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Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares

Lost in Nightmares is the first story-based DLC for Resident Evil 5, set during a previous mission hinted at in flashback from that game. It is about 1 hour in length, depending on the difficulty, and…

82 17 February 2010

Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares is an adventure developed by Capcom, released 17 February 2010 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares is

Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares is an adventure game developed by Capcom and released in 2010. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on MT Framework.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Resident Evil series

Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares is the 62nd of 190 entries we hold in the Resident Evil series. The next entry was Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition in 2010. Its critic score of 82 is 8 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Resident Evil 4 at 95.

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How it was received

Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares launched on 17 February 2010, within three weeks of BioShock 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Heavy Rain and Assassin's Creed 2 Deluxe Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: BioShock 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Heavy Rain, Assassin's Creed 2 Deluxe Edition.

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When did Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares come out?
Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares was released on 17 February 2010 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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