Armed and Dangerous puts you In charge of a group called the Lionhearts on a quest to steal the all-powerful Book of Rule from the evil King Forge.

Armed and Dangerous puts you in the role of Roman, a man in charge of a group called the Lionhearts. This four-member group of thieves, made up of Roman, a Scottish moleman named Jonesy, a British robot named Q, and a stinky, little blind mystic named Rexus, is on a quest to steal the all-powerful Book of Rule from the evil King Forge. Along the way you'll encounter objectives that sidetrack you from your quest, most of which involve you saving local villagers who have been enslaved or kidnapped by the king's men. Additionally, you'll blow up a lot of stuff.

In motion, Armed and Dangerous is a pretty straightforward behind-the-back third-person shooter. There are some twists to the formula. For instance, in some missions you'll have a jet pack that lets you jump and glide, while in others, you're able to issue basic attack and defend commands to the rest of your team. There are a few stationary turret levels, but, for the most part, your job is to look at your compass, run in the direction it indicates, and shoot anything that gets in your way.

The arsenal at your disposal adds some individuality to the gameplay, but most of the more unique weapons go underused due to the insanely valuable machine gun you start almost every single mission with. In fact, even the sniper rifle's usefulness is reduced by the handy machine gun's all-purpose abilities. So, if you're good with a mouse, you can aim at and quickly eliminate most of the game's targets without worrying about the rest of the weapons in the game. If you aren't so great at aiming, the game actually has a console-game-style auto-aim toggle that makes hitting your targets quite easy. Thankfully, the game tosses hundreds of targets at you in each level, so the game itself never gets too easy.