Praise the Lard
Sieger's Squire
- Joined
- Nov 7, 2003
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We all know the greatness of Metal Slug 1/2/X/3.
- MS4 was a major downgrade, very mugen-ish.
- MS5 was a tremendous step in the right direction (compared to 4) with some great ideas but seemed a bit unfinished.
Now we have Metal Slug 6 and Metal Slug 7. Personally I feel their only real strengths are some very creative/fun boss battles. They do have a few good ideas sprinkled here and there, but they don't seem to be aren't executed as well as they could be.
- The backgrounds leave a LOT to be desired.
- I'm not a fan of the constant shower of gold coins, it's almost annoying to me.
- Dual weapon system is nice for saving ammo, but also seems like an easy way out of properly balancing some areas.
- I don't care much for every character having different strengths, this isn't a big deal though since the differences are minor at best.
- LASER GUN IS NOT SUPPOSED TO SHOOT DIAGONAL!!1111 GARRHGGFGDASGVCVB NOOOOO
So I'm wondering.. How do you guys feel about these games? Am I just completely jaded towards the games on the Neo Geo? I'd like to hear some more opinions. Hopefully we can all agree that the backgrounds in MS6/7, for the most part, are crap.
I feel Metal Slug 5 is a better game than 6 or 7. Is that wrong?!
- MS4 was a major downgrade, very mugen-ish.
- MS5 was a tremendous step in the right direction (compared to 4) with some great ideas but seemed a bit unfinished.
Now we have Metal Slug 6 and Metal Slug 7. Personally I feel their only real strengths are some very creative/fun boss battles. They do have a few good ideas sprinkled here and there, but they don't seem to be aren't executed as well as they could be.
- The backgrounds leave a LOT to be desired.
- I'm not a fan of the constant shower of gold coins, it's almost annoying to me.
- Dual weapon system is nice for saving ammo, but also seems like an easy way out of properly balancing some areas.
- I don't care much for every character having different strengths, this isn't a big deal though since the differences are minor at best.
- LASER GUN IS NOT SUPPOSED TO SHOOT DIAGONAL!!1111 GARRHGGFGDASGVCVB NOOOOO
So I'm wondering.. How do you guys feel about these games? Am I just completely jaded towards the games on the Neo Geo? I'd like to hear some more opinions. Hopefully we can all agree that the backgrounds in MS6/7, for the most part, are crap.
I feel Metal Slug 5 is a better game than 6 or 7. Is that wrong?!