Video games can be many things to many people, so the idea of proclaiming a single one as the best of 2012 strikes us as a little limiting. This year, instead of screaming at each other for hours in a sweaty, smoke-filled room until we emerge with a handful of winners, your friends at 1UP have decided to forsake categorization and write about the experiences that brought us the most enjoyment this year -- and that's the point of playing video games, isn't it?
Like any year in video game history, 2012 had its share of interesting surprises, but the one involving Capcom's fan-favorite Resident Evil series may have shocked me the most. If I could travel back and place a bet on which of 2012's three RE-related projects would deliver a satisfying survival horror experience -- one that felt in line with the original game -- I would've placed the safe bet on Resident Evil 6. Judging from some early trailers and Captivate impressions, how could I not? And, somehow, it turns out I would have chosen wrong. Resident Evil Revelations, a portable experience for Nintendo's 3DS, pulled off an unfathomable upset over its console counterparts. The developers kept a laser-focus on pacing and maintained a consistently creepy tone to match its high production visuals. This conservative approach eventually grew into spectacle-level entertainment over time, but Revelations also revived the low-light suspense missing from RE5.
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