available. If you'd like to do that early by taking part in the beta testing phase, hopefully, you know what to do about that now you've read this article.
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