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Slant community chat on DiscordPro Retains an original feel despite clear influences
The art design, music and writing maintain a very original feel to the game despite its obvious influences, which is what helps the game stand out, which makes it enjoyable in its own right.
Pro Risk reward system
Players can risk destroying checkpoints for loot, which means if one does die after destroying their checkpoints they will have to start from the beginning of the stage. Basically this is a gambling system that can pay off or cause a crushing blow.
Con Enemy design is not always great
Some of the more recurring enemies often have just a pallet swap in order to differentiate them, which comes off as a bit lazy and uninspired.
Pro Catchy and relaxing music
For a game that is meant to have large amounts of time spent in it, the music is quite relaxing, which is nice as it does not get on the players nerves.
Con Townspeople schedule is difficult to keep up with
The game asks the player to meet everyone in town, while there is mini map that shows where townspeople are, certain townsfolk are missing from this map such as shop keepers. This makes it difficult to keep up with who is where.
Pro Good selection of game options
The games options see resolution support, controller and keyboard support, of which the controller support even has a rumble feature (for those that have controllers with rumble support). Keyboard support also has built in key-bind support, for those that do not have a separate key-bind support ap...
Genre-Co-Op-Controller Support-
Stardew Valley is a farming simulation game for PC created by one developer, Chucklefish Games. It features many of the elements of the Harvest Moon franchise where in you farm in order to expand your farm as well as help the town the farm is located in. There are also other elements of play such as life sim implementations where the user can talk to and marry other NPCs.
Con Co-op quest mode is short
Probably 7 hours tops to get through the co-op quest, so for those looking for a longer game with full co-op quests, this may not fit the bill being a bit short on that front. Luckily, it's not the only aspect of the game, leaving some replay value.
Pro Old-school arcade-like design
Makes for fun interesting scenarios, as there is a portal on each side of the screen that allows arrows flying off the left side to come in on the right. It also allows for trick shots by utilizing one side of the screen to shoot enemies on the other. This adds to the challenge, as you need to be c...
Pro Simple to learn, hard to master
Anyone can pick up the game and be playing competently in a minute but there is a lot of technique and strategy to lean to keep players engaged. While the gameplay keeping itself pretty basic and easy to grasp, there is a level of skill needed here that can be learned through repeated gameplay, as...
Con Single player not as fun as multiplayer co-op
The single player mode becomes boring pretty quick making the game more of a puzzle platformer than a multiplayer co-op frag fest.
Pro Excels at co-op
Broforce features 4-player couch and online co-op and it truly shines in that environment. Each additional player will increase the hilariously frantic nature of the game by a significant margin.
Pro Tons of level destruction
Many objects in the levels are destructible allowing for large explosions, which keeps the gameplay frantic. This will multiply depending on how many players are playing at the same time making for a very hectic gaming session.
Con Limited button mapping support on keyboard
FEZ has a couple of preset control schemes to choose from, but the buttons can't have functions assigned individually.
Pro Brilliant puzzles
Fez has some deviously hard puzzles and mysteries that will require gathering clues from around the world to solve them.
Con Frequent crashes on PC
PC version of the game has stability issues. Luckily, FEZ autosaves often so no much progress is lost when the game crashes.
Pro Easily stay in the action of the game
There are a few small features in the game that add up to making sure the player is never too distracted or pulled out of the action. Things like once a stage is cleared and all coins dropped by your fallen foes will be magnetically pulled to you, just to make sure time is not wasted running around...
Con Co-op feels tacked on
Co-op in the game is only local (no online co-op at all), which limits who you can pay with. On top of this the way one has to go about starting a co-op game feels a bit unintuitive, which can be frustrating. Stages can also feel cramped when in co-op mode, meaning players bump into walls and obje...
Pro Cool collection aspect
There are 190 guns available in the game that the player can collect through purchasing them in an in-game shop as they progress through the game. Most likely this will take multiple playthroughs with all four of the available characters, which means tons of playtime for those that like to collect...
Pro Lots of options for different skill levels and play styles
Characters such as "Bard" provide an easy mode without making the game feel lame. Other characters provide an extreme challenge for more advanced players. Lots of different weapon and armor combinations keep the game feeling fresh and support different play styles. Players also respawn a...
Con Beat detection can be a bit spotty
The game allows using own music, but the automatic beat detection can often be quite off and has to be adjusted manually.
Pro Unique gameplay
Crypt of the NecroDancer is a rhythm rogue-like dungeon crawler. All actions can only performed on the beat. Adding rhythm as an element to a dungeon crawler allows having each enemy move in a different patter related to the beat and interesting powerups such as tempo increases.
Con Controls need to be tighter
Pressing down to shoot from the belly does not always fire the correct way, meaning missed opportunities. After a while this can become quite a nuisance,
Pro Awesome pixel art by Paul Robertson
The king himself ! If you don't know him, check him out. From Adult Swim animations to video games such as Scott Pilgrim, Paul Robertson has quite a catalog of really great pixel animations/graphics.
Pro Metal Slug like
Remember metal slug ? Enjoy the spiritual sequel. Just like Metal Slug, Mercenary Kings is a 2D pixel based side scrolling action shooter with co-op multiplayer.
Controller SupportFullCo-Op4 Player Online / 4 Player CouchGenre-
Mercenary Kings is a 2D side-scrolling action shooter created by Tribute games that costs $19.99. In this frantic 2D action game, you are part of the Mercenary Kings, the most skilled team of warriors-for-hire on Earth, but when your comrades have fallen and the fearsome forces of CLAW have seized an island-wide top secret Laboratory Base, you must do what it takes to stop them. Whether its solo or with friends, move out, cut down CLAW and save the world!
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