Chris Chapter 5-3 Keyboard Survival Guide

Chris Chapter 5-3 could be a nightmare for a keyboard user: WASD plus a rolling camera. Eye hand coordination is not enough, we need to study it through.

"Captain!!!"

I've had enough of this.


I know some PC players didn't find it difficult to get past this section, but the rest of us did feel very frustrated when seeing Chris died over and over again. It seems capcom didn't quite realize WASD is not actually an "analog" stick, 3rd person view plus a (gradually) rotating camera is somewhat very counter-intuitive.


So if you're a keyboard user, I hope this guide can help you a bit. =)
Chris campaign is long enough already.

/*update: good news - v1.03 lower the difficulty of this section, sliding is no longer necessary to survive! */

Climbing up the ladder

We all know we have to run fast, so keep in mind:

1) NEVER release the DASH/ACTION key (default: SPACEBAR), except when pushing Piers up.

2) HOLD "Down" or "Left" key according to the camera, this is the MAIN direction you're heading most of the time, use "Right/Down" to do the "adjustment". If you can get the main direction right, you won't mess up.

3) Keep Chris away from the edge/wall, bumping into it for 1-2 times will slow you down significantly (and you're not noticing), that's the major cause of failure.

4) the mouse is only for shooting and sliding.

I remapped DASH/ACTION key to "left shift", I find it easier to control (just like RE5):
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Okay let get started.


Climbing up the ladder is easy.
press LEFT *first* and ACTION/DASH to climb up, try to catch up with your partner.

When climbing, keep holding DASH and *LEFT* until you've reached the walkway.




NOW beware, the camera changes.
MAIN direction: DOWN
Adjustment: RIGHT
remember, DO NOT release your DASH/ACTION key.

If you only hold DOWN, you'll probably run into the wall, so you need to adjust your direction by tapping RIGHT constantly:


just keep doing this and you'll be fine, and at some point, the camera will back to "normal".

Piers needs your help, remember after helping him up, keep tapping "v", every second counts, it can still kill you if you can't reach his hand.

Now comes to the tricky part...

Sliding! I hate sliding!!

After jumping down the boss will block your way (for the first time),


shoot it and you can move on, now be careful:


you objective is to move up and slide under that pipe, sounds simple, but the camera will change TWICE, so it's very easy to die because of one of the following:
a) You lost your main direction.
b) Chris is out of the screen, you don't know where you're facing
c) Fail to slide under that pipe.

Let's do this step by step:
After a distance the camera changes gradually from "behind you" to "in front of you"
don't get confused, the camera will eventually be in front of you
MAIN direction: DOWN
adjustment: RIGHT

so yes, press DOWN+RIGHT and let Chris stay close to the edge, this will prevent him from getting out of the screen (if this happens, you'll lost your sense of direction)

(sometimes the AI will get stuck, but don't worry about him...)

after a while camera back to "normal", (intuitively) you'll release the DOWN key (but still holding the DASH key)
MAIN direction: UP
get ready to SLIDE! (right-click without moving your mouse)

As you should be holding the DASH and UP key now, what you need to do is do the "right-click" at the exact time.
/* UPDATE: after 1.03 patch, Haos' action has been slowed down, you can still survive even if you fail to perform the sliding (i.e.crawling) =) */

After getting through this, yes, we're almost home.

We're almost there!

and now the camera begins to rotate slowly, which means the main direction will be shifting from LEFT to DOWN

in other words,
when the camera is facing the wall, hold LEFT (+DOWN, avoid bumping into the wall).
and later when the camera is in front of Chris, hold DOWN+RIGHT,

The time constraint is very tight here, just don't get stuck and never stop.

When Chris starts talking about ada, stay alert:

You should be holding DOWN and RIGHT here, but be careful of its hand (claw?), it can block your way:

This is obviously no good. So stay left (but don't touch the wall), keep moving.
after managing to push Piers up the 2nd time:

we can see the elevator now, after some shooting and QTEs...

Still have a few metres to go, but not a problem now, right?

Finally!

[SteelWeezle]

Dude, you saved my life with this

[beta400]

Yea, after 10 years this guide still reminds us how annoying that game once was.

[Gearmem145]

Even in controller when I was a kid, this level was very difficult to me on xbox 360😅

[SWIPE UP]

I use contoller

[HEARTATTACK]

did it first try lol

[pat_trick]

Even in 2022, this guide is still relevant.

[♥Melissa_Juliette♥]

I use the mouse perfectly, and namely because of the mouse tender movements can do this part.

[beta400]

Oh no, that was 4 years ago.

[beta400]

@BAMFaerie You're welcome. So weird reading something I wrote 2 years ago in 4am.

[BAMFaerie]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Gods I was near sobbing the first hundred times before I caved and looked it up. This is going to help SO much when I rest up and go from the top to preserve my death count >_>