PuppetMaster
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Gawd crashed again! This game should have never passed cert.
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Mercenary Kings |OT| It's Megaman/Metal Slug meets Borderlands (lol)
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Is it always crashing at the same place?
For me it is. I'm on "The Snitch" level in the recruit missions and it crashes when the guy gets in the steel soldier every time. I got there on launch day and had no problem, I just lost the mission (destroyed the thing) but it seems that Thursday's patch is what broke the game for me, because I can't even start the fight now.
Yeah activating the boss battle in The Snitch seems like a common crash point. Even when it finally didn't crash on me, it hitched really hard.
Also, is there a way to restart a mission, or quit to the HUB world? All I can ever do is quit to the title screen, which is ridiculous when coupled with the bafflingly terrible load times.
I really like the game, but holy hell was it not ready for release.
Also, is there a way to restart a mission, or quit to the HUB world? All I can ever do is quit to the title screen, which is ridiculous when coupled with the bafflingly terrible load times.
I really like the game, but holy hell was it not ready for release.
Yes, you can quit back to camp through your transceiver.
I keep forgetting about that damned thing.
Doh, silly me, I forgot to ask one important bit:
You guys having crashes and just general issues, are you playing the PS4 or PC versions? I have both, but I havent touched the PC version in months, been playing the PS4 version.
That being said, PS4 version seems to run just fine. I've had only one crash, it kicked me back to the Home screen, but otherwise, runs fine.
I'm Captain rank, how close am I?
And lol, found the Tribute Gun. I have a new favorite weapon now.
gift of 100 gab
Member
This runs well for me; no crashes and no problems (unless you coun't those awful loading times). Went in with Metal Slug expectations and was taken aback a bit at first as nothing was what I thought it would be, but after the first mission it started clicking for me and holy shit this game is so much fun now. I love that the layout with different missions, I totally get why they're are timed, and the customization/gathering stuff is light enough to work for me (usually not a huge fan of that). I'm hooked and honestly have nothing major to complain about. Very pleasantly surprised after I got over my initial impression. PS+ keeps delivering for me (with dead nation being the one exception so far).
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Ok, the above impressions might change later - castlevania medusa heads is one of the worst things in video games.
edit:
Ok, the above impressions might change later - castlevania medusa heads is one of the worst things in video games.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Hi guys, I'm getting a weird error on my ps4 copy of mercenary kings, when I select it it gives me an error saying I don't have permission to access the title, but I do I downloaded it from ps+ and am still a valid member. Help!
I had this issue once too. Go to settings > PSN > restore licences and it should work then.
They are in the major rank so your next set of missions (also a completely new set of levels) you might not pick up on how much of a pain in the ass they are until you have to do the platform segments.
Also my new favorite melee weapon
stump sock
Member
I feel like that was either some bad luck or just Brad being brad at video games. Even when I didn't know what I was doing I never managed to have a boss run away from me that many times. it's still a dumb "mechanic."
were those the temple levels? because holy crap that wasn't very fun.
Yeah, kind of frustrating at points but I have not found anything yet that's unbeatable. I thought the end boss was pretty fool, though some of their attacks are tricky to avoid.
stump sock
Member
Yeah I managed to suck it up too. Although I resorted to watching youtube to figure out how to deal with some of those whole screen attacks they were throwing out.
I'm 1 or 2 ranks away from the end of the game and ran into all sorts of crashes at random points, frame drops, and annoying camera management, but the thing that has to bug me the most is the small backpack size. There's some neat items you can use (I love riot shield for learning new bosses patterns), but I always have to throw them away because I need to carry C4 or shock grenades, or both. The levels where you have to backtrack across the level multiple times to pickup C4 are the worst. That could be alleviated if I played multiplayer, but most of the people I run into online are recruits who don't want to carry C4 and get destroyed by the difficulty scaling.
gift of 100 gab
Member
Yeah this really really annoys me too.
Dre_G_Writer
Member
Well its a shotgun with the fire bird shot ammo, accuracy is totally irrelevant with that ammo.
If you dont know what I mean, watch this short 20 seconds clip of me firing the weapon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-wEsJLbf60&feature=youtu.be
The link works even if you dont have a facebook account.
Dre_G_Writer
Member
*edit* double post
Dre_G_Writer
Member
wtf did I just watch???
AHA-Lambda
Member
Ah thank you ^_^
Ok I think I'm done with this game until it gets patched. Had the game crash 6 times within the past hour. One of them was when I was about to beat the boss of the Colonel missions, 2 of them happened as soon as I joined an online game, and another happened as soon as I launched the game.
Interficium
Banned
is this seriously a post on neogaf.
IISANDERII
Member
Says "you must log in first". Never trust Facebook.
PuppetMaster
Member
The gam is very playable in Remote Play on a Vita. A native Vita version without bugs would be amazing
Portugeezer
Member
so there are some small gaps with animals inside however i cant fit through the gap to pick up the loot, what is the deal with those?
thatmariolover
Member
I like the game. It has its flaws, and maybe wasn't quite ready for prime time. But it's fun, varied, and very playable. I haven't had a single crash. That's not to say that the performance has been perfect, however. I experience a momentary visual stutter every 10 minutes or so and the sound cuts out occasionally. I'm also confused why load times are so significant for a pixel art game that is installed to my hard drive.
The thing that really confuses me are the significant number of complaints about the game's difficulty. Is it really that hard? I'm doing the Sergeant missions and have hardly come upon a mission I had to play more than twice. The platforming isn't that difficult, you have a map of the level layout, and the enemies are pretty formulaic and predictable.
The thing that really confuses me are the significant number of complaints about the game's difficulty. Is it really that hard? I'm doing the Sergeant missions and have hardly come upon a mission I had to play more than twice. The platforming isn't that difficult, you have a map of the level layout, and the enemies are pretty formulaic and predictable.
Yes, the download of the data can fit in memory. But that isn't how a running game works. There are AI routines, loot drop algorithms, uncompressed textures, uncompressed sound, network features, and other things that need to be put into and then taken out of memory while the game is running
SparkleMotion
Member
Where does the female character in the OP look like she was ripped out of the show The Critic?
I think it has to do with people not using healing items or infirmaries, then dying and respawning far away, and then accumulating damage just to get killed off again when they catchup. But then again most of the people I play with besides a few people on my friends list are recruits just learning the game.
The other day I teleported from one side of the screen to the other. I should've shared it. I was climbing up a ladder in the middle of the screen, and then I was suddenly on the left side of the screen falling. What the hell?
Still having fun though. I have a gun combo right now where reloading is so fast, I barely even notice when I can't shoot. It's a little weak though.
Still having fun though. I have a gun combo right now where reloading is so fast, I barely even notice when I can't shoot. It's a little weak though.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Uh oh kinda worried about the late game problems people are running into. Just got to Major ranking
Thats what im now using with bounce bullets. Long range bounce bullets are great
Here is my favorite gun so far
makes many heads pop.
Thats what im now using with bounce bullets. Long range bounce bullets are great
Commanche Raisin Toast
Member
after playing several hours with my wife, my updated issues list is as follows:
-lots and LOTS of crashing + losing progress
-still getting audio stuttering and popping during the initial startup/logo screens as well as during the loading screen where you're dangling on the chopper
-slowdown during boss encounters that seems to be a 50/50 chance of crashing the game
-the sensitivity for the left stick needs to be tweaked: often i push RIGHT on the stick only to see my character go back into the medical hut, or my character will move left or right instead of laying down prone. it just gives the game a hugely unnecessary 'old school' feel that i think it could still achieve without making the controls a pain to use.
-whatever the saving scheme is... it sucks. i can't figure out how to manually initiate a save. sometimes it saves when i get back to the base camp, sometimes it doesn't. i test this out by completing a mission, making some changes to my loadout etc. and then quitting. when i relaunch the game it's as if i never changed my loadout OR WORSE, it thinks i didn't complete the mission i had previously finished before quitting. super frustrating, especially when me and my wife spend countless times trying to kill a boss between dying and crashing.
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all things considered though, we are having a good time. if she hears the base camp music coming from the living room she rushes in to see if i started playing without her lol. i just tell her im replaying old missions to test out my weapon setups.
-lots and LOTS of crashing + losing progress
-still getting audio stuttering and popping during the initial startup/logo screens as well as during the loading screen where you're dangling on the chopper
-slowdown during boss encounters that seems to be a 50/50 chance of crashing the game
-the sensitivity for the left stick needs to be tweaked: often i push RIGHT on the stick only to see my character go back into the medical hut, or my character will move left or right instead of laying down prone. it just gives the game a hugely unnecessary 'old school' feel that i think it could still achieve without making the controls a pain to use.
-whatever the saving scheme is... it sucks. i can't figure out how to manually initiate a save. sometimes it saves when i get back to the base camp, sometimes it doesn't. i test this out by completing a mission, making some changes to my loadout etc. and then quitting. when i relaunch the game it's as if i never changed my loadout OR WORSE, it thinks i didn't complete the mission i had previously finished before quitting. super frustrating, especially when me and my wife spend countless times trying to kill a boss between dying and crashing.
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all things considered though, we are having a good time. if she hears the base camp music coming from the living room she rushes in to see if i started playing without her lol. i just tell her im replaying old missions to test out my weapon setups.
moltonasty
Member
What's up with the split screen multiplayer being split into essentially 4 squares? Underneath me and player 2's screen is a map/stats, which I appreciate, but it makes the characters and action really small, and it's pretty annoying. Is there any way to change this? I couldn't find it in the settings.
pillowtalk
Member
Finally finished it last night, gonna go back to get more guns later.
When you want to save, I suggest you press options and quit the game from there to take you to the title screen. The save icon will pop up then.
When you want to save, I suggest you press options and quit the game from there to take you to the title screen. The save icon will pop up then.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Anyone know vaguely what weapon loadout they were using in that GB quicklook? My setups are kinda crap and that one looks nicely satisfying.
Also, not being able to shoot upwards on ladders is just... wtf.
Also, not being able to shoot upwards on ladders is just... wtf.
Was this posted yet?
Developer teasing their new game:
I'm guessing Ghost 'n Goblins/Ghouls 'n Ghosts inspired.
Awesome, can't wait to see what's next. I just hope they can iron out the bugs in Merc Kings so that people don't overlook their next game.