Resident Evil 4: Mercenaries

[Adam Stone]

Castle ?

122260 - Adam Stone/Wesker

Very tense stuff. Health in the red. No herbs. Only 20seconds to go. Then...the

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armored blind dude

was unleashed and my guts almost burst from inside. Heh

I'm going to try to better this later as there?s definitely room for improvement. ^_^

[SummAh]

ahhhhh Adam, plz teach me the most effective way to kill the blind dude...he is terrorizing me T__T

Story mode, he is easy...but in mercernary mode..what a bitch.

I rather face the chainsaw dude anyday!

Update: last night, my max kill with hunk in village is 53 kills..but for some unknown reasons...i accidentally walked into a dynamite stick....doh!



In waterworld, leon's handgun is very effective n powerful.
Realistically, the red barrels are there to help u take out chainsaw dudes.
But, there is a cheap way to take care of em. Shoot em in the back with the shotgun to stagger them, then fire away ^^

Btw, have u guys tried kicking those head poppers with hunk? it's fantastic!

[Adam Stone]

Ah, it?s the other way round for me. He?s fairly easy to take out?.

If you stun him (with an explosive grenade, flame grenade, or a well aimed shot to his flesh with an Magnum or rifle) he stumbles, neals down and takes a few moments to regain his strength...

...All you need to do is shoot him once in his back - the parasite, and he?s a goner. If you have any flash grenades I find it best to throw one of these first to render the other foes motionless for a couple of seconds which gives you some clear space to focus your attention on Mr Blindy.

[SummAh]

Ah yes...sniper is our best friend indeed ^^.

I tried to use the hunk on castle to get a high score (yes, kicking n breaking necks in a fav past time of mine hohoho)
I esp love kicking ppl off that really tall platform at water world, watch em fall to their deaths kekeke.

my god, it's so GAY using the hunk VS blind dude.

[Adam Stone]

Hunk's neck breaker is pure class. Love it. But yeah... he's fairly difficult to use against Mr Blindy. Though... he can stock up on the grenades which is a real bonus. Just a shame his main weapon isnt too powerful. Am i right in thinking he can take a little more damage then the other characters?

Wesker is my main man though. Always has been. I literally jumped for joy when i found out you could actually play as him. A mighty hurrah indeed

The Sniper is my fav weapon in the story mode. I prefer the old fashioned design due to its pretty damn awesome reload animation (and the tension it creates? ?Oh my god quiiiiick!!? hehe) but obviously It wouldn?t be too effective in these stages. heh

[SummAh]

ah yes, old sniper is a fav of mine too. It's a totally kick ass weapon to use n reload.
Esp in pro..the tension of reloading...too awesome, esp against regenerators.

Too bad we couldn't use Ada with her red dress in mecernary mode..so sexy ^^

[SummAh]

damn. my max kill in village is 70 with the hunk. but during my last run, the game refuses to give me grenade, so i was unable to do a last hurrah...got 141740 pts ....gah! i wanna break that score!


Update : wtf is wrong with this game when it comes to mecernary mode...it's starting to piss me off whenever i have heaps of time remaining, then the game suddenly decides not to spawn any enemies at all...combo count at 40 plus n watching it disappear really ****ing hurts.


Update again : waterworld - 97870 / Leon
(could have done better, but in the last 1 min plus..the enemies really dried up....annoying program. Have to figure out how to maintain a healthy flow of enemies)

Whoo hoo, i scored 115+++ with sexy ada!

Ok, this is getting out of hand, i must go sleep...wake up at 9am for work..meaning...4 hrs of sleep haha!

[optimusomega]

How you getting 70+ in the village with Hunk and survivng? I always try and take out the Chainsaw bitches with the headshot neck break, but sooner or later I get skanked by one of them or run out of time , I had 50000+ once with Hunk with 2 minutes something to go and 2 bonus chests remaining and the damn bitch got my head from behind >_< (The time extensions don't regenerate after you get them all do they?)

[SummAh]

(Apologize first if any of u struggled to understand what the heck I posted below. I'm at work, stressed out abit..n decided to post this to unstress myself. So uhm...it's a work in progress, yeah?)


Admittedly, luck aside, my best consistent chain with Hunk is in the 40s/50s in all the maps.

70 was a total struck of luck...I managed to kill a few, let them gather a bit, kill , let em gether abit...kill

Without touching any bonus timers...I ranked up a ton of pts from the 70 kills chain.
And I could have continued!

Until the game decided not to respawn enemies for the next 20 secs....wtf.

The key in using hunk to chain is a combo of headshots(snap neck), grenade and more importantly, ALLOWING urself to be grabbed by the villages (apart from the bitches in chain saws..of coz).

If u can line em up..it's truly a matter of one shot to the head, snap neck. As soon as hunk finishes posing, u have enuff time to fire another shot, snap neck..n continue

Doing this alone allowed me to chain into 20 plus kills, including all the chainsaw ladies in the group. 20 bullets, 20 kills ^^

Of coz, u don't always get 20 enemies coming at u all the time, so the key for hunk is to stay in the hot spots where the angry mob all charge towards u. This allows for one grenade - 10 or more kills or allow u to spray ur machine gun to kill em, not to stun them. At times, depending on how 'widely spread out' the villagers are, snapping heads is not that great. As many of u might have noticed, whenever hunk snaps a neck, it creates his 'area of effect' that pushes n staggers villagers. Now, if ur next villager or more of em is out of the AOE, u can indeed choose to snap their neck(s). But, the key is...how many villagers are behind the 'victim' (hehe). If there are 3 seperate groups advancing towards u at the same time, then pick the group that offers u the best view of the scenario.

Say for example, U're standing infront of the church, to ur right, u have the tower where u climb up for a grenade n a green herb. To ur left there's two extra timer icons plus bonus timer. Then there's the last bunch of angry mob charging head on.

Such a situation allows u to use a single grenade to kill em all! What u can do is to kill the nearest possible zombie to start the first chain, then RUN! On both sides of the church, there is a tiny 'area' where u can have ur back against a wall, allowing u the best possible view. I recommend the right of the church. (Right as in, if u're standing back against the church door, facing the village). If u choose this area, u can ensure there won't be any surprise back stabbing taking place. Then, it's shoot first, followed by a grenade for maximum damage.

I've had this bad run where the villages didn't dropped a single grenade for the entire game. Yet it's still entirely possible to get a good chain around the 30s to 40s with a combo of neck snapping n spraying with the hunk's lousy piece of **** gun. Once again, depending on where the enemies are requires different methods to kill em.

Also, in a really bad situation, I highly recommend letting the villagers 'molest' u. It will get u out of the chainsaw's way, it allows u to kick the villager (if u're lucky, it dies!)..struggling off will also create a short time frame where the villagers around u are stunned, allowing u to run or fire away!

Most importantly, Depending on where ur starting pt is...it can affect ur grenade count if u're unlucky. Start at the church or roof..u can grab a flash bang, grenade, ammo etc etc etc

Start at the far corner of the map...u can indeed still grab all the items mentioned, but at a massive cost to ur timer....So u start the killing n find, after 30 odd kills, still no grenades for u to pick up...tough luck I guess T__T

The hunk's biggest problem in the Village is facing those 'head poppers'. If u noticed, they sorta transform. First the 'thing' pops up...then it starts to grow its blade before it will actually attack. If u have time, aim n fire away. If there's an angry mob, u can do two things.

Run n grenade. This won't actually kill the headpopper, it will get rid of the rest though.

Or, U can run towards headpopper b4 it grows its blae, fire in the head, then KICK headpopper. If u're lucky, he/she dies instantly n becomings a bowling ball, stunning other villagers at the same time.


Basically, one thing I MUST learn is to maximise the potential of the bonus timers...the best I've taken is 18000 within 30 secs. There must be a more effective way!!!

And optimus, the yellow timers do not regenerate T__T

I wished it was all abt surviving without time limit..until u die, see what the score is ^^

[CFS Dubois]

Well, I've finally got 5 stars on all 4 stages for all the characters. I'm gonna have myself some handcannon fun!

Heres my highest scores so far :

Village ? 116,810 CFS Dubois/Wesker
Castle - 117,990 CFS Dubois/Wesker
Sunset - 95,920 CFS Dubois/Wesker
WaterWorld - 97,560 CFS Dubois/Wesker

[optimusomega]

Nice tips Summah, I never thought of letting them grabbing me as a help, apart from the lucky kicking heads off. Seems to me Hunk on village is the Hardest, easiest Ada on Sunset or Waterworld, I'll post my scores if I can break 80000

[Adam Stone]

This will surely need another update soon? *eagerly, but gently, pokes taurus,*

Sum very nice tips there Mr SummAH sir. I haven?t spent much time with Hunk yet so they are greatly appreciated.

I?ve been re-arranging, dusting, polishing, tidying my room today (literally all day? started at 10am this morning? aside the odd break, stopped about 10pm.) And its still not done! Looks pretty damn sweet though. Please excuse the arrogance, but im fairly proud of my collection in particular (with all my beautiful figures from Tales of Symphonia, little Links from Wind Waker and my videogame albums ranging from Ico, Zelda and Final Fantasy IX, X, XI, look perfectly rearranged with my games and things) looks impressive. Also spent ages making a collage on my wall ? consisting of lord of the rings pictures, random sexy ladies and my artwork?

Anyhoo? ahem? since I was rearranging I had to pack up my Gamecube and ive been dying all day to finally put it back so I could have another blast at getting some higher points this evening. Hehe.

I?ve got my cup of tea ready, apple only a reach away and a steady focused mind?.

?High points here I come! ^_^

[SummAh]

Optimus : oh? I found easiest to use hunk in the village...don't have to worry abt reload n stuff...just kill ^^ I guess it's becos I used the hunk so often in village, I know how to use him best in village.

Adam: Ha! U just reminded me that I need to pack things up. So much of my stuff still sitting in boxes!

Oh, I found out the best way to take out mr chainsaw in water world using leon.

Take him on! Do not run away. If u r near a barrel, shoot at it first, then aim for chainy's head if he happens to be standing after the explosion. It'll stun him real good. 4 shots n he's down!

If u see a RPG being aimed at u, run towards chainy! Free frag ^0^

[Adam Stone]

The castle level (with Wesker) is the one I?m most experienced with at the moment. Have become accustomed to the level layout, the enemy positions and a pretty nifty routine to it too. Mr Blindy acts as no threat whatsoever anymore also.

I ranked up a 50+ max hit with Wesker on the first section on the castle last night, and towards the end my score was quite big - better then my previous 122260. And I still had 20secs to go, enough time to get a few more vitual hits in?.

But? because I was playing with my ear phones in, listening to my ipod (singing away like a little devil), I didn?t hear the damn blasted parasite nut behind me. I never realized they could kill you with a single attack! The bugger bit my head off! I was not a happy chappy. heh

[SummAh]

oh yah! I found out that in story mode it reaches over n tears leon's head. Funnily enuff, one time, I was stuck right in front of it. It unleashes its death move n I thought ' here we go!'...IT MISSED!

But, I haven't been too motivated enuff to try n see if standing right next to it causes that move to whiff heh.