Bullshit. So now companies are allowed to release part of a game on disc, and then charge for the rest of it as DLC?

Because $60 just isn't enough for these assholes?

They're gonna release this a few weeks after?? Most companies at least TRY and hide their blatant greed (pre-release anyway).

I think is reasonable. The past RE games doesn't even have online coop mode. You just have to pay more for play more. Of course certain DLC are ridiculous.

It's reasonable.

You guys realize that RE5 will ship with more modes and extras than 90% of other similar games out there? We're already getting a shit ton of bang for our buck: Online Mercs!

Plus it's only $5! That's not bad at all for something that was never in Resident Evil to begin with.

No thanks.

I'm pretty sure Capcom themselves spoiled EVERY plot point in their own game.

Meh

what Mauer said

Well, that's just confirmed I won't be buying RE5. Shitty multiplayer is one thing (standing still = camping, no thanks) but making us PAY for shitty multiplayer is another.

(Yes, I know they're not making us pay for it, but it should be on the disc at retail)

Fucking bullshit. This is supposed to be in the game if it's getting released this close to launch. If this is a just an unlock key, I will get really pissed off.

I see their plan now, though.

Step 1: Cut the overall gameplay in half in comparison to their previous game (R4)
Step 2: Charge more for the latest game ($40 is now $60)
Step 3: Add in multiplayer content to the game, but make people pay for this as well

Hmm... wonder if they're in it for the money?

so its gonna be a bunch of people STANDING STILL shooting at each other? and you have to pay for it? lame.

As someone else so astutely pointed out, the screens are slightly spoiler-ish.

We all know who it is thanks to earlier posts, but this just sorta nails it 100%.

Kinda lame that it's not in the main game, especially when you are releasing it so soon after launch. Still, the game is amazing and if you won't buy it just because you aren't forced to play a multiplayer component that you maybe won't ever care for, you are pretty retarded.

If you are angered by the "pay to play multiplayer" thing, the worst you could do is not pick up RE5 BECAUSE of that....here's why:

What the industry is doing now is trying to see how far they can go with DLC. Charging for costumes, map packs, versus modes is just game companies testing the waters to see what they can get away with.

Let's say that you are so mad at this that you decide to not buy Resident Evil 5. The people that do buy it might not mind paying for the extra modes. All Capcom sees is that a high percentage of people who buy the game also purchase the online extra versus modes. This just makes them see that this selling model is a good one.

Now lets say everyone who is angered by this still picks up the game and DOESN'T BUY the extra modes. Capcom will see that charging for the extra modes causes a low percentage of people to actually buy the DLC, and thus the development dollars they put into making it isn't worth the low percentage of people that actually purchased it.

I'm no analyst, but this makes some sort of sense to me. I'd say make your RE5 purchasing decisions on what they offer on disc...and its totally ok to NOT buy what they sell on DLC if it's not worth it to you. Personally, I'm probably going to get it cause I'm a RE fanboy...but I'll probably play it only a couple of times before going back to L4D.

Well there's another game I will pass on simply due to Capcom's greed. They did this with Megaman 9 as well. Selling the other difficulty modes and the protoman character within, what a week of release. Capcom gets a big fat no thanks from me from now on.

What Mix said, plus,why on god's name would anyone play the multi with the outdated control scheme??

On singleplayer, I don't mind the controls at all, but use them in the multplayer arena, where most players expect, and probably demand, fast paced action and a sense of excitment, the game mechanics fail miserably at that task. I want excitment soaked matches when I go onine, not slow, clunky game play. I know for sure that the mode will bore me within the first match, it's basically promoting camping, which is awful.

Not only is it a greedy way of getting our money, it's just out of place in a game like RE5. mecenary mode I can understand, but I can't get around the reason why they would think this would work with a control scheme like the one RE5 has. You'd just get bored, and fustrated, fast.

I was worried about this when I first read about the possibility of Online Competitive Multiplayer so close to launch, when it was not released as a major announcement. Its absolute bullshit.

The argument here is that while you have to pay, it is still cheap, it is still more gameplay. The problem with that as has been stated above is in the level of absurdity. There needs to be a major outcry against this kind of shit. This is something the should CLEARLY be on the disk. After tax, Im already paying $65 for your game. It should not be anticipated that I would even consider paying for an additional multiplayer mode so close to launch. As stated before, this reeks of the decision to pull the Multiplayer so they can make a clean $5 from their core audience of day one purchasers.

Im still picking up the game day one. But as soon as Im done, I'm trading it in. Im fine with additional content. I used the additional places in Oblivion. I loved Operation Anchorage. Lost and the Damned, while short was entertaining. Even map packs Im ok with, such as CoD4, where I get even more gameplay, or Burnout Paradise, where the new cars dont make that much of a difference, but are there for fun, and they've given us so much that they apparently believed should have been in the game (the bikes and day/night cycle). But a tiny extra single player level, costumes, an epilogue or ending to the game (Prince of Persia or the Brotherhood expansion of Fallout 3, the latter of which I will admittedly, yet grudgingly purchase) or bullshit like horse armor? No. Sorry companies, Im not buying into bullshit. I know what I do and dont need. This speaks down to me as a consumer. This is getting out of hand.

I have Killzone 2, Metal Gear Solid: Online and Call of Duty: 4 and WaW. There are plenty of other mulitplayer games for me to play Capcom, and you think I want to pay for your mode, when the standard combat in RE in no way fits a competitive gaming style? No, I dont. I've been playing games against others for too long to know a good formula from a bad one, and while the slower paced Resident Evil 4 style will fit a single player campaign just fine, it will probably not fit the generally frantic movement required for a good, fair multiplayer game (See Gears or MGO for 3rd person multiplayer done right). And to be honest, 4 player deathmatch? If I wanted that, I'd break out the N64 and play Goldeneye.

I might be wrong about this. It could be great. But there's no way in hell that Im going to spend $5 to find out. Get real Capcom, we as gamers may be spendthrifts and love the core games, but we aren't stupid, so stop treating us as such, or we will go play something else.

Ouch, racisim allegations, control issues, play time, not scary enough, and now bad DLC..this game has so much fucking baggage, but I still want it so bad it hurts..

@ Arctic fox. I think your avatar pretty much says what I think about this DLC (tails kicks ass)

Anywho, This is the stupidest idea Capcom has had. If people can justify buying this then go ahead and buy it, but I think this is such a fucking cash in. If this was free, it would be a different story, but its not they are charging 4.99. Here in Canada sometimes games sell for 69.99 depending on where you go, I already think that's alot, so why would I spend an extra 5 bucks for a half-assed multiplayer mode with only 4 players. There are a ton of other great multiplayer games out there that are well polished, I want to know from Capcom what makes this stand out from the rest???

"In Survivor’s Rule, players hunt each other."

For a Resident Evil game, this sounds like a stupid idea.

Hey, its like deathmatch but absolutely no fun! Multiplayer survival horror, did capcom think any of this through?

I can't understand the whining, so many people already pay for extra features for their games (mmo/xbl monthly fees).

@moush

Yeah we pay for extra features, but not stuff that should just be included on the disk (or in this case, stuff that shouldn't have been included at all).