Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition

Everything about this game is awesome but the Timer kills it. Unless you like speed runs you will not enjoy this game. I would not mind the timer so much if they gave you enough time but they don't. What makes it worst is there are branching paths you can take and you will not see most of them because you are trying to beat the timer. I beg for an update that removes that timer because this game looks beautiful, but the timer makes it unplayable.

Mercenary Kings is a game I greatly enjoyed, but it unfortunately overstayed its welcome. In regards to negative reviews, it seems to be a result of people expecting something different than what it delivers. I can understand that- It's a very creative game that is trying to do it's own thing by mixing a bunch of genres/games together into a new thing. To simply break it down: - The art style of Scott Pilgrim vs the World - The the animation style of Metal Slug - The controls of Mega Man - The reloading style from Gears of War - The Hub/Mission/Crafting structure of Monster Hunter Out of this you get a decent game. I was able to play with a friend, and we had a blast. You build your own gun, equip character perks, and jump into a mission in an large open 2D environment. You have a set amount of time to complete your mission task: Rescue, Kill, Capture, or Collect. Combat feels perfectly retro- it's a bit stiff but very familiar for precision platformer players.There are quick text cutscenes that play after most missions to provide fun and lighthearted plot development. There are two major issues this game has that may turn away some players. One is that many enemies, including bosses, are recolored and reused throughout the game multiple times. For example, you might have a boss that's in a tank. Well that tank is reskinned for a frost, fire, and electric tank with no changes to boss behavior at all. It gets repetitive to a shocking degree- making it very obvious they ran out of development money or time. Instead of making the game short and sweet with the content they had, it is instead milked as much as possible. The second issue is that bosses are bullet sponges, and it's really easy to exploit stun locking using stun grenades. You can cheese many bosses and will often do so towards the end of the game, because it's so hard to dodge their attacks.

作为一款小游戏来说还算不错了，30+小时任务都过了一遍，也算通关了，难度也不算太高。 +开始玩的时候会觉得换子弹这个设定比较别扭，打起来也没合金弹头那样爽快，不过习惯了之后打起来也没什么不适合。 +武器方面配法有很多，不过因为材料有限，不能全做，不过也够配很多种多样了。 -关卡大部分都是重复的，但游戏流程不算特别长，还没到很腻的程度。 -比较蛋疼的是C4的设定，因为只能带一个，算上电池呼叫支援的，也常常需要找C4，比较麻烦。 -通关之后只能刷刷刷，也不弄个秘境什么的。没什么刷下去的动力了。 怀旧类型的游戏，感觉可以做的更好。

Don't know why the reviews for this game are so harsh, it's great fun, has great depth, great to play with friends, has the all-important SPLITSCREEN element that so many multiplayer games miss these days -- 'sa good game!

game would be way more badass if it had diagonal aiming and removed infinite spawning enemies

You a fan of Metal Slug or Contra? Then Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition should fill that retro itch.

Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition is a 2D Action Platformer with Metroidvania elements where you are a part of resistance soldier going against a group called CLAW that wants to misuse the Mandrake Formula. The game consists of Military Rankings where you start as a soldier and then complete missions to rank up your hero and get stronger, each military rank consists of multiple missions with main and side objects that will give you ranking points. During the missions you will gather materials and defeat different enemies / bosses. There is also your Camp / HQ where you can craft new weaponry and items that will help you on your missions. There are many different weapons from Assaulting rifles to magnum guns to elemental weapons which you can choose to what matches your playstyle. The music and soundtracks were top notch, amazing art style as well stage designs, the devs really put so much love into this. Solid controls and gameplay mechanics. The boss fights were fun where some can be found in middle of the stages or end of the stages. This is a really cool 2D Action Platformer with much love poured into it. Really recommended if you love Metal Slug games / art style or 2D Action Platformers in general. Overall Rating 10/10

Its great, played thru the whole game, a bunch of things could be better that are explained in other reviews. not that long ago there was alot less on steam in the pixel art platformer department and this was a stand out for its time of release

Pros: -Nice sprites -Melees and rolls add some depth to combat -I like the robot character Cons: -Game design is too old-school for me -Can't shoot down unless in air, can't shoot diagonally [lots of flying enemies you can't hit because they are at odd angles but will still hit you] (mouse/joystick aiming is a thing now fyi) -Enemies respawn the second you leave a screen -Take damage upon collision with mobs (the guy doesn't have spikes and isn't on fire, so why am I taking damage? is his shirt poisonous or something?) -Time limits (bosses leave an area and respawn somewhere else a few times before they die, which requires running back and forth across the map to find where it respawned while dealing with the constant enemy respawns to kill the boss before the time runs out. Sigh.) -I like the idea of the crafting system, but it is quite grindy -As many other people have mentioned, not a lot of map variety -If you are doing coop, you can't finish the mission with just one of you alive

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