Overall 9.5 Graphics 8.8 Sound 9 Addictive 9.3 Story 8.3 Depth 8.3 Difficulty 8.3
9.5
Metal Slug Review slenderluigi
Metal Slug the arcade game is a good game in my opinion. But lets go deeper into why this is a good game.
Basic Info Metal Slug is a Plat former and a shooter game. Developed by Nazca Corporation, and released in 1996, it was reviewed fairly well by the public for having thrilling game play and a good sense of humor.
Control Lets go over the controls. Its simple. Move left and right with the joystick and shoot with the A jump with B and throw a grenade with C. Its very easy to master and anyone can just jump in.
Sound The sound is great. The game has music that just pumps you up to kick so major behinds. The enemies screams sound real and so dos the gun. But sometimes the screams do get loud and annoying.
Graphics The graphics look like cartoons but nothing too bad. And sometimes the graphics just pump me up.
Story The story is that The evil General Morden and his rebel army has launched a coup d'état on the world's governments, and all attempts by the armies of the various countries to curtail his growing power fail. His most recent attack has given him access to a new form of all-terrain combat tank dubbed "Metal Slug". In a last effort to stop Morden, Cpt. Marco Rossi and Lt. Tarma Roving of the Peregrine Falcon Strike Force are sent to locate and eliminate his powerbase, as well as reclaim or destroy any Metal Slugs they can find so as to keep the technology out of Morden's hands. But nobody plays this game for the story. It is a kinda realistic story though.
Extra Content The game doesn't give you any extra content other than the main game, but the game is very fun to play so extra content is really necessary.
Difficulty The difficulty is handled very well, getting harder the farther you go, but expect to die a lot latter in the game or on your first time through because this game has Contra logic, aka you die in 1 hit, if your not in a tank. Oh yea, the tanks are a powerful machine's that have missiles instead of grenade and a machine gun instead of a regular gun and they take multiply hits to take down. But you can only get them once per stage.
Length The games length is short, seeing as there's only 6 levels which can be long at times, but there's only 6 stages. But the game should be short seeing as its a arcade game (there short so people don't spend all day at the arcade.) and again the game can be hard sometimes. The game can be long in 1 player, but in 2 player it can be done in 50 minutes.
Overall overall, i think Metal Slug the arcade version is a great game, with a blood pumping sound track, great game play, controls, and a good story, I give Metal Slug a great score of 9.5.
This is the slender Luigi, sighing out.
Graphics 9 Sound 10 Addictive 10 Story 9 Depth 9 Difficulty 8
Review Rating: 4.5/5
Submitted: 01-27-14
Updated: 05-11-14
Review Replies: 2
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Metal Slug - One of Neo-Geo's greats! fablefire
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Graphics 8 Sound 8 Addictive 8 Depth 8 Difficulty 8
Review Rating: 4.2/5
Submitted: 07-07-13
Updated: 08-27-16
Review Replies: 2
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Metal Slug (Arcade) Review. Eddy88
Jumping TanksAhh... "Run and Gun" games. In my opinion, One of the most beloved genres of the Video Games. Some times known as "War" games. It was common to see many games of this kind in the 90's. The basic objective of this genre was, as it's name says, run through level while avoiding enemies, bullets, and collecting different power-ups. And, to finish, a Giant and menacing enemy that takes many bullets to be defeated. Simple, right? Yeah, that's how "Run n Gun" games used to be. One of the most famous sagas of this genre is, with no doubt, The Contra Saga. However, There's another saga, maybe a bit underrated, that could compite with Contra. I'm talking about the Metal Slug saga. Which started in 1996 with it's first game, named "Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001" which was released for the Arcades, and then ported to the Sega Saturn and the PlayStation. So, If you are interested in learning more about this game... Keep reading this review about it.
Story: The evil General Morden along with his army, The Rebels, launches a coup d'état on the all the Governments of the world. The Regular Army, which has the job of keep the pace of the world, attempts to stop him. Producing a global war between both forces. After several years of this war. The Regulars create the weapon that will help them to win the war and stop the rebels: The Super Vehicle 001 - A.K.A: "Metal Slug". They decide to keep safe the tanks from the Enemy, with the objective of launch a surprise attack and finish with the war. But, Unfortunately, the rebels discover the secret and steal the tanks, and like if that wasn't enough... They Kidnap the soldiers who had the job of protect the vehicles... In a last effort to stop Morden, the Regular Army send Marco Rossi and Tarma Roving, two of their best soldiers, to locate and eliminate Morden's power base, rescue the kidnapped soldiers, and reclaim or destroy any Metal Slugs they can find so as to keep the technology out of Morden's hands. (8/10)
Graphics: If there's something that everybody praise about this game... It's the graphics. And I agree with them. This game counts with great graphics. A simple look to them is enough. These are pretty colorful. Backgrounds are amazing as well, and Animations are pretty fluid. They act like if they were real humans! (9/10)
Sound: Full of Quality... With amazing tracks and SFX. Every stage has it's own Musical style... There aren't two stages with the same music. SFX is great too. The scream of the soldiers, and the sound of the weapons are great to listen. These maybe could bother if you're playing this for the first time... But, You'll get used to them eventually. (9/10)
Addictiveness: Well, what to say? This game is pretty addictive. You'll come back to play it again for sure, No matter how you much you have played it before. (9/10)
Depth: What about the depth? Let's see what this game offers... Your character can move to the left and right, he can also jump (B) and duck, and move while it's ducking. You can shoot (A) aim the direction of the bullets too, shooting up and shooting down while jumping. We have different kind of weapons to get rid of our enemies, like the Heavy Machine Gun (H), the Rocket Launcher (R), the Flame Shot (F) and the Shot Gun (S). Every one with a different power level. These can be obtained in different ways, one of them being the POW's (Prisoners Of War) which when being released, can give us those weapons or some items to rise our score. However, those aren't the only weapons of the game... We also count with Grenades, (which can be thrown by pressing C) And the Metal Slugs, which can jump and shoot too... There are many other secrets and extras on the game. It's up to you find them. (8/10)
Difficulty: Hard... This title can be pretty hard to beat, even on the Normal difficulty. Only with practice you'll be able to master this game. (8/10)
Final Rating: 9If you're looking for a good "Run and Gun" game. This one is a good option, simple and easy to play and with a decent amount of challenge. Just play it and you'll see.
-Eddy Out-
Graphics 9 Sound 9 Addictive 9 Story 8 Depth 8 Difficulty 8
Review Rating: 4.1/5
Submitted: 11-09-12
Review Replies: 2
9.6
Awsome love this game! Maxiumstar
Love this game! So much is going on when your shooting. xD I always get owned at the end.
Graphics:
Good/ Awesome for a oldie game!
Sound:
Sound is so, but the rapid gun fire is nice and sound effect of death!
Addictiveness:
Once you play, you wont stop until you finish it!
Story:
Not really a story.. But just shoot kill and win! :) Save some men as well.
Depth:
Depth, not such. Not a rpg.
Difficulty:
10 = Very hard and fun!
Still you keep coming for more!
A must play! :) if you haven't played the Metal Slugs Series your missing out!
Graphics 9 Sound 9 Addictive 10 Story 8 Depth 8 Difficulty 9
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 03-24-13
Updated: 03-24-13
Review Replies: 1