Strange as it might be for downloadable content to arrive almost a year after the game’s release, few will complain when it’s as good as Resident Evil 5′s Lost in Nightmares. Available for around four quid on either PSN or Xbox Live, it includes not only a fantastically enjoyable new chapter, but the added bonus of a ‘Mercenaries Reunion’ mode featuring new playable characters.
Set in 2006, Lost in Nightmares taps into the franchise’s almost bottomless well of back-story intrigue by fleshing out a flashback touched upon midway through Resident Evil 5. If you’ve played the game already (if not, skip this paragraph) you’ll recall Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine duking it out with the perennially annoying Albert Wesker before flying through a window to their apparent doom. Originally destined for the main game, it was cut to ensure that your co-op partner remained consistent throughout.
With such concerns irrelevant in the context of a standalone episode, this new vignette catches up with the hour or so leading up to that climactic stand-off, as Chris and Jill uncover the unsavoury mysteries of Ozwell E. Spencer’s mansion. As you scope out the grand building for cranks, emblems and passwords, Lost in Nightmares feels comfortingly familiar.
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