GDN: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Review

GDN: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D is a pretty straight-forward game to explain; it takes much of its content and inspiration from the same-named ’The Mercenaries’ modes shown in other recent Resident Evil titles, letting you pick your character of choice and turning them loose amongst a variety of zombie-like enemies. Your goal is to kill as many of them as possible in the most efficient way you can, while obeying a strict time limit. The result is very much an arcade-style ’score attack’ game that lacks Resident Evil’s other trappings of exploration and a lengthy storyline, but this has some charm on its own. The most serious problem in an otherwise acceptable game is a lack of content, with a heavy emphasis placed on hunting unlockables by repeating certain stages until you master them.