18 cert, Capcom, Nintendo 3DS****

It's fitting that the Resident Evilseries – a fine collection of zombie-shooters – refuses to die. The Mercenariesmode, a sub-game that first appeared in RE4,proved so popular that now has its own 3DS game. As fun as the REmythology is (complete with conspiracies, evil corporations and hubristic scientists), this version, with less chat and more splat, is a leaner, livelier game than some of its forbears.

The controls, as always, are a little complicated for a third-person shooter, but they are logical and you soon get the hang of it. One minor niggle: the timer can be a pain – isn’t it challenging enough to kill all the zombies in a level without having to do so in a strict time-limit? Still, it plays well and looks great, with attractive 3D graphics on this machine, once again. It’s as fun as you’d expect from a 3D zombie-shooting game.