In the continuation of the assignment, we see Julia Kidman leave off in the same predicament that she was in the previous DLC, alone, tired, afraid, and questioning everything. Battered with a bruised soul, we start off the Consequence on chapter three, continuing straight off from The Assignment. In this game we see more truth behind the curtain of Mobius come to the forefront, secrets bled out onto the surface that shows who we should be trusting. Kidman has gone off the trail that her superiors had laid out for her. Kidman, finds out why Ruvick has such a close kinship with Leslie, and why he is the perfect candidate, having “potential” as Ruvick puts it. Leslie's parents were murdered right in front of him, and Ruvick murdered his parents so he was subject to the same level of loss, except he was the one that lead to his own undoing. With Leslie, he wants to become “normal” to be a part of the life in which he was robbed mentally. With this DLC there is a lot that is explained further for those who didn’t understand the main game or get the game's overall plotline. in general, with both DLC’s (which should have been combined into one game) but that’s just me, they were well executed and constructed to go seamlessly with the timeline of the first game The Evil Within. For marketing purposes, I understand why they did what they did, but considering its two chapters per DLC I feel as if they wanted to make the player want more, and spend more, of course. Which with these DLC you’re not breaking the bank being that both are $4.99 USD. The camera work was just as seamless as the first game, and the two DLC combined (especially this one) made me feel even more sorry for Ruvick. Ruvick is a pawn in an unwinnable game of chess. All that oppose Mobius fall, crumble under the pressure of their own mentality crumbling beneath them. Those that are with Mobius become the things that they fear the most, lifeless and without a voice. now like I have said previously, the storyline was very well explained in this DLC, as well as The Assignment, there was a lot that explained the dev work behind the second game and the choices that were made, like the zombies cracking apart, memories being incorporated and so on… One thing that I do not understand and that made me actually somewhat angry what why the devs decided to take on the subplot of finding Sebastian’s daughter in the second game, rather than continue the story of Leslie and Ruvick, which is the main plot from the get-go. Looking for Sebastian’s daughter would have made a GREAT DLC. But, with this game, with how intense the storyline is I feel like keeping it coherent would have been a better movie. Now, the voice acting. I cannot tell you how impressed I am with the voice acting in these DLC’s. Jennifer Carpenter especially who you might know from Dexter and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Her bad cop, cursing nature from Dexter really helped out in this game, the notes and recording came alive and she truly became not just a character, but a part of the cog the brought the STEM machine to life! ALSO! During the gameplay, (yes this is a spoiler, so sorry not sorry) But if you shoot ruvicks brain before you meet with Sebastian during one of the final points of the game, you will be greeted with a fake ending.
Also, this next point isn’t a critique as much as it is something I found funny in the game. In the game, you can call out to enemies to get them away from your target location. The enemy call is simply “HEY” or “OVER HERE” Which I mean, its simple and two the point but, lacking in creativity which I get, out of all the things to spend time on in a game, the enemy call is not one of them.
So would I recommend this DLC? I would heavily recommend them, but buy both, trust me it leave on a cliffhanger that you will not want to wait through! From a walking flashlight to an insane patient who is the key to your survival, do you trust your gut? Or will you trust Mobius?
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