Resi Evil 5's Desperate Escape detailed

By Tom Bramwell Published 18 December, 2009

Groggy Jill and Josh leg it out of Tricell.

Capcom has announced details of the second downloadable episode for Resident Evil 5, Desperate Escape.

Due out on 3rd March for Xbox Live and 4th March on PSN, Desperate Escape sees BSAA agent Josh Stone help a groggy Jill Valentine escape from the Tricell facility.

Jill is knackered after a spell in a mind control device, but together the duo will make it out under cover of darkness, albeit not enough cover to evade predictably unrelenting waves of enemies.

Their ultimate goal is to help Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar in their final battle with naughty Albert Wesker.

Alongside Desperate Escape, Capcom plans to release a second Costume Pack, providing a Heavy Metal outfit for Chris and a Business suit for Sheva.

These varieties, and Josh Stone, and the previous costume pack efforts (Warrior for Chris, Fairy Tale for Sheva), will then all work in the Mercenaries Reunion mode, which will also benefit from their diverse loadouts.

So, just to recap, the first episode, Lost in Nightmares, is due out along with Costume Pack 1 on 17th February for 360 and 18th February for PS3.

Desperate Escape follows, along with Costume Pack 2, on 3rd March for Xbox 360 owners and on 4th March for PS3.

And if you don't even have the original game yet, you can pick up Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition for PS3 and Xbox 360 on 12th March in Europe. PS3 owners get a Blu-ray with everything on one disc, while 360 owners get the original game along with a download token for grabbing the add-ons.

Check out our original Resident Evil 5 review to find out whether that will appeal.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • muscleblade #1 2 years ago

    I loved RE5. Second place at my GOTY list 2009.

    Looking forward to playing RE5 again.
    Edited by 1 at 18/12/09 @ 08:39

  • GiarcYekrub #2 2 years ago

    So they still not canned the compulsory AI co-op?

  • coderkind #3 2 years ago

    RE5 was so disappointing (coming from someone who's played the series from the beginning and LOVED RE4). 80% game, tops.

    Please make RE6 worthwhile Capcom.

  • davisorle #4 2 years ago

    @coderkind
    How can someone thats a true hardcore gamer and loved the series from the start, like you say, has any chance to "LOVE" RE4? There has been no worst resident starting from the missing zombies. RE5 was better than 4 but still was missing what Dead Space had.. Some freaking atmosphere to make it perfect.

    A RE5 with Dead Space's atmosphere ingame and I dont want anything more from the genre.

  • IneptPercy #5 2 years ago

    No PC love capcom?

    This content sounds interesting but I am not willing to take such a downgrade on the graphics to play it.

  • jimmyhill11 #6 2 years ago

    @davisorle
    "RE5 was better than 4 but still was missing what Dead Space had.. Some freaking atmosphere to make it perfect."

    Eh,Atmospshere? That thing that RE4 was brimming over with but which RE5 lacked? This is why 99% of folk think RE4 the superior game

  • lavalant #7 2 years ago

    No RE5 was NOT better than 4 it was a wannabe Gears of War pile of sell out bullshit , what are you stupid?

  • M4RV #8 2 years ago

    RE5 was so disappointing (coming from someone who's played the series from the beginning and LOVED RE4). 80% game, tops.

    Please make RE6 worthwhile Capcom.

    Same here really. It hardly felt like a RE title to me... Besides, Sheva is probably one of the most worthless sidekicks ever conceived in the history of video-games, when it comes to the AI.

  • Mechorpheus #9 2 years ago

    This is beginning to remind me of Tomb Raider Underworld. I don't understand why they even bother to put the game out on PC, but then only make the 'Complete Experience' available on console.

  • VMerken #10 2 years ago

    @M4RV
    Actually, if you know what you're doing, Sheva's more useful as Ashley, who was quite useful in 4 :). She can deal damage, open doors for you, take damage for you, allows for three-phased melee attacks and comes with a free inventory which the trained player can abuse.

    Treat a lady nicely, know her well and she will treat you nice in return.

    With that said, RE5's storyline was a huge disappointment for me (leave alone all the gameplay concessions the devs had to make just to shove co-op multiplayer down our throats) and as such, I don't feel like going really deep into this title. If the new add-on stories are as "well" executed as the original, this will be the first RE title I'm going to pass, because I really don't feel like fighting Lost PLanet-style "glowing orange globes" bosses again.

    Also, using Capcom mathematics, the PC version of the expansion is to be expected for fall 2010.