History VideoGame / ResidentEvilRevelations2

* CuttingOffTheBranches: ''The Struggle'' features [[spoiler:Moira being saved by Evgeny and in the end, finds Barry fighting Alex Wesker, making the Good Ending canon.]]

* OneHitKill: Some monsters have the ability to kill you in one hit should you get caught in their grips, such as Pedro's drill or the Glasp.

* OneHitKO: Some monsters have the ability to kill you in one hit should you get caught in their grips, such as Pedro's drill or the Glasp.

* DidYouGetANewHaircut: [[spoiler:Claire in the Good Ending.]]

** The Glasp: A giant, bloated fly-like creature that expels vision-inhibiting gas that allows it to stealth kill its victims. The worst part? [[spoiler:It appears to have been [[WasOnceAMan created from a human]]]], which ramps up the BodyHorror factor UpToEleven, with arms and legs converted into multiple, jointed insect limbs [[spoiler:with its still human feet dangling off two of them, a mouth grown out of the back of the victim's skull]] and worst of all, it covers its victims in what appear to be maggots. [[spoiler:Let the [[FridgeHorror implications of that sink in.]]]]

* CreepyChild: Natalia has shades of this. It goes UpToEleven in the bad ending when she [[spoiler: *becomes* Alex Wesker and kills the mutated version of Alex by ripping out her heart. Even in the good ending, it's implied that there's at least a little bit of Alex Wesker's consciousness in Natalia as she is seen reading from Kafka and smiles maliciously.]]

* CentralTheme: Fear. Specifically, the ability to face and conquer one's fears, which turns out to be a vital part of the villain's plan. Despite all her build-up, the reason [[spoiler: Alex Wesker mutates is because before she pulls the trigger and shoots herself, she has a split-second panic and fears her own death, causing her to mutate and somewhat de-railing her plans on her own]]. Also, in a rather interesting case of [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration Gameplay-and-Story Integration]], the only way to keep [[spoiler: Moira alive is by forcing her to face her fear of guns in Episode 3. Otherwise, failure to do so will result in her dying and being unable to save Barry and Natalia from Mutated Alex.]]

* AdultFear:
** Claire and Moira briefly meet Natalia, but she is snatched from them when they are distracted by an explosion.
** If you are a gun owner, see the spoilered content under IJustShotMarvinInTheFace and NoodleIncident, below.
** Becoming estranged from your children. Barry still loves Moira, but their relationship is very strained.
** Barry also points out that the things happening on the island is why he didn't want Moira involved in Terra Save at all. Moira was basically making the choice to become involved in bio-terrorism, ''the very thing he's been trying to protect her from since the first game''.

** Getting kidnapped in the middle of a party doesn't leave Claire and Moira with many eapons.

* SaveGameLimits: There is only one save file, and it's AutoSave only -- you cannot save manually.

* FakeLongevity: It is not a long game, but if you want to get [[HundredPercentCompletion all of the achievements]], then you will have to finish the main campaign More Than Once. Vanilla mode, Countdown mode, "Invisible Enemy", different difficulties, weapon restrictions … the list goes on.

* RealityEnsues: You'll lose health upon jumping ledges, unlike previous games, which allowed you to jump down several feet without breaking your legs.

** Barry's plot somewhat mirrors the unreleased ''[[GaidenGame Gaiden]]'', which featured him trying to find a missing protagonist from ''2'' and meeting a young girl who could sense the presence of [=BOWs=]. It also ends with [[spoiler:Barry adopting said girl and the antagonist posing as one of the characters.]]

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The virus has 4 levels of infection: Normal, Anxiety, Fear, and Mutation. The definition for "Anxiety" is being afraid that something bad might happen, even though there's no sign it will. And "Fear" is a real threat, in which your body will respond through some sort of reaction. Despite this, most characters will spend the game on the "Anxiety" level when battling enemies or running from dangerous situations, and will only change to "Fear" when the plot calls for it.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: [[spoiler:Neil, the Terra Save leader, after the Uroboros infection in Episode 3. Poor Claire.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Alex fully controls Natalia's body in the bad ending.]]
** [[spoiler:Even the good ending can be interpreted as this, since we can see the ''bizarre'' smile in Natalia's face.]]
** Don't forget the fact that [[spoiler:Natalia is seen reading a book by Franz Kafka, who also happens to be Alex Wesker's favorite author. That fact alone confirms Alex's consciousness at least exists within Natalia's body; whether or not it stays dormant remains to be seen.]]

* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: This happens in the Little Miss bonus episode.[[spoiler: Fortunately, Natalia manages to fight off Dark Natalia/Alex Wesker's influence.]]

* TheBusCameBack: While she has appeared often in non-canon games like ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity Operation Raccoon City]]'' and was the co-star of the ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration Degeneration]]'' film, ''Revelations 2'' is Claire's first appearance in a game in ''fifteen'' years that isn't an explicit retelling of the Raccoon City incident or the Rockfort Island one.
** Similarly, this will be Barry's first canon appearance since his cameo in ''Resident Evil 3''. And, while he's technically the main character in the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor game (''Gaiden'') and is playable in a few Mercenaries games, this is his official canon debut as a playable character.

** We have:
*** The Revenant: A creature that appears in Barry and Natalia's sections. Multiple corpses stitched/nailed together and infused with a cocktail of the T-Phobos and Uroboros viruses, they have multiple limbs, some of which have their feet and hands removed and replaced with a rusted blade. To kill it, Natalia has to use her powers to find its core, much like the horrifying [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Regeneradors]].
*** The Glasp: A giant, bloated fly-like creature that expels vision-inhibiting gas that allows it to stealth kill its victims. The worst part? [[spoiler:It appears to have been [[WasOnceAMan created from a human]]]], which ramps up the BodyHorror factor UpToEleven, with arms and legs converted into multiple, jointed insect limbs [[spoiler:with its still human feet dangling off two of them, a mouth grown out of the back of the victim's skull]] and worst of all, it covers its victims in what appear to be maggots. [[spoiler:Let the [[FridgeHorror implications of that sink in.]]]]
*** Rotten: Essentially decayed humans that look somewhat like skeletons. Considering what happens later on in Episode 1, they could be what happens to Afflicted when they are left alone for some time.
*** [[spoiler:Alex Wesker after she has mutated and especially in the last battle.]]

* CentralTheme: Fear
** More importantly, the ability to face and conquer one's fears. Despite all her build-up, the reason [[spoiler: Alex Wesker mutates is because before she pulls the trigger and shoots herself, she has a split-second panic and fears her own death, causing her to mutate and somewhat de-railing her plans on her own]].
** Also, in a rather interesting case of [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration Gameplay-and-Story Integration]], the only way to keep [[spoiler: Moira alive is by forcing her to face her fear of guns in Episode 3. Otherwise, failure to do so will result in her dying and being unable to save Barry and Natalia from Mutated Alex.]]

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The bracelets on Claire's and Moira's wrists not only double as speakers for the Overseer and probable tracking devices, but also change their colors to indicate the amount of fear in them at the time (as described by both the Overseer herself and a document lying near the entrance to the prison). After the first time they're attacked, they're permanently orange to show anxiety. [[spoiler:Natalia's bracelet, on the other hand, is in the red -- which indicates "mutation" according to the previously-mentioned document -- constantly.]]

** AsymmetricMultiplayer: In Claire's story, Claire carries the guns while Moira is armed with the flashlight and a crowbar. The pair have to work together in order to survive the facility's dark and rusted hallways. In addition, in Barry's story, he's the fighter while Natalia is support due to her ability to DetectEvil. Barry has to rely on her to find the Revenants' [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak points]] as well as [[InvisibilityCloak the Glasps.]]

-->'''Claire''': [[Memes/ResidentEvil "I was almost a Claire sandwich."]]
-->'''Moira''': "Does Barry tell everyone that story?"

-->'''Barry''': "Who's the MasterOfUnlocking now?"

* DiscontinuityNod: In Raid mode, HUNK's special skill is [[InvisibilityCloak stealth camouflage]], a trick he previously displayed in the multiplayer in the non-canon ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity Operation Raccoon City]]''.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the opening cutscene, a brief shot of Neil's book shows the list of guests at the Terra Save party. However, several of the names are crossed out, [[spoiler: and the names that aren't are the people that get kidnapped because he selected them for Alex's new batch of subjects.]]

* InterfaceScrew: The Glasps are invisible, but getting close to one causes the camera to blur.

** Good Ending: [[spoiler:If you let Moira use the gun to kill Neil, she'll rescue Natalia before having her mind stabilized into Alex Wesker. Barry, Claire, and Moira then proceed to finish her mutated body. After that, Barry retires and adopts Natalia.]]
*** [[spoiler:Though it is the "Good" ending, Natalia is seen reading a Kafka book and bioterrorism news in the epilogue, then ominously smiling. This reveals that Alex has successfully transferred her mind to Natalia, even if not completely as seen in the Bad Ending.]]
* NeverTrustATrailer: [[spoiler:In several trailers and teasers, a shot of a gun pointing at Moira's head is seen, indicating something relevant is going to happen. The actual cutscene on the game doesn't do any justice to the hype; a surviving Islander holds Moira up, grumbles a bit, and then leaves while telling the protagonists to get off the island.]]

* TheOnlyOne: Natalia in Barry's chapter. [[spoiler:She has survived six months in the island and is not affected by the T-Phobos virus due to Alex's experiment.]]

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Played very straight with Natalia Korda. She is a survivor of [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations the Terragrigia Panic]] losing her family in the process. As a result of the horrible things she's seen, she experiences little to no fear regardless of the situation. While this trait is certainly beneficial, it is nonetheless jarring to see such a young girl remain so calm in the face of such horror.
** One of the secret files reveals that she considered the [[KillSat Regia Solis]] beam that destroyed her home to be "pretty."
** Her bracelet is forever red and she hasn't mutated; as a file notes, if a subject overcomes their fear, their bracelet is stuck on red. This indicates Natalia had overcome the fears she had from the incident.
* ViralTransformation: A staple of the franchise. The Overseer's T-Phobos virus appears to cause dramatic mutations only when the infected experiences tremendous fear, explaining the Afflicted coming from a TortureCellar, [[spoiler:Pedro turning when surprised by a group of Afflicted grabbing him, and Gabriel starting to turn as his Helicopter crashes]].
** We see a somewhat "successful" usage of Uroboros with [[spoiler:Neil, who turns into a hulking, tyrant-like abomination with at least some capacity for speech, rather than a mindless mass of tendrils like all its ''[=RE5=]'' hosts save Wesker.]]

* WhamLine: The end of Episode 1.
-->[[spoiler:'''Barry''': "This was logged [[LateToTheTragedy six months ago]]. Jesus Moira..."]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Natalia''': "Your daughter's name is Moira?"]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Barry''': "Yeah. Why?"]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Natalia''': "Moira... [[DeadAllAlong she's dead.]]"]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Barry''': ''"What?!"'']]
-->The end of Episode 2:
-->[[spoiler:'''Natalia''': ''"That IS Wesker. Alex Wesker."]]
-->The end of Episode 3:
-->[[spoiler:'''Alex Wesker''': "But why aren't ''you'' changing? A failure like you?"]]
-->The end of Episode 4:
-->[[spoiler:'''Natalia''': "Natalia? Now you can call me ''Alex''." (Bad Ending)]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Natalia''': "[[Creator/FranzKafka The bird has changed.]]" (Good Ending's epilogue)]]
-->The end of the ''Little Miss'' scenario:
-->[[spoiler:'''Lottie/Dark Natalia/Alex Wesker''': "Well, gosh-a-roony, you little BITCH. '''I''' was supposed to win this game of tug-of-war! But there's still plenty of time to get under your skin. And next time, you won't see me coming."]]

* WithThisHerring: Getting kidnapped in the middle of a party wouldn't leave you with many weapons.

** [[spoiler:The Good Ending of Episode 4 ends with Natalia in her room, reading a Creator/FranzKafka Book, along with bioterrorism news. The scene cuts out with her saying "The bird has changed" and smiling eerily -- revealing Alex ''did'' succeed in her GrandTheftMe.]]

* NonLinearSequel: The plot has nothing to do with the first ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations Revelations]]'' and is set between ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 5]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 6]]''. [[spoiler:That is, until it is revealed that Neil is a subordinate of Lansdale who tries to revive the FBC and Alex is aware of that.]]

* ProgressivelyPrettier: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with Claire Redfield. A combination of more realistic graphics and age has made her [[http://i.imgur.com/Bn5ENG0.jpg look less like the supermodel]] she was in previous games (and the CGI films).

* DejaVu: Claire at the beginning of the game is knocked unconscious (this time it's an injection rather than getting wacked on the head) and wakes up in a prison cell with no weapons.

* SmallSecludedWorld: Sushestvovanie Island. In fact, this was exactly the reason why the Overseer chose to set up her operation on the island: a [[DyingTown dying community]] that had almost no way to communicate with TheOutsideWorld, with its people [[TooDesperateToBePicky extremely desperate]] to make a decent living for themselves. By setting herself up as the island's benefactor, the Overseer quickly became a VillainWithGoodPublicity, allowing her to take advantage of the people's gullibility and use them as expendable test subjects for her own selfish ends.

** Raid mode special challenges has some ''GIANT'' monsters.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The Anti-Material Rifle in raid mode. Though it has an incredibly high attack power relative to other guns of the same level, you can't reload it. Therefore you only get 4-8 shots out of it before it's essentially dead weight. Weaker weapons that you can carry a lot more ammo for are usually preferable unless you're on a map that has mini-boss fights in it.

* BatmanGrabsAGun: [[spoiler: At the end of episode 3, Moira has to combat her childhood trauma and fire a gun in order to save Claire from Neil.]]
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: This happens in the Little Miss bonus episode.[[spoiler: Fortunately Natalia manages to fight off Dark Natalia/Alex Wesker's influence.]]

* BodyBackupDrive: The Overseer attempts to do this to [[spoiler: Natalia. In the bad ending it works while the good ending is more ambiguous.]]

** Also done in chapter 4 of Claire's campaign [[spoiler:by Alex Wesker, who shoots herself in the head. Unfortunately, she unintentionally survives it due to the virus, and is seen horribly deformed when Barry arrives on the island some six months later.]]
* TheBusCameBack: While she has appeared often in non-canon games like ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity Operation Raccoon City]]'' and was the co-star of the ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration Degeneration]]'' film, ''Revelations 2'' is Claire's first appearance in a game in ''fifteen'' years that isn't an explicit retelling of the Raccoon City incident.

* AirVentPassageway: Natalia can traverse different levels like this. She is the only character small enough to fit in some places. Unfortunately so can [[spoiler: Alex Wesker]].

* VillainousBreakdown: This happens to the Overseer, [[spoiler: Alex Wesker]] During Barry's campaign. [[spoiler: Her [[CameBackWrong unplanned resurrection]] turned her into an unsightly abomination. She becomes obsessed with revenge against Natalia]]

** Don't forget the fact that [[spoiler:Natalia is seen reading a book by Franz Kafka, who also happens to be Alex Wesker's favorite author. That fact alone confirms Alex did take over Natalia's body.]]

** Don't forget the fact that [[spoiler:Natalia is seen reading a line in a book she was reading, which is a line in a book written by Franz Kafka, who also happens to be Alex Wesker's favorite author. That fact alone confirms Alex did take over Natalia's body.]]