Re-Loaded

Re-Loaded is a 1997 top-down action shooter and the sequel to Gremlin Interactive's Loaded, carrying over that game's cartoonishly violent, run-and-gun sensibility. You pick from a roster of over-the-top anti-heroes and blast your way through hordes of enemies across a series of arenas, hoovering up bigger and nastier weapons as you go. The whole thing leans into a deliberately grim, comic-book-splatter tone that was very much of its late-90s moment.

Mechanically it's a straightforward but satisfying shooter, the kind of game built around constant movement and firepower rather than subtlety, and its bright, chunky presentation gives it a distinct identity. It's remembered mainly as part of that wave of stylised, ultraviolent action titles that studios like Gremlin were producing in the mid-90s, and it holds up as brisk, uncomplicated arcade-style fun for anyone who enjoys clearing rooms of enemies with an ever-escalating arsenal.