Sure, everybody has form of forgotten about Mercenary Kings, the early Kickstarter darling that blended Scott Pilgrim pixel artwork with Metal Slug aspect scrolling shoot ‘em up motion. But the sport launched on Nintendo Switch February 6, and with that launch got here a serious replace that radically modifications how the sport is performed on each different platform, PC included.
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Tribute Games have used the Nintendo launch to transform a number of the issues in Mercenary Kings that triggered gamers (myself included) to bounce off their brightly-illustrated platformer again when it first got here out. The “Reloaded” version, which updates all present variations, provides a greater tutorial, new playable characters, and extra weapons to the sport.
But maybe most significantly, within the Reloaded version, boss escape timers don’t begin counting down till you attain their arenas. This eliminates a large quantity of frustration and stress from the sport’s authentic format – sufficient to make a revisit probably worthwhile for gamers who bounced off 4 years in the past.
Since we’re nonetheless months away from the discharge of Monster Hunter World on PC, Mercenary Kings’ loot-and-grind may very nicely scratch the itch till then. Either method, it’s a chance to revisit some terrific Paul Robertson animation and a killer chiptunes sountrack by Patrice Bourgeault.
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