Mercenary Kings

Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling shoot ’em up action videogame developed and published by Tribute Games. The game was funded by Kickstarter. Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling shoot ’em up/run ‘n gun similar to games such as Metal Slug. Players fight against hordes of different types of enemies, bosses, achieve certain objectives, and rescue hostages. Players have the ability to craft their arsenal of weapons and upgrade their armor, as well play alongside other players, locally or online. The game features up to 4 player coop and a vast array of weapons and customization options. Killing bad guys, blowing stuff up, rescuing prisoners and fighting large bosses are all part of the many missions players can undertake. The missions themselves unlock as the player ranks up and take place in different areas of an island controlled by the evil antagonist. Whenever the currently equipped weapon spends all its bullets, or at the tap of a button, a small bar appears above the player character. Tapping the reload button when the gauge is green yields greater damage for the next magazine. Hitting the wrong area causes the weapon to delay in its reloading.