The Expendabros

The Expendabros is a small crossover run-and-gun built from the same side-scrolling, explosion-heavy arcade language as Broforce, and it is really for players who want a brief dose of that style. By our assessment, its best point is plain recognizability: the whole thing is quick, noisy, and easy to understand at a glance. The trade-off is scale, because a crossover like this usually feels more like a compact extra than a full game with much room to grow. In play it is the sort of thing where you sprint, shoot, blow up the scenery, and move on before the joke wears thin. Compared with bigger action games, it sits closer to a sharp promotional side piece than to a deep campaign, and that is both its charm and its limit. People who want a short burst of loud co-op chaos may smile at it; anyone looking for long-term depth or a large system to live in will find it thin.