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[suckmy12inch]

Okay, I got some of the DLC for PS3, just the Lost in Nightmares chapter and the bits that came with that. I'll get the other stuff all for 360 another time.

Impressions!

Well, my first thought is: Capcom, you're fucking annoying. That chapter just raised more questions for me than it answered. Leaving that aside, for the moment...

I really liked how it was more of a throwback to the old games. Sadly pretty short (took me ages to finish though, because I kept typing out the content of the files for Kat). And yeah, I jumped a couple times, when that body fell, and then the bats through the windows... oh god, and that THING smashing through the wall. I only died once and that's because I was panicking, trapped between two of the bastards.

Much creepier than RE5 itself. Even though Andrea'd already told me you don't really shoot anything for the first half, I was still being really, REALLY careful and slow about everything. The way the doors opened annoyed and unnerved me. I like kicking them down, not having to wait around for them to open.

The puzzles were pretty neat. I played it on Amateur, so I might have just gotten off easy, but they weren't so bad that I couldn't figure it out after running around for a bit. The piano was a nice little touch. And the return of "itchy. tasty". Fighting Wesker was pretty fun too, though I was flailing for most of it, all "I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M MEANT TO DO." I wish I'd dragged that out a little longer, I sort of wonder if he had anything to say other than 'Ignorant cretins!' It makes me want to play him some more.

While I'm still talking gameplay, I had a quick go with Excella and Barry. They both cracked me up, Excella with her High Heel and Humiliate animations, and then Barry with his 'Barry sandwich'. I'll get the other costumes on 360, I think.

Okay, as for what was revealed in terms of plot... NOT A WHOLE FUCKING LOT. THANKS, CAPCOM. All it's done is made me more confused. It's possible I missed a file that explained everything neatly but I doubt it.

There was a lot of talk about 'Alex'. I very much doubt that was Alexander Ashford, considering that Spencer referred to said Alex as the last of his children and therefore most likely, the Wesker children.

Also, Irving was working for Ada? The plot (what there is of it) thickens. Again.

The list of test subjects was interesting:
1: Hans
2: Felicia
3: Marco
4: Jonah
5: Irma
6: Ken
7: Laura
8: William
9: Hiro
10: Derek
11: Miles
12: Alex
13: Albert

Kat and I had a good giggle over how Albert's last. And then a o_o moment at number 8.

That's pretty much all I can remember for now. Below is the kinda lulzy conversation with Kat while I was playing. Feel free to skip.

touchmy12inch (15:44:23): ...who is Patrick and why am I reading his memoirs
spatzkind (15:44:32): PATRIIIIIIIICK
touchmy12inch (15:44:48): I guess he was the butler
spatzkind (15:44:54): ...
spatzkind (15:44:57): Okay then
touchmy12inch (15:45:40): "I remember how Lord Ashford, another aristocrat from a storied family, and one of Master Spencer's schoolmaters, Doctor Marcus, would find refuge from the summer heat at this villa. My father and I would accompany them and do our utmost to see that they wanted for nothing."
touchmy12inch (15:45:50): awww they used to tease Patrick
spatzkind (15:45:56): ...
spatzkind (15:45:57): :<
spatzkind (15:45:59): That's sad
touchmy12inch (15:46:01): Ashford gave him brandy
spatzkind (15:46:02): Poor Patrick
spatzkind (15:46:10): Ashford is not as bad as the other two :|
touchmy12inch (15:46:18): YAY PASSWORD
touchmy12inch (15:46:35): ...aaah the doors open funny
touchmy12inch (15:46:38): you can't kick them open
spatzkind (15:46:43): ...ew
touchmy12inch (15:47:05): fff this really is like the old games
spatzkind (15:47:17): AWESOME
touchmy12inch (15:47:24): JILL GIVE ME THAT HERB
spatzkind (15:47:55): OH GOD Y'ALL GOT SOME VOICE ACTING
touchmy12inch (15:48:18): ooooh more of Patrick's memoirs
touchmy12inch (15:48:36): he was helping Spencer with experiments
spatzkind (15:48:44): ..
spatzkind (15:48:48): PATRIIIIICK o9
touchmy12inch (15:48:55): he feels like he loses a bit of his soul with each experiment
touchmy12inch (15:49:11): ...there's a piano
spatzkind (15:49:11): ...That means you FIND A NEW JOB
spatzkind (15:49:14): OH FFFFFFFFF
touchmy12inch (15:49:23): Piano sonata no. 14
touchmy12inch (15:49:26): /commands partner
touchmy12inch (15:49:35): oh dude this is awesome
spatzkind (15:49:45): It's just like the first one!
touchmy12inch (15:49:57): the wall's sliding away and just aaah it's great
touchmy12inch (15:50:14): yes jill the wall is open stop playing
touchmy12inch (15:50:20): or not
spatzkind (15:50:35): ...
touchmy12inch (15:50:38): NOOO WAIT THE WALL CLOSED
spatzkind (15:50:41): Jill stop being stupid
touchmy12inch (15:51:19): oh god there's a crest
spatzkind (15:51:27): DUN DUN DUUUUUUN
touchmy12inch (15:52:06): I don't like these doors
spatzkind (15:53:31): this fellow is Albert Wesker and he is a dick
touchmy12inch (15:53:44): never was a truer word spoken
spatzkind (15:53:48): Saaame
spatzkind (15:54:02): creator of the G-Virus, the T-Virus’ badass big brother…until it was never heard from or mentioned again following the game it appeared in…
touchmy12inch (15:54:15): hahaa
spatzkind (15:54:31): Which is sad and true
touchmy12inch (15:55:37): oooh Spencer's Memoirs!
touchmy12inch (15:55:42): this should be good
spatzkind (15:55:45): OH GOD
touchmy12inch (15:56:10): ....gets off to a good start
touchmy12inch (15:56:50): "I, Ozwell E. Spencer, founder of Umbrella as well as its chief executive officer, hereby proclaim myself as ruler of all mankind. Everyone shall prostrate themselves before me as they once did forthe ancient false gods."
spatzkind (15:56:59): ...
touchmy12inch (15:56:59): "At least, that was what my destiny should have been."
spatzkind (15:57:05): BUMMER
touchmy12inch (15:57:52): he uses long words
spatzkind (15:58:02): Well yeah
touchmy12inch (15:58:54): ...hng "I have the means available to me, I can realize my ambitions, thanks to Alex. I kost much in human capitcal following Umbrella's bankruptcy, but I still have Alex, the best and brightest of them all and the last of my children."
spatzkind (15:59:11): ...
spatzkind (15:59:19): ...
spatzkind (15:59:22): Wait what?
touchmy12inch (15:59:26): WHO THE FUCK IS ALE
touchmy12inch (15:59:26): X
spatzkind (15:59:31): Alex ...Ashford?
spatzkind (15:59:34): OH WAIT FUCK ME
touchmy12inch (15:59:40): ...Wesker children?
spatzkind (15:59:46): Yeah!
touchmy12inch (15:59:50): ffff capcom
spatzkind (16:00:01): They all have names that begin with A
touchmy12inch (16:00:09): brb apping them all
spatzkind (16:00:13): ...
spatzkind (16:00:17): That would
spatzkind (16:00:22): Confuse Birkin SO BADLY
touchmy12inch (16:00:32): MORE MEMOIRS
spatzkind (16:00:34): "WAIT WHICH ONE AM I SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW BLINDING AND WORSHIP FFFFF"
touchmy12inch (16:00:36): LMAO
touchmy12inch (16:00:47): goddammit who is this Alex?!
spatzkind (16:01:11): Albert's big bro :|
touchmy12inch (16:01:15): "I've never witnessed anyone so adept at absorbing the talents of others simply by observing them."
touchmy12inch (16:01:20): ohoho, sibling rivalry
spatzkind (16:01:24): ...
spatzkind (16:01:27): Holy crap
touchmy12inch (16:01:31): ...hey
touchmy12inch (16:01:38): in RE5, there's a document signed by Alex W
touchmy12inch (16:01:42): I just remembered
spatzkind (16:01:44): ...
touchmy12inch (16:01:52): you find it on the ship
spatzkind (16:01:52): There's also one signed by A. Wesker
touchmy12inch (16:01:56): fff
spatzkind (16:01:59): ...That you find on the ship
touchmy12inch (16:02:06): I am so confused
spatzkind (16:02:13): /looks everything up
touchmy12inch (16:02:17): good idea
spatzkind (16:02:27): WE WILL LEARN WHO ALEX IS GDIT
touchmy12inch (16:02:32): MORE MEMOIRS
touchmy12inch (16:02:57): so atm Alex is just trying to improve the virus
touchmy12inch (16:03:08): "I'M COUNTING ON YOU, ALEX."
spatzkind (16:03:20): ...Well, Alex is also Ashford's first name remember
spatzkind (16:03:29): ...Though I doubt he ever, like
touchmy12inch (16:03:31): but he said "of my children"
spatzkind (16:03:32): Went by Alex
spatzkind (16:03:35): POOOINT
spatzkind (16:03:47): ...Oh wait
spatzkind (16:03:58): And that's The Orignal Ashford's son
spatzkind (16:04:03): Alex is I mean
spatzkind (16:04:08): or Alexander
touchmy12inch (16:04:12): yeah
spatzkind (16:05:05): ...Yeah the Report on Project W was signed by Alex W.
touchmy12inch (16:05:10): knew it
spatzkind (16:05:12): I THINK ALEX WAS THE ORIGINAL WESKER
touchmy12inch (16:05:16): YES
touchmy12inch (16:06:00): ...I wish Jill wouldn't walk so loudly
touchmy12inch (16:07:00): WHY DO BATS KEEP BREAKING THROUGH THE FUCKING WINDOWS
spatzkind (16:07:02): ...I don't think Wesker was the last surviving, uh. Wesker
touchmy12inch (16:07:11): ffffffffffffffffffffffffuck I knew it
spatzkind (16:07:19): Well, it says in that file
spatzkind (16:07:27): Albert's death puts the current success rate of
Project W down to 18 percent.
spatzkind (16:07:38): but granted this was in '98
touchmy12inch (16:07:40): but then Spencer was like "only one survived, you"
spatzkind (16:07:45): He coulda killed the rest of them
touchmy12inch (16:07:49): mhm
spatzkind (16:08:15): Plus, there's a possibility that 1 person could equal 18%
spatzkind (16:08:26): ...Also a blow to the ego: He was #13
touchmy12inch (16:08:31): BAW
spatzkind (16:08:32): HE WASN'T EVEN NUMBER 1
touchmy12inch (16:08:43): ALBERT WESKER IS ALWAYS NUMBER1
spatzkind (16:09:06): BIRKIN NEEDS TO FIND THIS FILE AND BE LIKE WHOTF IS ALEX?
touchmy12inch (16:09:19): fff yes
touchmy12inch (16:09:20): brb
spatzkind (16:09:24): ok
touchmy12inch (16:09:55): ...someone called and then hung up
spatzkind (16:10:03): ...creeptastic
touchmy12inch (16:10:10): ...there's a painting of that place where the flowers came from
spatzkind (16:10:20): ...
spatzkind (16:10:24): SERIOUSLY?
touchmy12inch (16:10:33): yeah!
spatzkind (16:10:35): SOMEONE NEEDS TO PUT THIS UP ON YOUTUBE
touchmy12inch (16:10:50): I wish I could
spatzkind (16:12:12): Albert's death puts the current success rate of
Project W down to 18 percent.
spatzkind (16:12:23): ...shit needs to start copying right
spatzkind (16:12:31): This is not the mansion from Resident Evil 1. Apparently, Umbrella has a second creepy laboratory mansion in the woods a few miles away from the original game’s creepy mansion laboratory in the woods. Since just one was not enough, you see.
spatzkind (16:12:44): I THINK THAT'S THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS SPENCER'S KIDS, TOO
touchmy12inch (16:12:45): YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH
touchmy12inch (16:13:20): ..."Played poker tonight with Scott and Alias from Security, and Steve from Research"
touchmy12inch (16:13:26): ...don't tell me this is THAT diary
spatzkind (16:13:30): ...
touchmy12inch (16:13:34): it's by someone's bed
spatzkind (16:13:36): what diary?
touchmy12inch (16:13:43): "itchy. tasty"
spatzkind (16:13:48): FOHFAD;FKDJAK;AHHHHHHHHHH
spatzkind (16:13:49): NO
touchmy12inch (16:13:51): oh my god it is!!!
touchmy12inch (16:13:57): someone was reading it:-$
spatzkind (16:14:33): OH SNAP
touchmy12inch (16:17:09): more of Patrick's memoirs
spatzkind (16:17:15): Poor Patrick :<
touchmy12inch (16:17:31): OOH
touchmy12inch (16:18:08): "Then one day he asks me to find a certain man and make him aware of the master's whereabouts. I do not know why he would go to such lengths to contact this man but perhaps he wanted to see if someone could find him."
touchmy12inch (16:18:31): "The man in question is one Mr. Albert Wesker, a name I have not heard in quite a long time. I only met him once, over ten years ago."
spatzkind (16:18:48): *spittake*
touchmy12inch (16:19:21): "I am ashamed to admit that I cannot recall his face. The reason, I believe, is because of his eyes - those cold, unfeeling eyes that completely overshadowed his other features."
spatzkind (16:19:29): ...
spatzkind (16:19:39): WELL THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A FUCK OF A TIME FINDING HIM
touchmy12inch (16:20:22): hmm "I know of a certain unscrupulous individual who could put the information on the streets, for the right price. He is the kind that does not care who he talks t. What made the individual I found of such importance is that he is in the employ of a female spy who has regluar dealings with Wesker."
touchmy12inch (16:20:44): .... "I paid this man (I forget if his name was Roberto or Ricardo" I KNEW IT
spatzkind (16:20:57): *double spittake*
spatzkind (16:21:02): IRVING?!
touchmy12inch (16:21:04): YES!
touchmy12inch (16:21:06): WHAT IS THIS
spatzkind (16:21:12): SO IRVING WAS
spatzkind (16:21:14): WHAT/
spatzkind (16:21:17): I
spatzkind (16:21:25): ...HE WAS WORKING WITH ADA WHAT EVEN?
touchmy12inch (16:21:37): LOOKS LIKE IT??
spatzkind (16:21:42): MIND=BLOWN
touchmy12inch (16:21:43): I doubt it was Excella he was working for
touchmy12inch (16:21:54): ...I have a list of test subjects
spatzkind (16:22:27): ...Who's on the list?
touchmy12inch (16:22:40): 1: Hans
2: Felicia
3: Marco
4: Jonah
5: Irma
6: Ken
7: laura
8: William
9: Hiro
10: Derek
11: Miles
12: Alex
13: Albert
spatzkind (16:22:49): ...
spatzkind (16:22:53): So they w-
spatzkind (16:22:56): 8
spatzkind (16:22:59): number8
touchmy12inch (16:23:01): YEAH
spatzkind (16:23:02): I
spatzkind (16:23:05): WAHT
touchmy12inch (16:23:16): fff /PLAYS ON
spatzkind (16:23:29): ...So was Birkin...?
touchmy12inch (16:23:32): I DON'T KNOW
touchmy12inch (16:23:35): MAYBE
spatzkind (16:23:36): Also, Edgeworth evidently
touchmy12inch (16:23:42): ...lmfao
touchmy12inch (16:23:45): Hiro, fff
touchmy12inch (16:23:49): and IRMA
touchmy12inch (16:23:52): what dumb names
touchmy12inch (16:23:57): anyway, a wall opened /investigates
touchmy12inch (16:24:37): AAAAH JILL'S GONNA DIE WHERE ARE THE CONTROLS
spatzkind (16:25:09): so you're finally fighting something then
touchmy12inch (16:25:22): ffffff there we go
touchmy12inch (16:25:27): nah, the ceiling was spiky and tried to squah her
spatzkind (16:25:31): oh okay
spatzkind (16:25:51): ...
spatzkind (16:25:55): Just randomly thinking
spatzkind (16:26:11): You know how they were all THE G-VIRUS CAN ONLY INFECT CERTAIN PEOPLE~~~~
spatzkind (16:26:25): ...Maybe it is because Birkin's in the SPECIAL category
touchmy12inch (16:26:35): MAYBE
touchmy12inch (16:26:37): ....fffff
spatzkind (16:27:07): ...And he sure as hell didn't survive anything
touchmy12inch (16:27:14): no he didn't
touchmy12inch (16:27:16): ...CAPCOOOOOM
spatzkind (16:27:21): o9
spatzkind (16:27:23): STOP THIS
spatzkind (16:27:31): EITHER GIVE US A DEFINITE ANSWER OR DON'T
touchmy12inch (16:27:55): ffff it's like they're trying to retcon everything ever
spatzkind (16:28:10): ...So then wouldn't that make Sherry-
spatzkind (16:28:13): OH WAIT A SEC
spatzkind (16:28:23): They never said anything in Alex W.'s letter
spatzkind (16:28:31): About whether or not they died
spatzkind (16:28:38): Only if the virus worked or not
spatzkind (16:28:39): So
touchmy12inch (16:28:47): hmm true
spatzkind (16:28:48): MAYBE HE WAS IMMUNE WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN
touchmy12inch (16:28:56): oh god
touchmy12inch (16:29:02): okay, I think need to pay attention here
touchmy12inch (16:29:21): ...wtf, are we gonna make like James and start jumping down holes?
spatzkind (16:29:26): ffffffffno
touchmy12inch (16:29:56): ...oh I don't like it
touchmy12inch (16:31:17): OH FUCK I SAW SOMETHING I DON'T LIKE IT
spatzkind (16:31:43): WHAT'D YOUSEE?
touchmy12inch (16:31:55): it was on the above floor, something big with an axe
spatzkind (16:32:02): D8
touchmy12inch (16:33:39): ..oh shit
spatzkind (16:33:48): ...Oh shit?
touchmy12inch (16:34:13): IT BROKE THROUGH THE WALL AND MADE ME SCREAM
spatzkind (16:34:18): DDDD8
touchmy12inch (16:35:36): FUCK
touchmy12inch (16:35:38): FUCK FUCK FUCK
touchmy12inch (16:35:43): JILL YOU USELESS FUCKING FUCK
touchmy12inch (16:36:11): oh gotta go for a bi
touchmy12inch (16:36:13): o/
spatzkind (16:36:17): OKAY!
touchmy12inch (16:49:37): I think I'm about to meet Wesker
touchmy12inch (16:52:01): I GET TO FIGHT HIM
spatzkind (16:52:17): AWESOME
touchmy12inch (16:52:51): HE WON'T SOTP BEATING UP JILL I AM DYING OF LAUGHTER
spatzkind (16:52:56): lmao
spatzkind (16:53:01): A+

Overall, I liked it. Just wish they'd explained more.