Resident Evil Re:Versewas a multiplayer shooter released byCapcomin 2022: a deathmatch-style romp featuring everyone’s favourite Resident Evil characters. If you don’t remember Re:Verse, or you’ve never heard of it, then don’t bother getting attached because on June 29, servers for Re:Verse were shut down for good.
There were a lot of problems with Re:Verse, from the servers to the distribution of the game. There was only one server based in North America, so if you were from any other part of the world you were out of luck. To play Re:Verse, you needed to own Resident Evil Village, as the game was sort of a multiplayer tie-in with a separate launcher.
The whole thing was half-baked, but Capcom’s aggressive monetisation of the product would make you believe there were reams of content and ongoing developer support behind the title. A perusal of the’Mostly Negative' reviews on Steampaints a clear enough picture as to how these practices were received by players.
Without A Trace
Earlier this year, Capcom announced Resident Evil Re:Verse was ceasing service on June 29: “The application and all of its DLC will no longer be available for download or purchase.”
There are numerous past examples of players returning to a beloved game on its final day of service to say goodbye, but a beloved game Resident Evil Re:Verse was not. On the final day of servers being online, Re:Verse hita concurrent player peak of 96 on Steam.
This isn’t Capcom’s first attempt at tacking on multiplayer to Resident Evil, and it likely won’t be the last. In fact, Capcom has confirmed that Resident Evil Requiembegan as an open-world multiplayer game, but, thankfully, Capcom saw sense and shifted the direction of the title back towards a traditional Resident Evil title, i.e. a survival horror.
This is exemplified by the company’s decision to make Grace Ashcroft, a squeamish FBI technical analyst, the protagonist. Unlike the grizzled Chris Redfield or Leon Kennedy, Grace will have to conquer her fears as she faces down her first horrific biohazard.
