-Levels:
Merc 2 has two single-player episodes. Both episodes have six levels.
Three of those twelve levels are Duke's house levels where there's this
computer which you can use in order to know your mission. One of those
twelve levels is very tiny (E3L5) and one of them is a boss level. So
originally we had 12 levels but then we remove these 5 levels because
we really can't count them as levels. So we have 7 levels to play - But
in fact I only had five levels to play because two levels crashed in
the beginning taking me back to windows. So I played five bigger levels
and five very small levels. So my point is that this TC would have worked
better with just one episode with one or two briefing levels, one boss level
and seven bigger levels.
Level design is from poor to average. Two city levels are both ok but they
lack in details & colors (mostly too dark). Cave level in second episode
is quite poor quality as well as that canyon level (poor textures & details).
Level 'Lab Rats' is a good one with ok design & details. This one small level
looked good too but it just was too damn short (where you had to destroy that
reactor).
Score 6/10
-Enemies:
Enemies look good. Palette is good so they don't look messy. Colors work well
as well. They act much like the original enemies but they stay strickly on the
ground (no flying ones). Sounds are interesting as well but a bit boring. There
are also some civilians. They act ok and look ok and you can shoot them but they
are too quiet.
Score 7/10
-Weapons:
Not much con changes but arts are different. Art is very good with good colors &
details. Pipe Bomb have been enchanced with extra explosions and shrinker shoots
some electric sparks now. Freezer is a nice flamethrower.
Score 8/10
-Other:
Sounds are pretty much ok as well as music (which I was somehow able to play partly).
There aren't much new textures which is just a good thing. Both end-of-episode animations
were pretty well made.
Score 7½/10
Lastability: This might have worked better some years ago but not now. Levels - the most important
factor in TCs - are quite boring:
WWW: http://merc.totalconversions.com
Version: v1.4
Author: TCM (The Total Conversion Masters)
Size: 18Mt
Score: 6