With RE5 already on sale in some release date-breaking stores in Japan, we bloggers only have a very breif period of time to report on the games features like they are "news". So here is what will likely be the last new thing you hear from me about the game; it has the same Mercenaries mode as RE4.
This is the best thing I've heard about the game in a while. I love RE4's Mercenaries mode (which is part of why I liked Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop), so to see the mode (and J.J.) make a return puts a big smile on my face. More importantly, the mode appears to feature something I didn't think I'd see in RE5; NO MANDATORY CO-OP! With that, my biggest complaint about the game has essentially been fixed, if not just for this one mode.
I easily spent more than eighty hours playing RE4 Mercenaries, which is ten times as longer than RE5's reported playtime. The news that the game was so short had me bummed at first, but now that I know it has Mercenaries for sure, I don't care about the campaign's length. I'll put at least another eighty hours into RE5 with this mode alone.
[via Kotaku]
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10:22 PM on 03.04.2009
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Where's HUNK?
I didn't quite spend 80 hours, but I put at least 40 into it. It's literally TOO much fun. Which console are you getting it for? We need to trade tags and play some late night Mercs. I can't wait.
Can't wait! Next Friday is going to be like Christmas!
Dammit! There are people in Japan already playing the game!
Date-breaking store sonsofbitchs!
Hopefully the Mercenaries mode will have at least up to 4 people co-oping online. Or else this might just be a waste of 49.99 on opening day!!!
i just know this game is going to disappoint. i can't even be bothered to complete the demo, but i just know that i'll eventually buy it, because of my RE addiction problem.
I'm now officially fucking sold on this shit. Do you know if you can do co-op in mercenaries if you wanted to? Any help would be much appreciated.
I don't think I played Mercenary mode more than the main campaign, but I certianly did enjoy playing it. Especially as HUNK and Wesker. Hopefully we'll get to play as them again.
Co-op is icing on the cake.
@ Jack, you see, like myself, why run'n gun controls would not work in this game. I wish others could see what we do.
Oh, wait...
;)
Around 1:11ish that guy looks like Michael Jackson...
"Whoever is playing is really, really awful at this game."
Also. Fuck Sheva and her stupid AI brain.
People say they have good experiences with Sheva but mine have all sucked. She's died 10 times to the Chainsaw boss...awful.