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| I'm here to shill by Lizard_King 04/08/2009, 11:53pm PDT | ||||
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| Now I'm not going to argue that unlocking it on the original disc from the start, or releasing it as free DLC wouldn't have been better. Of course it would have.
What I'm going to say is that the new modes are very good, in that extremely adrenalizing, shaky hands afterwards multiplayer game way. Reminds me of early encounters with CoD4 multiplayer, but different in terms of how they nail a similarly visceral form of player killing mixed with the naturally appealing interference of the RE5 zombies. Also, limiting to 4 players tops creates a real sense of urgency as you pursue that last minute turnaround (which often somersault kicking your way through the game leader can accomplish in the last ten seconds). For people that are pretty much done with their own main game playthroughs (although I imagine I'll still be cooping with others for some time), it does exactly what DLC should and gives the game some legs in an instantly gratifying way even after 60+ hours of gameplay. I would compare that favorably with the sort of DLC I have ignored for games I liked a great deal (Fallout 3, Fable II) which simply staples on leftovers to core narratives*, and I think it's definitely a better value than DLC that I don't think twice about shelling out similar amounts for weekly in the form of Rock Band songs that I'll play for a maximum of 3-15 minutes for the entire lifespan of the game. Also, I don't like straight Mercenaries mode very much at all, for reasons I can't put my finger on. The random element of other player adversaries significantly changes the environment in which you operate. It's still immediately disorienting in the same way Mercenaries is, but the payoff is so much higher that it's actually worth it. Updates on the mode itself: -There is a rudimentary party system that allows you to guarantee game slots throughout the course of an evening to the same people. However, I'm not absolutely positive how that interacts with allowing strangers in, although I do know that the game forces 2 vs 2 match ups for team games. |
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5$ for versus by 04/08/2009, 10:13am PDT  I'm a DLC fan, and $5 for deathmatch is a new low. NT by 04/08/2009, 11:07am PDT 4 player online mercs mode: worth $5 alone? NT by 04/08/2009, 4:34pm PDT I'm here to shill by 04/08/2009, 11:53pm PDT Of course it's awesome. by 04/09/2009, 12:26am PDT You'd think for $60 they wouldn't need to worry about making a profit. NT by 04/09/2009, 12:39am PDT |
