Resident Evil Survival Unit Strategy Game Won't Use Paid Gacha to Unlock Leon, Jill and Other Favorite Characters

Resident Evil Survival Unit, the series' upcoming free-to-play smartphone strategy spin-off, volition not necessitate paid gacha mechanics to unlock its agelong database of characters.

Announced earlier this year, Survival Unit volition fto you signifier a squad of fan-favorite characters specified arsenic Jill Valentine, Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, past instrumentality them retired connected progressively much challenging zombie hunts.

A agelong database of acquainted faces are featured successful the game, including immoderate Resident Evil franchise heavy cuts (and Barry Burton!). Now, developer Joycity has said it's designed the crippled to beryllium enjoyed without paying, without the paid gacha mechanics seen successful galore different character-stuffed free-to-play mobile titles.

While you tin wage to unlock definite characters earlier than you'd different summation entree to them, these microtransactions volition beryllium direct, truthful players tin determine whether to wage for a circumstantial hero, oregon not.

"Almost each of the game's contented is accessible without paying, but if you privation to get circumstantial characters earlier than usual, that whitethorn necessitate payment," Resident Evil Survival Unit developer Jun Seung Park told 4Gamer, translated by Automaton.

"During our interior playtests, we recovered that adjacent without paying, you tin bask the crippled afloat agelong arsenic you signifier groups and enactment unneurotic with different players."

Gameplay sees you gathering up a familiar-looking mansion arsenic your base, wherever your characters volition unrecorded and interact. You'll past caput retired onto endurance missions against acquainted Resident Evil foes, arsenic portion of a "global multiplayer experience." While missions are predominantly single-player, each subordinate volition enactment unneurotic to instrumentality down enemies successful a concerted combat backmost against the Umbrella Corporation. A PVP grooming arena volition besides beryllium included.

Described arsenic "the world's archetypal afloat Resident Evil for mobile," Resident Evil Survival Unit launches earlier the extremity of 2025 for iPhone and Android devices. If thing else, it whitethorn assistance walk the clip until Resident Evil Requiem arrives adjacent year, connected February 27, 2026.

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