DLC #113 - Resident Evil 6 - Predator

The Predator pack adds another 5 trophies to the Resident Evil 6 list, for the new Predator game mode.

This mode, for up to 6 players, sees each player in the lobby take control of Ustanak, the B.O.W from Jake Muller's main story campaign, where there are 2 primary goals, depending on your role.

Whoever is controlling Ustanak, has the goal of killing all players on the map within a 2 minute time interval, whereas the other players goal is to either outlast the clock or kill Ustanak. The number of rounds will be determined by how many players are in the lobby, due to the fact each person will get an opportunity to control Ustanak on a rotational basis, and the winning player is whoever scores the most points at the end.

Points can be scored in every round, regardless of your role. As a player, you can earn points by avoiding capturing, rescuing captured/downed teammates and killing Ustanak, and as Ustanak, you can earn points by capturing and killing players. There are a few variables thrown in to make things more interesting, such as weapon pick-ups for both sides, but the winning player will be the one who scores the most cumulative points once every round has been completed.

The trophies are much easier than those within the Survivor pack, and even though bigger lobbies produce more fun matches, some of these trophies are much easier to earn with as little as 2 people in a game. For example, the "Easy Pickings" trophy, awarded for eliminating all players as Ustanak in less than a minute, would be difficult with a 6 player lobby, but in a 1 on 1 match, becomes incredibly easy.

There are also trophies awarded for other smaller tasks, such as defeating Ustanak without anyone on your team being captured and capturing a total of 50 humans as Ustanak, which, in larger lobbies, is a total you can accumulate very quickly. However, the Gold trophy is the only thing that stops this being a easy 5 out of 5;

Not without a Fight - Defeat Ustanak 20 times.

Where I mentioned above that some of these trophies can be easier to obtain depending on the size of the lobby, this is somewhat irrelevant for this trophy in particular, which is awarded for defeating Ustanak 20 times.

If you're playing in smaller lobbies, Ustanak will win every single time. This is, after all, a game mode designed to be 1 against the rest, and the imbalance in numbers is due to the overwhelming power that Ustanak possesses against human players, so to play in smaller lobbies is a thankless task when trying to accumulate kills against Ustanak. This means you'll have to play in bigger lobbies, in order to take advantage of the increased number of humans that will, not only give you a greater chance of survival, but also greater opportunities to inflict a killing blow. However, this also means that more people are helping you to kill Ustanak, so this creates problems when looking to earn kills for yourself because you're suddenly competing against others to do this.

The tally of 20 will only increase when you deal the killing blow, and you will need the help of your teammates to kill Ustanak, but there are a few tactics you can deploy which will help make sure you increase your chances of getting the decisive shot. Firstly, there are visual cues for the health of the player controlling Ustanak, which change from green, to yellow, to red in order to indicate the health level of the creature. You can therefore choose to conserve your ammunition and wait you see the name flashing red, then use your ammunition all at once to try and obtain the finishing hit.

Alternatively, there are weapon pick-ups which spawn at random across the map that deal big damage, which you can also take advantage of. You may be in competition from other players to get hold of these, but the map will indicate their whereabouts and you will have a significant advantage of taking Ustanak out if you're wielding one of these weapons, so this is a highly recommended approach.

There is an element of luck involved to all of this, and you will get captured/killed alot along the way, but you have a chance of accumulating kills at a decent rate if you're participating in full lobbies (If your lobby had 6 players, each game would give you 5 chances to kill Ustanak), so 20 isn't a daunting figure. At least not compared to killing 100 agents in Survivors mode was anyway.

I spent 7 hours on this package by the time I had finished it, and I focused on this trophy from the very start, naturally achieving every other trophy along the way. It can feel like a bit of a slower burner, but much more manageable compared to other DLC packs in this collection.