Resident Evil 5’s fantastic co-op gameplay, great bosses, intriguing environments, and addicting upgrade system made it one of the best games of 2009. Now Capcom has bundled the original game in with a long list of extra content similar to “Game of the Year” editions seen with other hit titles. While some add-ons are better than others, the overall value here impresses.

Two new stages are the biggest draw. Lost in Nightmares, a flashback to Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine’s raid of the Spencer manor, is the better of the two. Nostalgia is the focus here. You start out creeping around a dark and seemingly empty mansion, finding crank handles and passwords to unlock new areas. Camera swoops through doorways as you transition to a new room cleverly evoke those classic load screens without making you wait around. Once you get underground, however, combat ramps up. A new non-Majini enemy type provides a nice challenge, especially in tight corridors. If you’re playing alone, however, your AI partner can annoyingly block your only escape route in these halls, resulting in a cheap death at the hands of these creatures. The final two sections involve a clever environmental kill puzzle room and a challenging battle with Wesker (as seen in the flashback cutscenes in RE 5).