The Expendables: Guns blazing, everything exploding
by Eric Caoili 
{ Jul 9th 2008 at 10:00PM }
Following Most Wanted Entertainment's unveiling of Mechanic Master, IGN investigated the Hungarian studio's site and dug up an interesting squad-based shooter in development -- The Expendables. Using the touchscreen, players guide "the world's lamest international private army" through 35 missions, blowing up almost everything in sight.
As you can see in the trailer and screenshots, this doesn't look like the most polished game, but the character sprites (and the buzz-saw tractor) definitely have some charm to them. The Expendables actually reminds us of a faster-paced Syndicate. You remember Bullfrog's Syndicate, right? That series was tight.
MWE hasn't yet announced whether it has managed to pick up a publisher for the title. We have a feeling that if the studio ever does find one, it will have to find a more useful implementation for the top screen. Not that skulls laughing and machine guns spitting out bullet casings aren't totally awesome.
Gallery: The Expendables
[Via IGN]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Anticrawl @ Jul 9th 2008 11:23PM
*laughs* If that is actual in-game music I'm so buying this.
SephFinale @ Jul 10th 2008 12:21AM
That's some bitchin' music, yo! I would buy it for the music as well. But I'd also buy it for the "skulls laughing and machine guns spitting out bullet casings".
Anonymousaurus @ Jul 10th 2008 12:57AM
SHHH!
I am trying to take in that solo at the end
Tseten @ Jul 11th 2008 11:05AM
tHIS actually reminds of the PC game Cannon Fodder...I replayed it later on the gameboy color...great game
elend @ Jul 10th 2008 3:48AM
Haha. Cannon Fodder FTW! The graphics look quite neat, imho. I'd buy.
Flagg @ Jul 10th 2008 4:17AM
Look's like cell phone game port to me.
Castor @ Jul 10th 2008 1:57PM
Reminds me of CapCom/Elite's Commando and Rambo on the C64.