Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games. Violence consists of you using a variety of weapons to kill multiple opponents. Each time that you reload your gun the controller makes a sound.Ĭontent RatingRated PEGI 16 for for some moderate violence. You can use the touchpad to scroll the map. As an added bonus, on PlayStation 4 there are some nice additional controller touches. As you play you discover a deeper game loop from the well realised enemies, challenging bosses and general weapon improvement loop. The result is a skill based game that is about technique and refinement rather than just nostalgia. Which means that finding new gun parts is both rewarding and changes how you approach your next level. This system is robust and makes a tangible difference. Here you can craft all manner of weapons, combining parts to create new weapons. You need to learn enemies predictable patterns, rather than just outshoot them.Įach time you complete a mission, or fail, you return to home base. There's not a huge range, but each must be understood and learned if you are to defeat them. This slows the action temporarily while also upping the tension.Īs you progress things move from simple extraction missions to more complex challenges. Periodically, you have to reload your game by completing a timed challenge. The small moveset and set-on levels mean you have to get creative to dodge enemy bullets while getting your hits in. You can jump, crouch, roll and zip-wire from one area to another. Play is frantic and looks like a 16-bit Amiga, Atari ST or Sega Megadrive game. It's unusual because it leans into gaining familiarity of its levels rather than showing you in new locations. You control an army character, craft a wide arsenal of weapons and take on bosses that retreat when they are nearly beaten. Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition is a running and shooting game.