A shitty bonus mode disguised as a story extension. The possibility for something good is here - not only just with the new ration system and inclusion of a mysterious character from the base game, but in how it sells itself tying up one of the biggest loose ends from its story. It doesn't really do that in a sufficient way, sadly - instead you get cheap black screen voiceovers, forced banter, MORE combat spam of enemies that weren't even fun to fight in the base, and a broken stealth section. And the little father-daughter plotline this re-introduces here was one of the more plaintive segments of the main game despite only being told through readables, this just sort of devalues it (and throws in a clichéd cop-out of an ending for good measure). Resident Evil in name only, the series has never felt farther from its roots than here - at least 5 had gonzo Wesker, this doesn't even have a normal difficulty lmao.

The Struggle is like Desperate Escape but without being brutally unfun. It does struggle with difficulty balancing, however, as it lacks a normal mode, with casual being completely trivially easy and survival being beyond annoying. It has a few interesting mechanics, such as needing to hunt animals for continues, represented by food, but otherwise, it's just a trek through familiar levels and locations. It's not particularly interesting otherwise and it feels like filler content. I do like how it fills in some blanks in Revelations 2's story, such as what happened to Evgeny Rebic and how Moira learned to become competent with firearms by the end of the game. Evgeny and Moira have a fun dynamic, one of Revelations 2's writing strengths, and while "young adult versus old man" is not particularly original it is entertaining here. I wouldn't buy this one on its own, but if you already have the complete collection it's worth a go at least since it's less than an hour long.