The Untold Stories DLC continues and in Episode 2 we get to kill some more zombies, this time playing as Angel Quijano, the feisty South American female protagonist. What separates Angel from you generic tough female leads out there is the fact that she’s an alcoholic, which I must say is a first to my recollection. ‘Fallen Angel’ opens with the same introduction video that explains the mysterious Big Brother-like figure has been watching the four DLC characters. Angel falls under the “Redemption” tagline this time and opens with Doug, the leader of the resistance survivors, ordering you lay of the booze.
Starting out in a barricaded school you’re tasked with investigating why the Spec Ops are killing non-infected survivors from the city and challenged with destroying surveillance cameras as part of the main side mission. Within the first 20 minutes I had questioned whether this episode was going to just be similar to the previous episode and have us running around doing pointless chores but this all became fun when I came across some of the new DLC weapons. Mixing medical deliberators and an assault rifle creates the incredibly over powered Shockblaster gun that instantly kills zombies, anything nearby and works at incredible range. But the award for the most dangerously dominant firearm in the DLC so far goes to the Machine Pistols that literally lets you run and gun with assisted auto aim with the
ability to clear out the densest of hordes. Having these weapons is a must but also makes this episode much easier.
The story does however pick up when you have to do some actual investigating searching for clues as to who are killing your people and for what reason, but other than that it’s still Dead Rising 3 and there’s things that still need to be sliced, diced and blown up. I’d honestly say after playing through this episode twice I struggle to pull out a great memorable moments and has quickly become forgettable. It is literally a series of fetching quests and clearing out zombies and Spec Ops tasks tied together with Doug’s consistent dialogue of reminding you to not get carried away with drinking and focus on the mission. To be fair having a partner like Doug would drive me to do quite the opposite to what he says just to drown out hearing how terrible I’ve now become, consumed by alcohol because the city is now infested by the undead.
Now only halfway through the Untold Stories I get the impression that the remaining episodes could potentially be another copy and pasted set of missions with a new skin but same tasks. I hope I’m proved wrong. For the asking price of £8 outside of the Season Pass I’d say it’s an expensive hour of additional content and perhaps buy it in a bundle.
