Resident Evil 4 Mercenaries is now available [No Wesker & Ada, likely DLC]
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Got all three S ranks in about 30 mins. Apparently I'm still pretty decent at Mercs.
Yes. It suggests you beat the game before playing it, but you can ignore that and start it whenever.
Yes. It suggests you beat the game before playing it, but you can ignore that and start it whenever.
Yes. The mode unlocks as soon as you download it. The game suggests you play the story first but you can safely ignore that prompt.
I almost started writing a disagreement until I realized you were talking about Krauser and not Hunk. You're totally right.
Their effects is godsent. But I was a bit disappointed by how they looked.
This is still the GOAT:
Got S rank on the first level, it seems fun enough but not really why I play Resident Evil so doubt I'll play it much more.
As a certified noob, i can say this is too easy. Got S rank during my very first try with each character in every stage. Krauser is the most op but hunk is the most fun. Luis is easily the worst. Moves slow, melee is weak, mayhem mode action is crap etc. But they did right with my boy hunk. His mayhem mode is the best right now.
Generally I think the Remake has lived up to the OG, and I rank them roughly equal in my mind.
But the Mercenaries mode feels like the first misstep. It's not bad, but it feels like a significant downgrade from the original. The more arcade-y feel of the OG just fits this mode a lot better than in the Remake, and the Remake levels are too simple and easy to encourage replaying them. A bit bummed, but at least it made getting the Hand Cannon easier since I still have a couple of S+ runs to do in the Campaign.
But the Mercenaries mode feels like the first misstep. It's not bad, but it feels like a significant downgrade from the original. The more arcade-y feel of the OG just fits this mode a lot better than in the Remake, and the Remake levels are too simple and easy to encourage replaying them. A bit bummed, but at least it made getting the Hand Cannon easier since I still have a couple of S+ runs to do in the Campaign.
I think it mostly just seems "worse" because we all know what to expect. And Krauser and HUNK are so powerful that they feel the same way Wesker did in the original Mercs.
I THINK if we had four (or five?????) levels to mess around with and the full slate of characters, and if there were more meaningful rewards to shoot for, it would feel less flash-in-the-pan than it does. Right now, having exactly one reward to shoot for just kind of feels like they didn't expect it to be a very long-lived mode.
Welp, got my Handcannon and had a pretty good time with it. Dont really see myself putting any more time into this mode beyond that, though.
Sweet jesus that was terrifying.
I don't think anyone here is bad but Luis is easily the hardest to use and requires wringing the most out of your RE4 knowledge. I find the trickiest part is initially kiting around the map to hit the time boosts while holding a combo, since you often have to do things like climb a ladder and headshot someone with the bolt action afterwards to stagger the combo reset while moving your slow ass around.
His mayhem is key to everything, even moving around the map since you can leave it behind you and keep on trucking, OR abuse the fuck out of the i-frames, deploying the tnt makes him immune and he takes no self damage from the explosion, so you can run at a chainsaw, drop it right at their feet then shoot the ground point blank. It's like bombing the spot Luis is on and he can do it multiple times per use, and gets it back quickly. It makes it the best thing to get people off you.
Otherwise, Leon is just solid as fuck. Strong weapons, strong mayhem.
Krauser and Hunk are completetly broken. Looking at the leaderboards, Krauser seems the best for score? It seems like melee kills give time so knife comboing everything is probbaly also getting you the most time and score. He is drowning in i-frames during it and even if you take hits rarely gets interrupted, has maxed out health on top of it and it's not like his kit is otherwise bad. Bow is great, mayhem is amazing, knife doesn't break. Enemy transforming on the ground? No reason to not stab them. Hunk has the instant kills but krauser basically does too, since you can always just flash -> shank with an unbreakable knife, albeit not on boss enemies.
This was good advice. Playing with just the knife and the bow and arrow was quite fun. Although I do like the submachine gun for versatility.
I was wrong. Everyone is pretty viable for scoring it seems.
I was gonna say, I think all four characters seem pretty viable, they just have very distinct strengths. Luis is probably the most challenging, but his gun is fucking strong, and his kicks actually do way more damage than his pipe attack, which is...interesting?
They charge your Mayhem gauge. You can't interact with them when your gauge is full.
The infinite ammo upgrade is the exclusive ticket upgrade for the Cannon.
Ha, interesting, thanks! I wanted to do a cathartic Pro run with an infinite op weapon, but I guess I'll have to suffer a bit first!
The easiest way to get it is to do all the merchant requests in the village. That'll get you 30 something pebbles that you can exchange for the ticket and upgrade the weapon.
I only played the Village so far (A ranks with Leon and Luis, S ranks with Krauser and Hunk), but this new Mercs seems quite forgiving -- you still receive a score and grade even if you're killed, and the Mayhem Mode is pretty reliable at taking down strong enemies. Also, the enemies seem easier to stagger and less likely to grab. Good stuff for Mercs.
Get an S rank score in all three levels. Doesn't matter which character. Then it'll be added to the Extra Content menu. Once you buy it with CP it will appear in storage in any playthrough.
Got my hand cannon in under an hour and I've never messed with mercenaries before. Took it into my current story run and it's a beast.
Go to the Bonus Content menu and buy it from the CP store. Then it'll pop up in your storage from that point on.
My exact thoughts.
It's wild how they made such a fantastic remake then shat this mode out. Reminds me of REmake 2 and the Ghost Survivor stuff or w/e they released after.
it's a score attack/survival mode. You can unlock the hand cannon early by doing decently in it, as well.
