THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Momo on July 22, 2013, 01:15:32 PM

Title: Mercenary Kings
Post by: Momo on July 22, 2013, 01:15:32 PM
http://store.steampowered.com/app/218820/ (http://store.steampowered.com/app/218820/)


Looks a lot like Metal Slug, anyone planning to buy it? I need reviews.
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: Great Rumbler on July 22, 2013, 01:57:17 PM
I'm interested in it, though I probably won't buy it right away.

Edit: This is a Kickstarted game, by the way.
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: Momo on July 22, 2013, 02:00:12 PM
Yeah, same I want to wait for either a sale price or confirmation that it is great
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: Joe Molotov on July 22, 2013, 02:46:10 PM
dat boob jiggle at :55 and 1:15  :-[

It looks pretty cool, but I haven't taken the plunge yet.
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: Momo on July 23, 2013, 12:52:29 AM
Demi, you're rich, buy it :(
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: bork on July 23, 2013, 10:46:27 AM
I bought it yesterday but didn't try it yet.
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: Himu on July 23, 2013, 12:29:46 PM
Metal Slug? You got Metal Slug from that?
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: Rufus on July 23, 2013, 12:37:27 PM
They're obviously inspired by it.
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: Himu on July 23, 2013, 12:39:09 PM
Visually, sure.
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: bork on July 23, 2013, 04:20:00 PM
Visually, sure.

Yeah, it seems more akin to being a Mega Man style platformer.  Or maybe a fusion of that and Bionic Commando, with a Metal Slug rip-off theme.
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: magus on July 23, 2013, 05:50:34 PM
i've found a :pirate version and i decided to try it... so... have you ever tried the neo-geo pocket version of metal slug? that's what this game reminds me,basicaly it works like this... you start the game at a camp where you can buy upgrade,make new piece's for your gun with the loot you find (yes enemies in this game drop loot) and buy items to consume on the field,then you pick a mission and you have to get to your objective,each map is pretty big and has multiple road to get to your objective... the first boss i fought actualy left in the middle of the fight and i had to track him to another point of the map to continue the fight! :lol

but otherwise it controls exactly like metal slug (well there is a roll button i guess) so it's metal slug with no doubt... unlike metal slug there aren't a lot of bullets flying around or enemies,your character is also quite sturdy and can be hit multiple times,even when you are close to die you can use a medikit to get back to full health and dying just give you a money penality and send you back to the nearest infirmary so it's really really easy

some missions take place in level you already cleared and are pretty MMO like "kill 8 snipers!" "find 10 piece of lead!" and don't even require you to get to the end of the level,after clearing enough of them you advance in rank and i guess you get more missions,i still haven't done enough to see what happens

it's not bad,the sprite looks great and there is enough action variety (the music is a little repetitive though) but it's probably too easy for a metal slug afecionado,the worst thing i can say are the keyboard controls,being an alpha version of the game you can't rebind them and you are forced to use WASD for movement,jump with K and shoot with N,what the heck? why aren't the jump and shoot button even on the same line of keys! >:(
but i think the game support the 360 controller because the thing is everywhere

Visually, sure.

Yeah, it seems more akin to being a Mega Man style platformer.  Or maybe a fusion of that and Bionic Commando, with a Metal Slug rip-off theme.

basicaly it's sort of like PSO/Monster Hunter meets metal slug,there is even co-op
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: archie4208 on July 23, 2013, 06:11:35 PM
Looks like a 2D Borderlands and perfect Steam sale fodder.
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: bork on July 24, 2013, 12:22:03 AM
The game play is a bit stiff and it was pretty buggy for me.  I had problems getting a game started using a controller and with exiting out of the game.
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: Momo on July 24, 2013, 01:23:16 AM
love the new chun-li avatar

That's too bad bork, I hope there are some bugfixes before i buy this
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: bork on July 24, 2013, 08:51:31 AM
Well, it is an early release so hopefully that means some bug fixes in addition to the remaining stages left to be added.
Title: Re: Mercenary Kings
Post by: magus on July 24, 2013, 12:56:37 PM
i cleared the first rank (the final mission was to defeat the first boss again but this time i had to capture him by throwing stun grenade at him) after finishing it,i got a new set of mission and they all happen on the same new map,even if it's the same map they all happen in different part of it so it's cool,the first one asked me to get to the end,the second one made me go underground and the third asked me to clear all the enemy inside the tower on the west

you unlock more gun parts to build and skill to buy after ranking up,some of the gun parts are really goofy looking,i can build a toilet gun right now :lol
i've got motionjoy installed and using a joypad makes a world of difference,didn't have lot of trouble setting it up using a ps3 controller