Resident Evil Village’s Mercenaries mode lets you play as Lady D, Chris

We have new content Resident Evil Village coming this October will let players experience a new story as Rose Winters, and play through the game’s The Mercenaries mode as three additional characters: Chris Redfield, Heisenberg, and Lady Alcina Dimitrescu. As seen in Capcom’s new gameplay trailer for Resident Evil Village The Mercenaries, playing as anyone other than Ethan Winters looks like a blast — but the most enjoyable half-second of that trailer, for me, is Lady D’s ability to angrily hurl ornate, gilded furniture at zombies and werewolves.

While punching out five monsters with a single blow as Chris Redfield and channeling my inner Magneto as hammer-wielder Heisenberg also looks like a blast, it’s using a vintage vanity fit for a nine-foot woman as a projectile that makes me want to return to The Mercenaries.

Here’s that particular moment, a call back to a memorable scene from Resident Evil Village’s main story, on loop:

PlayStation Blog Resident Evil Village producer Tsuyoshi Kanda outlines what else Lady D can do (and offers some insight into what the mysterious Lady’s Lipstick item from the main game was used for).

“Standing more than nine feet tall, Lady Dimitrescu slices through enemies with her talons,” Kanda explained. “Her unique Thrill Gauge increases by attacking enemies or by using the ‘Lady’s Lipstick’ item. As the Thrill Gauge increases, Lady Dimitrescu’s movement speed and nail damage increase, and new moves are unlocked as well. When the gauge is maxed out, her damage will also be at its peak.”

Lady D is able to summon her daughter when her Thrill Gauge is maximum.

The Mercenaries’ other new playable characters likely play how you’d expect. Chris Redfield relies mostly on powerful firearms and his boulder-shattering right hook, but he’ll also have access to his Target Locator from VillageThis allows him to call in an airstrike against a group bad guys. Heisenberg has the ability to tackle foes using his large hammer, or swing sawblades at their heads. And if it gets too much, he can summon a Soldat Jet and perform a suicide-bombing mission.

Resident Evil Village’s The Mercenaries update will arrive Oct. 28, alongside the Shadows of RoseStory DLC, and a third-person mode in the original game.