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RE Revelations - Rachel Joins as Playable Character in Raid Mode, Two New Enemies
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this crap doesnt belong in Resident Evil and it was put front and center in one of the trailers purely to sell the game, knowing she appears for like 10 minutes in the game
im not against justifiable sexy characters at all. This chick was just dumb and unnecesary
There's a difference between sexy and desperate pandering.
I don't think I saw this linked yet, but here's the Rachel trailer Capcom showed at TGS 2011. It's pretty much all you need to know about her character... it wasn't even in the game lol
Ah, I didn't know there was a PC version coming. Thanks.
It doesn't even make sense for it not to be in the game, too. It's about a million times more screentime for her than what she gets in the game itself!
Cow Mengde
Banned
If she's in there for 5 seconds, then that explains why she needs boobs. It's there for us to remember her by.
I'm having a horrible thought now of asking someone to photoshop her rack onto the face of Anthony from Metroid: Other M.
Troubled Bat
Member
So, what are the chances Billy Coen to appear? D:
Seriously though, i'm actually looking forward to trying out this game. Especially since it comes out a week before my birthday.
Seriously though, i'm actually looking forward to trying out this game. Especially since it comes out a week before my birthday.
She was also a decent boss character with a creepy voice, and she'd
stalk you in the claustrophobic ship quarters
Also gives them an excuse to have a well-endowed monster, I guess.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
So uh... Why wasn't Rachel playable in the 3DS version exactly?
I'd have to think it was because there isn't a "clean" version of her character model present in the final 3DS game. Since all of the other Raid characters were taken from gameplay, that's about the only excuse that I can think of.
"But wait, they did have one that they used specifically for a trailer for her backstory," and to that, I counter with the fact that they were already clearly batty enough to not even include that in the game to begin with.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Oh, she's memorable alright. And not for the boobs.
She gets killed prior to the game, you find her corpse, then you come back later and it's gone, turns out she's infected and preceeds to spend the rest of the game stalking you at the worst goddam moments.
Resident Evil styles itself after shlocky horror movies. pandering is kind of par for the course IMO.
legacyzero
Banned
I seriously cant get over how utterly stupid her hairdo is LOL
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Then it needs to go all the way with it. It can't be super self-serious and dour one second, and then come out of nowhere with stupid shit like Rachel's design the next.
Half of this thread is about how she's barely in the game, she's a non-factor to the plot or tone of Revelations. Raid mode, which is what she's featured in, is nothing but stupid fun with ridiculous looking giant/midget/super-powered versions of monsters in game. She fits right in.
Might as well play it now. The campaign is fun but the real meat of the game comes from Raid Mode.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
More like 2 seconds.
this crap doesnt belong in Resident Evil and it was put front and center in one of the trailers purely to sell the game, knowing she appears for like 10 minutes in the game
im not against justifiable sexy characters at all. This chick was just dumb and unnecesary
Walk around as Jill, see someone knocked against the glass, dead.
Erm, did you play past the first couple chapters of the game?
Rachel is a recurring stalker monster in the latter half of the game.
Hellsing321
Member
Capcom better add Wiimote controls or so help me god...
That's what I keep thinking. Being able to use the gamepad as the Genesis scanner seems like a no-brainer, but I guess it's not happening.
old manatee
Banned
One unbelievably cringeworthy moment that is in the game: you fall down a cliff and get mobbed by dogs, after you fight them all off with a pistol your sexy ai buddy helps you up and says 'just follow my sweet ass!' I don't know what I expected from the dialog and characters in a Resident Evil game, but I honestly felt kind of embarrassed to be playing it.
That moment was CLASSIC. And actually, you fall down and before she gets to you, she says, "ME AND MY SWEET ASS ARE ON THE WAY."
Just one of many great lines in the game, including the one in my avatar.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
talking about
her being alive, her ooze design I actually liked alot.
Oh! OK, fair enough.
I love this game so much. WILL BUY AGAIN ON EVERY PLATFORM.
old manatee
Banned
I can't help picturing someone writing that line, someone editing it, someone doing the voice acting, someone directing the voice actor, someone working on the animations, someone doing the scripting..
LOL, yeah, it's funny when you think about a whole squad of people working on bringing to life moments like "MY SWEET ASS IS ON THE WAY" and "THAT WOULD BE TITS" and "I'M BUYING YOU LUNCH." But it's endearing as hell. Makes me all giggly and shit -- game wears its heart on its sleeve!
The entire game seems to have a lot of experimental narrative, characters, and dialogue unique in the franchise. The episodic presentation seems to have influenced the writers, adding in odd supporting cast like the Quint and Keith 'comedy duo,' a careless professional more interested in fashion with Jessica, a masked villain constantly preaching ominous crap, a bizarre conspiracy told through various view points and flashbacks, and more off beat dialogue.
I guess there is quite a bit of new story quirks that might blindside players.
Excella struck a similar pose with one of her melee moves in RE5's Mercs Reunion.
Coincidentally, Excella is the one character who can go tit-to-tit with Rachel in over-the-top proportions.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Pft, no wonder didn't see this topic, looked up Resident.
Happy to have the new content. Getting pretty excited for this HD Revelations. Its probably the most they've done with a port since RE4.
Happy to have the new content. Getting pretty excited for this HD Revelations. Its probably the most they've done with a port since RE4.
I don't think you need to spoiler-tag that, as that detail is present before the game even begins.
Rachel lost her eye -- that's why she grows her hair this way. It appears that's the story reason.
The real reason, of course, is Capcom thinks it's absurd to make eye contact with a woman up -here- when her bewbies are down -there.-
Hyperfludd
Member
Heh, that Wii U Raid mode stuff is charming. I loved Mercs in RE5/3DS, I assume it's pretty much the same right? Does the campaign feature online co-op like that did too for the campaign?
Raid is nothing like Mercs. Raid takes entire levels from the single-player campaigns, and you and a partner (or just you, if you play by yourself) start off at one end, and have to work your way to the other end, defeating enemies and unlocking doors along the way. You level up, which allows you to equip more powerful weapons. You find loot including weapons and perks to equip, both in the levels and as awards upon completing them. There are 20 standard levels, three difficulty levels, and in the 3DS version there were 10 characters. There is also a 21st level, Ghost Ship, which is the ENTIRE cruise ship from the campaign, with multiple exits but only one true exit, and the enemies range from lv. 1 to lv. 50, and it's absolutely brutal by the end. You can travel the ship freely, and the key is figuring out the path to the true ending that's least likely to get you killed. It's AMAZING.
Moving this Q and A to the next page -- I hate being the last post on a page, lol.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
I'd have to think it was because there isn't a "clean" version of her character model present in the final 3DS game. Since all of the other Raid characters were taken from gameplay, that's about the only excuse that I can think of.
"But wait, they did have one that they used specifically for a trailer for her backstory," and to that, I counter with the fact that they were already clearly batty enough to not even include that in the game to begin with.
I believe differently, I think that they probably had her playable for the first part of the game before Jill comes in, but then fan outcry for fanservice pandering scared the crap out of Capcom that changed her role in the game from playable to monster with no backstory. It also explains why RE Revelations's feels a little empty in the first part with no context.