Does Episode 4 end the series with a bang or a whimper?
At the end of Episode 3, I didnât know what to make of the story. Alex Wesker or as Barry calls her in this episode âShe-Weskerâ let out a horrifying scream as Natalia simply refused to die after being choked by Alex. Why is Alex so obsessed with killing this seemingly innocent little girl? We finally get the answers we want in the episode, but it does leave a section of the story open and makes me wonder if weâll get a Revelations 3 or as rumoured this week, Resident Evil 7 and perhaps, just perhaps that will play a vital role in its plot.
Claire and Moiraâs episode is incredibly short this time round, I breezed through it in around 17 minutes…not a massive amount, but it does shed light on what happened to Alex to change her from a normal looking person to a disfigured monster who wants to kill a little girl, there is a tragic moment to be found at the end of Claireâs chapter, but youâll have to wait and see if it truly ends that way.
Barryâs chapter takes you all the way through a creepy looking mansion that feels reminiscent of the Spencer Mansion. Overall itâs a much better chapter than in Episode 3 and luckily doesnât have any Quarry-like puzzles (shudder) while maintaining the same types of enemies, including those infuriating invisible ones that can instantly kill you if they get too close. Oh how I hate them! The end comes with a boss that you would only expect after all this time and while itâs predictable, itâs still entertaining.
So how does the series hold up as a package? Personally I think it would have been better not to release it episodically, but luckily now you can get it all as one game if youâve been holding out. As a whole, itâs been a great ride and I still have to go back to mop up other trophies, I would have liked an online co-op mode during the campaign, but overall itâs impressive and shows thereâs still some life left in the franchise.
The Verdict
Episode 4 wraps everything up as you would hope, while leaving a little door open to expand on in future titles. Revelations 2 as a whole has been great and I canât wait to see what they do next.
