Resident Evil Village will include ‘The Mercenaries’ extra game mode

Capcom is bringing back ‘The Mercenaries’ game mode in Resident Evil: Village. The Mercenaries is a popular extra game mode that has been part of many Resident Evil titles in the past, even though it wasn’t a part of the few recent installments.

It is a high-speed arcade style extra game mode for the fans that want some more action from the game. Your objective is to reach the goal within the certain time limit. For instance defeating 15 enemies out of 30. You can get more score by performing combos on your enemies. The game mode is a challenging one packed with all the action you could imagine.

You can visit The Duke’s Emporium to purchase health items,weapons, ammo, throwables and special abilities which will help you while fighting. The wide variety of items brings diversity and allows the players to choose a favourable playstyle and go with different strategies into the fight. 

Some of the showcased during the announcement in the RE Showcase:

• Pistol Master: Taking this ability will allow you to deal more damage with pistols
• Shotgun Master: Taking this ability will allow you to deal more damage with shotguns
• Adrenaline: Your HP will slowly recover when you attack enemies with a gun
• Out of Reach: Long distance attacks will deal more damage
• Agile: Increases your movement speed
• Gruesome Gourmet: Recovers your HP when you defeat an enemy
• Healthy: Increases your maximum HP
• Corpse Combustor: Enemies explode when taken down with a gun
• Super Guard: You will not take damage when guarding
• Thick Skinned: Damage taken decreases
• Slow Motion

Game director Morisamo Sato calls the mode a “challenging and rewarding bonus mode packed with content”. 

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