Mercenary Kings

[ratsoalbion]

It's Contra meets Rogue Legacy.
It's Green Beret meets Spelunky.
It's Metal Slug meets Monster Hunter.

And, despite a few bugs and gameplay irritations, I'm somewhat hooked on this month's PS4 PS+ 'freebie'.

[AndyKurosaki]

Yeah it certainly seems good so far, it's certainly a better free game than Don't Starve, which I've not played much.

[BasementShaxx]

I'm really enjoying it so far, very satisfying in co-op, we should try and get a session going sometime

[dezm0nd]

I've enjoyed my three or so hours with it so far! Not really a solo experience for me but if anyone's up for a game, we will sort out a session!

[AndyKurosaki]

I can imagine co-op would make it easier. I tried one mission earlier, kill 8 snipers with a 20 minute time limit. Found half of them pretty quickly, had killed 7 of them by the 10 minute mark. But I couldn't find the last one for the bloody life of me. Spent ages looking everywhere, even tried using the touchpad map. But ended up running out of time.

[ratsoalbion]

I've played about an hour of co-op which was good fun indeed but I'm enjoying it solo in the same way as one might play Rogue Legacy or Spelunky.

There's a handy cyber-mod that I've just bought which shows the location of mission items on the map.

[Todinho]

Is the game also free on the PS3 ps plus or is it just for PS4?Im seeing some screenshots and the sprites look awesome and I've been starved for a Metal slug game for too long

[PlexShaw]

It's not been released on the PS3.

[AndyKurosaki]

I've played about an hour of co-op which was good fun indeed but I'm enjoying it solo in the same way as one might play Rogue Legacy or Spelunky.

There's a handy cyber-mod that I've just bought which shows the location of mission items on the map.

I'll have to invest in that mod as well. I thought the sniper might show up on the map, but I couldn't find him. That would be why then.

[AndyKurosaki]

Don't seem to have acsess to that mod yet, could certainly do with it. Whoever decided "we should have our bosses run away!" is a bit of a twat. Combining that with a time limit, and respawning enemies can be really annoying.
It's good in places, but I wouldn't say it's brilliant yet.
It's definitely not in Metal Slug's league.

[ratsoalbion]

I agree about the bosses, though the game is different enough from a pure run and gun like Metal Slug for me to love it on its own merits. I've played about 15 hours so far and am thoroughly enjoying it.