357 revolvers and assault rifles and such. Sure, you can build obvious sets like pump-action shotguns and. Weapon crafting is the real star of the show here, allowing you to assemble the action, barrel, scope, magazine, stock, and ammuntion separately and frankenstein it all together into some death-dealing chimera-gun. Mercenary Kings may look like a Metal Slug joint but rather than tight, linear levels and weapon pick-ups, this one features wide-open zones and tons of materials to gather. That last bit is really the premise the entire game is built around. Along the way they’ll recruit new allies, battle wild war machines, learn the dark secrets of the island and its inhabitants, and build a wide assortment of the craziest guns this side of Saint’s Row. The power of the mandragora brings back a few of them though, and starting from nothing these scrappy mercs have to rebuild their foothold on the island and press back against CLAW and their nefarious leader, Baron. The Mercenary Kings have been sent in to clear CLAW out, but their first sortie ends with no survivors. The dastardly paramilitary group CLAW has seized a remote island that’s home to the mandragora, an odd sort of ambulatory plant with miraculous properties. That hasn’t stopped me from putting dozens of hours into it, though, and anyone who can come to it with an understanding of what to expect is sure to find a fantastic game awaiting them. It’s a divisive game to be sure, owing to some questionable choices about its mission flow and crafting systems. But even then you can get people who adore a game despite (or maybe because) of it’s quirks, and that’s where I’ve always been with Mercenary Kings. Some games get by on being absurdly hard but fair, and others fall on how repetitive they get. Every game has its quirks, and their success often depends on how bold those quirks are.
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