Despite a setting I don’t personally like and some wonky aiming at higher settings, the tight gameplay and extra modes will have you sinking more hours than you realize, and make it worth the $20USD on Steam. In the end, Resident Evil 6 was my favorite of the new trilogy for a while, only to be shoved over by 5 later on, but it still provides a lot of fun and some interesting stories that intertwine. Overall, the extra modes are a lot of fun and actually tie in with the single player pretty well. I would’ve hated to have someone jump into my game while I was trying to finish the story, only to have them screw it up for me so I’m not really wanting to do that to someone else. Honestly, I’ve never even tried this and it sounds pretty cool, but I’m just not interested in it. One of the multiplayer modes introduced in RE6 was Agent Hunt, wherein you jump into another player’s game and stalk them as one of the enemies and try to stop them from succeeding. Hell, you can even set up a skill set to play a medic style role if you want!
Yes, they’re all locked and whatnot, I originally beat the game on PS3 and didn’t really have time to invest 40+ hours into unlocking everything again for this review, sorry.Īnyway, as you can see from the few that are available up there, you can get an increased chance for things like critical attacks, add piercing effects to your shots, calm down that aiming sway, make your melee attacks better, and increase your defense. They can also be used in story mode, which drops skill points regularly, but Mercs is a much faster way to farm them. Yep, instead of weapons this time, you get a set of 3 skills to help you in your fight against evil. One thing Merc Mode is good for, is farming up skill points so you can unlock and level up your skill sets. You can either take on the enemies alone or with a partner, either way, it’s not going to be easy. Get a high enough score and you’ll unlock a nifty new outfit for whoever you’re using! This also gets your combo meter going for an even bigger bonus at the end. You can also extend your time by killing enemies with contextual attacks, counter-attacks, and, well, just killing them. Doesn’t sound like a lot of time to take on that many baddies, does it? Well, it’s not, so you get to run around and bust open orange crystals that extend your time. You’re given two minutes to destroy 150 enemies, incuding a few bosses. Ok, so the screenshot isn’t from Mercs, but I wanted an excuse to use it. I was glad to see contextual attacks made a comeback, but with a price. The controls are familiar enough that most folks can just jump right in and get on to killing enemies without a whole lot of hassle. It was only about 12 years behind everyone else, but better late than never, right? Capcom finally came to terms with the fact that rooting people in place didn’t really enhance the horror element in this more action-oriented trilogy, and wound up catching up with the times. Left stick moves your character, right stick moves the camera and turns your character. Resident Evil 6’s original draw for me was the modern control scheme. She’s a great addition to the REUniverse.
Those of you who happen to remember it from RE5 will recognize it right away.
She does not travel lightly when it comes to kicking ass, she carries a Hydra shotgun and knows how to use it. She gets wrapped up in the incident at the college while searching for her sister and meets Leon, who thinks she’s involved because she’s pretty light on information for him. This lovely lady is Helena, and she’s Leon’s new partner.