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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 48.3 hrs on record (36.0 hrs at review time)
Posted: 3 Aug, 2015 @ 7:37am
Updated: 5 Jul, 2019 @ 4:10am

Definitely a masterpiece of the independent game development
Mercernary kings is good, real good, and that on every level it extends to, with no exceptions as far as I know.
Time to complete 10 to 35hrs, depending on how much you want to do
Time to 100% 60+hrs
Difficulty: [■■■□□] - Mildly Challenging
Audience Casual - □■■■■ - Hardcore
Genre: Shoot them Up

Here, have some bullet points. I insist:
  • Pretty big lifetime (Took me about 35 hours to clear every mission)
  • High Skillcap
  • Decently balanced, it never gets annoying
  • Awesome Mob design (wide range of ennemies)
  • Very well achieved Boss Fights, which depend almost only on skill (more on that later)
  • Pleasant level design
  • Amazing Soundtrack
  • Super cool graphics and animations

The game handles very well, and unless you go for 100% completion rate, it is never annoying in the slightest.
-With a game pad, it's very fluid and responds pretty well to what you try to do
-The wide variety of ennemies forces you to improve your gampelay and strategies

The maps are very various, and they each have their own little ambiance, mobs, loot, and associated weapon crafts.
-They are also quite wide, each having their own secrects and utilities to missions, and even farming

You have a very important freedom of playstyle, due to the large amount of upgrades/guns.
-Proficiencies and Bionic Mods allow you to adapt to the situation/mission, and develop your own playstyle

The story (albeit quite simple) is entertaining, and the character development really goes to contribute to the friendly and funny aspect of the game.

The Bosses are a game of their own, because of how well done they are :that is that each fight contains its own strategies, usually very different from the others. On top of that, there is a pretty big variety of them for a game of this size !
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