Metal Slug

Mcmadness

Mcmadness

The idiot who puts things in the wrong board.
Anybody here play the Metal Slug games?

I bloody love Metal Slug, one of my favourite series by far.
 
I've played Metal Slug...uh, the one where one of the first levels played is the desert level and you can turn into a mummy and lose your power-up. It's a really fun arcade shooter, and its spritework is amazing.

My bro got my twin Metal Slug 3. We never got around playing it but I'd like to one day.
 
I haven't played that game in YEARS but I remember loving it. The one I played was the one where Arabia or something was the first level, there was a tomb level where there are dog mummies and is the only level with those rat/dog gun things, there was a dude in a machine gun that gets eaten by an Orca, there was a boat with a bigass gun, there was a China level where you can get fat, there is a level where there is a ton of helicopters, and there are those gray alien things. I thought I saw one in WarioWare: Touched! in that Number Cruncher microgame...
 
That would be metal slug 2/X

There are 7 main metal slug games total and you can get the first 3 on steam. They have online play and I love playing em.

Also the machine gun guy who gets eaten by an Orca (named Allen O'Neil) appears in almost every game despite seemingly dying previously.

The best thing about the series was always the great sprite work.
 
I've got the collection, 1 through 6 (on Wii). I've gotten through the first five, still need to play 6.

the infinite continues were very, very useful.
 
The first Metal Slug is my favorite game of all time.
 
Glowsquid said:
The first Metal Slug is my favorite game of all time.
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Really?

Magnolia Arch said:
I've got the collection, 1 through 6 (on Wii). I've gotten through the first five, still need to play 6.

the infinite continues were very, very useful.
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Well get on it then!
 
Mcmadness said:
Glowsquid said:
The first Metal Slug is my favorite game of all time.
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Really?
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Yeah, everthing about the game, the mechanics, the grafxm the difficulty curve just *works*. If the only criticisms I can formulate about something are "I think the platforming in stage 3 is kind of annoying" and "I don't like how they mapped the Slug self-destruct command" (which is something the NGCD and Saturn versions fix), it may as well be perfect.

The sequels made a lot of additions, but they're not all positive. Specifically starting with X, I feel they got muddled with weapons, transformations and vehicles that may be "wacky" or "funny" but aren't very fun or useful in practise. I also didn't like how the destruction of background graphics got drastically dialed back. But they're still top tier action games. Particularly, I think 4 and 5 are much better games than people give them credit for. Metal Slug 6 is the only game in the series I truly dislike.
 
OmegaVenomous said:
What's a Metal Slug?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMx4iLp-EAc


Glowsquid said:
Yeah, everthing about the game, the mechanics, the grafxm the difficulty curve just *works*. If the only criticisms I can formulate about something are "I think the platforming in stage 3 is kind of annoying" and "I don't like how they mapped the Slug self-destruct command" (which is something the NGCD and Saturn versions fix), it may as well be perfect.

The sequels made a lot of additions, but they're not all positive. Specifically starting with X, I feel they got muddled with weapons, transformations and vehicles that may be "wacky" or "funny" but aren't very fun or useful in practise. I also didn't like how the destruction of background graphics got drastically dialed back. But they're still top tier action games. Particularly, I think 4 and 5 are much better games than people give them credit for. Metal Slug 6 is the only game in the series I truly dislike.
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Fair enough I actually like the whackiness but I agree that a basic slug is always the most efficient.

I don't think there is any main metal slug game I dislike. 5 is my least favourite due to it being pretty unfinished but I can still get some enjoyment out of it. 6 changed somethings I didn't like, the sound effects being a big one but I ultimately still enjoyed it.
 
I LOVE the Metal Slug games. Me and my little brother played MS 2/X in an arcade emulator, when I was like 7 years old. Then MS 4 on the PS2. And then the rest of the games recently (haven't completed 6 yet).

I liked its sprite animation, and the weapons. Rocket Launcher is my favourite, and the weapon with the bouncy ones is my least.