Rating: 6.5 Out of 10
May Contain Spoilers
So Resident Evil 5 finally gets some DLC but is it worth it? The answer is truly up to you, because I am not sure yet. This DLC is 5 dollars and recaps the flashback of Jill and Chris going into Spencer’s Mansion to obtain intel about Wesker. The mansion has a very big resemblance to the mansion in Raccoon City. This is trying to take the game back to where it started, showing first person when going through doors and similar areas to represent a nostalgia of the past. You start out in the lobby, you solve a few puzzles, get a few passwords, and move on to the prison in the lower level. A new evil lurks within this prison…but he will be the only enemy you will ever face in this DLC. There will be more than one of them…but that is the only one. (Besides the guys laying on the floor that jump up at you to halt your progress. They don’t count though.) So you eventually go through all the areas around the mansion until you end up in the study where you face Wesker for a bit. Lastly ending with the daring rescue of Jill jumping out the window with Wesker to save Chris. Overall, it will take you 30 minutes to 1 hour to complete this.
Besides the new enemy, environment, and expansion on the RE5 story, you get some new achievements, and the mercenaries reunion mode. The reunion mode is the same as the original mode but with different characters. There is a costume pack out right now that gets you Fairy Tale Sheva and Warrior Chris, but since you buy Lost in Nightmares, they give you Excella and Barry Burton. Each with their own moves and weapons, but the same maps still apply.
Overall, I like the idea of expanding the areas, but for something that is 5 dollars, it is very short, very easy, and I am not sure if it is worth it yet. Maybe Desperate Escape will prove differently.
Pros:
+ New Achievements, New Mercenaries Mode, New Area, New Enemy
+ Expansion on RE5 Story
+ Cheap
Cons:
- Easy
- Short
- You can’t save?
Extras:
# Resident Evil 5 Cheat Codes
# Resident Evil 5 Trophies
# Resident Evil 5 Review
# Resident Evil 5 DLC: Desperate Escape Review
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