Mercenaries Disappointment

[Omnificent Aspiration]

Difficulty or lack is another matter. I am mostly annoyed about lack of character and stage variety upon release of mercs and that it is just another way to unlock hand cannon according to online.

And no I did not confuse it with the Original Resident Evil 4. The remake mercs does the same as the old one and the same as the pro mode challenge in the new one. I already unlocked it with the pro mode run using no bonus weapons. Why would I want to grind on mercs mode? Just for fun? It would be the first mercs mode where that is the only thing I wanted to play it for from the start.

I play for fun later. But start playing to unlock something I can only get from it!!!

[Harris]

Sad to say but Mercenaries is garbage:

- difficulty is pretty much Assisted AI, translating into no challenge whatsover for those who tackled Professional already
- the only unlock is the Handcannon, making playing the mode pointless for those of us that already have it.
- Ada and Wesker cut and reserved for paid DLC
- Just 3 areas

I know I was voicing tons of criticisms about bullet spongy enemies here at the forums - and I'm actually happy I can roundkick after a single headshot. But the enemies are so anemic they barely even attack lol

That said I'm happy for the casual players, as this offers a cheesy way of getting the Handcannon and makes it so they no longer need 7 playthroughs to unlock everything.

[Alluring Grace]

oh, I liked the Mercenaries. Having played RE6 Mercenaries, which was way harder to get a high score to unlock anything, I'd always get C there. But S here was not hard but fun still, given I'm not that good. Was happy to get the handcannon, would have been really hard to otherwise get it.

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Originally posted by Harris:

Sad to say but Mercenaries is garbage:

- difficulty is pretty much Assisted AI, translating into no challenge whatsover for those who tackled Professional already
- the only unlock is the Handcannon, making playing the mode pointless for those of us that already have it.
- Ada and Wesker cut and reserved for paid DLC
- Just 3 areas

I know I was voicing tons of criticisms about bullet spongy enemies here at the forums - and I'm actually happy I can roundkick after a single headshot. But the enemies are not so anemic they barely even attack lol

That said I'm happy for the casual players, as this offers a cheesy way of getting the Handcannon and makes it so they no longer need 7 playthroughs to unlock everything.

Yet an Extreme mode (No Mercy) is coming later as a harder mode https://twitter.com/AestheticGamer1/status/1644035967806996480

So casuals and veterans will be able to be satisfied with both difficulty levels.

[DarkSideT]

Just for fun? Well... yes(?) Crazy concept

[Josef]

The best Mercenaries mode is still RE6, everything else in that game is trash lol. This one is ok, but it feels too easy.

[ピヨ彦]

Originally posted by alluring_grace:

oh, I liked the Mercenaries. Having played RE6 Mercenaries, which was way harder to get a high score to unlock anything, I'd always get C there. But S here was not hard but fun still, given I'm not that good. Was happy to get the handcannon, would have been really hard to otherwise get it.

I think they will probably add different difficulties for each area, like in Village.

[Soren]

The difficulty scales up as time or points progress. It is indeed jarring starting out on assisted. But It eventually rises to the higher difficulties after you spend some time on the stage. You'll see staggers stop trigger in one handgun bullet after a while.

Right now there are only 3 maps and we don't have Wesker or Ada yet. I'll wait to play Mercenaries for now since I'm in the middle of my pro S+ run. I wonder if achievements and more rewards will come at a later time when the rest of the Mercenaries content is added. Might even get to see the P.R.L. 412 as a reward for doing all of it.

[SmokeyDaBear]

Does time really scale up difficulty? Felt way to easy as Leon & Luis. Haven't played the rest.

[hermit]

Originally posted by Harris:

Sad to say but Mercenaries is garbage:

- difficulty is pretty much Assisted AI, translating into no challenge whatsover for those who tackled Professional already
- the only unlock is the Handcannon, making playing the mode pointless for those of us that already have it.
- Ada and Wesker cut and reserved for paid DLC
- Just 3 areas

I know I was voicing tons of criticisms about bullet spongy enemies here at the forums - and I'm actually happy I can roundkick after a single headshot. But the enemies are so anemic they barely even attack lol

That said I'm happy for the casual players, as this offers a cheesy way of getting the Handcannon and makes it so they no longer need 7 playthroughs to unlock everything.

The Ada DLC is paid DLC?

[Omnificent Aspiration]

Originally posted by DarkSide:

Just for fun? Well... yes(?) Crazy concept

Not really understanding the meaning by reading the surrounding context? That is your issue. I didn't say I wouldn't play it just for fun at any point. I said just for fun with a question mark. Then went on to say I just wanted more. Separate the two as separate points if that makes an opening for your sarcastic comment.

"It would be the first mercs mode where that is the only thing I wanted to play it for from the start." That is a point to be taken with just for fun comment. I have played them just for fun but I always wanted to play for fun and something more at first. Like an unlockable.

"I play for fun later. But start playing to unlock something I can only get from it!!!"

That was the second indicator I can play for fun.

So give your "Crazy concept." sarcastic line like I knew some nearly illiterate would. Not clever or relevant. I can expect them to provide more than just fun with mercs considering they gave it for all the other ones.

[🪐Space_Owl🦉™]

How is possible that they delivered less content than the original?
Ada and Wesker are missing and one less stage.

It's a bit disappointing that instead of receiving MORE, we get LESS. Hopefully they continue to add content later on, but we all know it will probably be paid. Also seriously? The unlockable is the handcannon? Great move for those who already own it. RIP the PRL I suppose, that would have been a fun addition and make S rank mercs worth it.

[MPN64]

Originally posted by 🪐Space_Owl🦉™:

How is possible that they delivered less content than the original?
Ada and Wesker are missing and one less stage.

It's a bit disappointing that instead of receiving MORE, we get LESS. Hopefully they continue to add content later on, but we all know it will probably be paid. Also seriously? The unlockable is the handcannon? Great move for those who already own it. RIP the PRL I suppose, that would have been a fun addition and make S rank mercs worth it.

From the twitter link above

There is an update for Mercenaries plotted for closer to Separate Ways DLC release, which adds four more characters (Leon Mafia, Ada, Ada OG RE4 Dress, & Wesker), an additional stage & a new "Extreme" mode. For later!

[saulsadip]

Missing Ada and Wesker as playable characters, and missing the Water-World stage. Hopefully these are added in with the Separate Ways DLC.

I honestly find the mode not as satisfying as OG, because of the worse gunplay and delayed melee attacks. Guns have more recoil, more spread, slower rate of fire and reload speed. Any character that isn't Leon has huge delays in their melee attacks.

Take Luis's pipe attack for example, dude stands still for a solid second before he actually winds up his attack, then stands still for like a half second after, in which a chainsaw dude can instant-kill you before you can even move. This happened to me a lot with Hunk and Luis.

[DeadSlash]

Originally posted by Zach:

Originally posted by Harris:

Sad to say but Mercenaries is garbage:

- difficulty is pretty much Assisted AI, translating into no challenge whatsover for those who tackled Professional already
- the only unlock is the Handcannon, making playing the mode pointless for those of us that already have it.
- Ada and Wesker cut and reserved for paid DLC
- Just 3 areas

I know I was voicing tons of criticisms about bullet spongy enemies here at the forums - and I'm actually happy I can roundkick after a single headshot. But the enemies are so anemic they barely even attack lol

That said I'm happy for the casual players, as this offers a cheesy way of getting the Handcannon and makes it so they no longer need 7 playthroughs to unlock everything.

The Ada DLC is paid DLC?

No, nothing has been said about it, there are just people parroting that.

[Omnificent Aspiration]

I think I'll just wait until more comes out on it to play much. Usually I play mercs to death as soon as I get my hands on it. First for unlocks, then just for fun. But this one though has some unique fun is limited on characters and stages. And some of the rest of it doesn't feel quite right. Maybe I will get used to it. But it feels to odd compared to the other ones I felt more okay with when first starting them. Also the unlock I already have is sad. The next addition may unlock another bonus weapon we can get in campaign like the sweeper. and that would be disappointing too. But even if it does the more characters and stages will finally feel like I care enough to go at it. I am probably not the only one that feels this.

P.S.
This mercs only has one more character than the first merc mode. So not many.