This is currently the main draw of the game for us. (I believe we even got it set up so that our 3 player game conveniently has a map in the fourth quadrant.) My sons and I have enjoyed venturing out on missions, looking to see what new sorts of materials we can find in order to build and purchase upgrades. We don’t have to spend all our time trying to stick together in just one screen as we progress.
MERCENARY KINGS RELOADED SINGLE PLAYER TV
I like that the game splits the TV screen into four parts. I found Mercenary Kings Reloaded to be a great multiplayer experience for my family.
If you have played the game previously (on another platform) the new additions significantly improve one’s quality of life. The gameplay is fine and a somewhat story based progression (new levels are unlocked as you gain in rank) but being able to trick out your character however you want keeps you coming back for more (just need a couple more steel to get that new sight for my rifle!) For example, I chose to go with a high powered shotgun with 7 or so shots before reloading while my eldest son went with a lower powered (per bullet) submachine gun that had dozens of shots in its magazine.Īs I understand things, the “reloaded” part of of the game are usability improvements to the game like clearer maps, the ability to buy materials for cash, and more characters and guns. This is where Mercenary Kings stands out from the pack of other platform shooters.
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Materials collected can be sold off at the base for cash, but more importantly they can be used to create upgrades for equipment, guns, armor, and even mods to their person. While searching for the correct animals, players also collect materials and supplies left behind when enemies are killed. Mercenary Kings starts out with a short tutorial mission where players are sent out to kill off some animals in a short, easy mission. This is dangerous because if someone dies and there are no more lives left, the mission immediately ends in a failure. Characters in multiplayer games share extra lives so one poor player can use them all up fairly quickly. Characters can be knocked out entirely, but have a few extra “lives” that put them back in the game fully healed but usually back a few screens from their previous progression. Characters lose health when hit and can heal up with their limited rations as they play. Characters have unlimited ammo, but can also carry limited numbers of healing rations and/or other toys like a shield to hide behind.
Mercenary Kings Reloaded is a pretty standard platform shoot-em-up where players venture out into levels, shooting most things in sight while trying to avoid being shot. The game doesn’t roam far from its roots of dodge bullets and shoot everything that moves, but that’s a good thing.
Players can use materials (and cash) at the home base to improve their weapons, armor, and even personal upgrades. Four player local multiplayer is supported via splitscreen, making this a great fast-playing multiplayer game (particularly on Switch, reviewed here.) Players team up to accomplish timed missions (rescue, elimination, collection) which reward characters with cash money and materials to collect. Mercenary Kings Reloaded is a challenging (but fun) retro side scrolling shooter where players shoot first, ask questions later, oh and pick up any loot that was dropped.
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