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Well I have it and initial impressions are a bit disappointing to say the least. The focus is on Bio 4 and 5 and in a 288 page book, UC, DC and Degeneration are completely covered in all of 22 pages combined.
Worryingly, in the story track, they dedicate 22 pages to the re-telling of the story of Bio4, yet Seperate Ways is completely ignored here, as it appears to be throughout the entire book.
There is also absolutely nothing on Alex Wesker.
Nothing on 3.5
The character and enemy profiles are no way as detailed as they are in the first archives book with each enemy only given one paragraph of description. There appears little in the way of new info, many of the characters still have unknown backgrounds. For example, Doug has a profile of about 4 lines, but his bio and age etc are all unknown - same for the Los Illuminados gang. Other characters such as 'Hannah' from DC, are ignored.
On the plus side, the keyword sections appear the most interesting. Profiles on Umbrella, Tricell, Los Illuminados, Wilpharma, Terrasave. A detailed look at TALOS, a small section on Project W and something that may be about The Organization. It also has easily the most detailed canon timeline to date - covering all the major bases but nothing significantly new.
It has tons of artwork and is well presented as you would expect. It also confirms Ryan's Desktop to be canon with transcripts of the files about Umbrella Japan. There are also full transcripts of Wesker's Reports 1-3 and Ada's Report.
Before anyone asks about scans, my scanner is broken, but I will see about using a friend's.
Worryingly, in the story track, they dedicate 22 pages to the re-telling of the story of Bio4, yet Seperate Ways is completely ignored here, as it appears to be throughout the entire book.
There is also absolutely nothing on Alex Wesker.
Nothing on 3.5
The character and enemy profiles are no way as detailed as they are in the first archives book with each enemy only given one paragraph of description. There appears little in the way of new info, many of the characters still have unknown backgrounds. For example, Doug has a profile of about 4 lines, but his bio and age etc are all unknown - same for the Los Illuminados gang. Other characters such as 'Hannah' from DC, are ignored.
On the plus side, the keyword sections appear the most interesting. Profiles on Umbrella, Tricell, Los Illuminados, Wilpharma, Terrasave. A detailed look at TALOS, a small section on Project W and something that may be about The Organization. It also has easily the most detailed canon timeline to date - covering all the major bases but nothing significantly new.
It has tons of artwork and is well presented as you would expect. It also confirms Ryan's Desktop to be canon with transcripts of the files about Umbrella Japan. There are also full transcripts of Wesker's Reports 1-3 and Ada's Report.
Before anyone asks about scans, my scanner is broken, but I will see about using a friend's.
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