9) Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
It’s games like the Mercenaries 3D that give gamers the impression that companies only care about their bottom line and not at all for creativity, originality or artistic expression.
This portable title for Nintendo’s 3DS took the mercenaries mini-game from RE 5, tacked on some hardly noticeable 3D effects and sold it for $40(USD). Not only did it recycle enemies, textures, sounds, hell, pretty much everything, it also failed to expand or significantly alter the mode. There was almost nothing new here, except for the ability to strafe while aiming but that wouldn’t even begin to justify this game’s laziness and absurd price point. Think about it this way: you wouldn’t think it reasonable to pay $40 for a straight port of The Witcher 3’s Gwent, fantastic as it may be. But if you really wanted the Mercenaries on the go, then go for it. Just mind the performance hitches.
