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So I spent $15 and downloaded Mercenary Kings on Steam.
Just some quick impressions: I like what I see so far.
The game has an interesting structure. You start at a Hub stage where you can talk to a bunch of NPCs and do a lot of things that I don't what they are yet (like weapon crafting, etc)
Right now I have a list of "Missions" available for me to go on. The mission's yield rewards like cash and other item/upgrades.
So far the both missions I've done have been timed. They both took place on the "Jungle" level. On both missions the layout and enemy placement was exactly the same. The level was not linear. There are many branching paths I could take and I still haven't explored the whole thing.
Anyway, first mission I had 5 minutes to rescue a hostage (Metal Slug style.) I had no idea where the hostage was, so I just ran as far as I could to the right blowing the shit out of various enemies until I found a hostage at what looked to be the end of the level stage (at least in so far that I couldn't travel to the right anymore.)
Second mission I had a 15min time limit to kill 8 of a specific enemy type. I knew where some were based on my previous mission but had to seek out more.
Controls seem pretty tight so far, I'm using a Saturn style USB pad. I can not change the button layout though in this Early Access version. It's driving me crazy as the setup is the exact opposite of how I'd want it.
Game looks to support the 360 pad with a decent button layout.
In this game you can:
Jump
Shoot
Roll
Knife
All those are assigned to different buttons. For now my Jump is A, Roll B, Shoot C, and Knife X. I desperately need to set this to a more traditional metal slug setup. (A shoot, B Jump, C roll - Knife on Z works well.)
You can also access a quick inventory to switch weapons/items. You have a lifebar, can take multiple hits, and there are healing items. When you equip an items like a grenade or first aid kit it takes place of your gun.
When you die in a level you respawn at some kind of first aid station, but each time you respawn the reward you get for completing the level gets weaker.
So far I only have a pistol. An interesting feature is that you have to reload your guns. It looks to have some kind of Gears of War type reloading system but I haven't figured it out yet.
Anyway, controls are still hampering me. I keeping rolling when I meant to jump
I hope that there are perhaps some actual set piece levels or at least boss fights instead of just fetch/assassination quests on the same levels over and over again.
Like I said initial impressions and wanted to throw up this thread to so who else is playing as I know there was some interest in the Steam Summer Sale thread.
Game also features 4 player multiplayer and has a way to search for people to play with.
Graphically you can see this looks like a run 'n gun scott pilgrim. Thank Crom this has online multi on day 1.
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