metal slug x versus metal slug 3

rimm_rs · Aug 2, 2003

I have Slug 3 and 4 and while 4 is good, I think 3 is GREAT. I recently posted asking whether to go 2 or X and more people said x than 2. So I bought the copy of x and am awaiting it...

How does it compare to 3? Better or worse? Longer or shorter? More or less replay value, etc...

Please fill me in so I know what to expect.

Jedite · Aug 2, 2003

I think Metal Slug 3 is the best in the series overall. It's the longest and hardest game out of the Metal Slug series. Metal Slug 3 improves from Metal Slug X in nearly every way. Metal Slug 3 is a great game and I wouldn't hesitate to pick it up. But, Metal Slug X is also good, but, not as good as 3, tho.

[ August 02, 2003, 01:23 AM: Message edited by: Jedite ]

galfordo · Aug 2, 2003

I think MS3 is the best of the series personally - but lots of poeple don't really like all the bizarre alien/zombie stuff goin' on (they prefer X and MS1). I think it gives the game character, but the naysayers argue that X is much truer to the series' roots.

MS3 and MSX are both great games and worth owning ... I think most people here can at least agree on that.

Jedite · Aug 2, 2003

They had to distinguish 3 from the rest of them. If they hadn't added all the alien crap, then it would be jus' like Metal Slug 1. They had to add new things into Metal Slug, and I think the new things are good, because you kill things other than soldiers.

rimm_rs · Aug 2, 2003

I already own 3 so I just want to be sure that I don't expect too much from X...

Jedite · Aug 2, 2003

Don't expect anything better. Considering the fact that Metal Slug X is older than 3.

Lou Gojira · Aug 2, 2003

Well, look at it this way, you're going to own what a lot of people consider the pinnacles of the series, aside from part 1 that is.

I unfortunately don't own Metal Slug X, but I finally got to play it one night (the same night I got to see Dallas Moore! Hoody hoo!) and I thought it was an instant classic. I still hold part 2 close to my heart when it comes to love for great gaming, but X was a sheer blast-a-thon that will not let you down in any way.

I wouldn't bother comparing X to 3 because both are equally great on their own merits. For example, 3 is longer and harder and has all the elements of good B-movies, a truly rare class of game IMO. X takes everything that made part 2 grand and cranks it up ten-fold. Either way you're in for some serious fun and good times. Enjoy them both, just don't wear that A button down with all the shooting you're going to do.

$hockwave · Aug 2, 2003

from what i have played i would have to say 3 is the best and i think is a little longer than x since the last level is like half of the games alone but x is the second best from what i have played and plus it is a remake of 2.have not had a chance to pick up ms1 yet but have heard good things about that thou.

SNKJorge · Aug 2, 2003

Metal Slug X is great, I love it. It's my favorite
slug.

Slug 3, I am sorry but I can't stand killing
animals and mutants. I prefer more soldiers and
some 'aliens' like in X. MS3 is too much of a circus
for my taste.

[ August 02, 2003, 09:42 AM: Message edited by: xtoo_short20x ]

CarBaXinE · Aug 2, 2003

xtoo_short20x:
Metal Slug X is great, I love it. It's my favorite
slug.

Slug 3, I am sorry but I can't stand killing
animals and mutants. I prefer more soldiers and
some 'aliens' like in X. MS3 is too much of circus
for my taste.

I was going to say that.

Porshapwr · Aug 2, 2003

I'm going to have to go with Metal Slug 3 over X. The main reason being all of the multiple paths that can be taken. It adds so much to the replay value.

While I do agree that I would rather fight soldiers instead of animals, 3 just has too much going for it.

The only thing I don't like about it is the ridiculously long last level but other than that, it's golden.

Electroman · Aug 2, 2003

xtoo_short20x:
Metal Slug X is great, I love it. It's my favorite
slug.

Slug 3, I am sorry but I can't stand killing
animals and mutants. I prefer more soldiers and
some 'aliens' like in X. MS3 is too much of circus
for my taste.

This is exactly why I want MSX someday.

MS3 is absolutely excellent. But my biggest problem with it is that level 5 is too long.

<SPOILER ALERT:>
I would have liked SNK to stop level 5 after the rockets lifted off, then made level 6 start during the sequence when the rocket separates.

I don't know about you guys but more of my time playing MS3 is spent on trying to beat level 5 with the 5 credits they give you. Presently, trying to do this on MVS mode...

[ August 02, 2003, 09:28 AM: Message edited by: Electroman ]

Jedite · Aug 2, 2003

The last level of Metal Slug 3 is like about a third of the whole game. Some people might think this as good or bad.

[ August 02, 2003, 03:51 PM: Message edited by: Jedite ]

Tetsuo311 · Aug 2, 2003

X is an upgraded Rehash of MS2. I don't get why everyone hates 4 and calls it a rehash of previous slug games but loves X for being 30% different then 2. Although I like every slug made 3 is the best buttrock

Pep · Aug 2, 2003

MSX is shorter, in fact MS3 may feel too long to some people.

You will need more time to deeply explore MS3 and discover all its secrets. You will not find the different pads alternative in MSX like in MS3.

However, for some odd reason I would find myself playing MSX more than MS3, I think a bit like too_short.

BoriquaSNK · Aug 2, 2003

I hated Metal Slug 2 with a passion...so it may be surprising that I actually agree with too_short and the others and say that X is just slightly more fun than 3 IMO, 3 is damned near impossible to beat on one coin and I lose interest after dying thirty thousand times running from a giant crab...

TheBigBB · Aug 3, 2003

BoriquaSNK:
I hated Metal Slug 2 with a passion...so it may be surprising that I actually agree with too_short and the others and say that X is just slightly more fun than 3 IMO, 3 is damned near impossible to beat on one coin and I lose interest after dying thirty thousand times running from a giant crab...

You are complaining that 3 is too hard? I don't see where you're coming from with that... Maybe you should ask for some strategies or something. At least getting to the alien ship on a credit is fairly simple when you practice a bit.

I also don't understand what people have against the aliens and such. Metal Slug was always wacky. Even though part 1 wasn't exactly a circus, it wasn't very serious either. The soliders are just made to be funny. You don't really feel like you in a realistic war. It feels like an arcade game, as it should.

And for one last thing I don't understand... WHY people say that they like X more because of less aliens and such. X has loads of em! You have the exploding thing full of aliens on mission 1, the entirety of mission 2 as zombies and dogs, I believe a few UFOs on mission 4, those sewer creatures on mission 5, and the last half of the final mission which is all aliens. What about the whale who eats that boss? Don't you guys find that a little over the top? I just don't see how X is any better than 3 in that regard.

So anyhow, they're about equally good games, with 3 getting an edge in sheer variety, but X getting an edge as a cohesive whole. Sometimes you can get a little bored on the flying and underwater parts in 3.

[ August 03, 2003, 03:08 AM: Message edited by: dmhawkmoon ]

corbo 2 · Aug 3, 2003

CarBaXinE:

xtoo_short20x:
Metal Slug X is great, I love it. It's my favorite
slug.

Slug 3, I am sorry but I can't stand killing
animals and mutants. I prefer more soldiers and
some 'aliens' like in X. MS3 is too much of circus
for my taste.

Click to expand...

I was going to say that.

Agreed,i like blasting the hell out of soldiers than animals etc,i liked some of the zombie stuff,but then it just got a little annoying.Still a great game though,but X or 1 is the best.

Voltamp · Aug 3, 2003

Slug 3 IS the best of the series simply beacuse it is the only one in the series that i consider to be a true sequel and significant advancement over the rest of them.

X is by far the best of the traditional slugs (hell even the level select screen is flash [if you have a memory card]) but the overall polish of 3 (*animation, varity, level design, insane numbers of different routes etc make it a better game)

X is great, it's not so much less good just slightly different in execution as long as you are not expecting slug 3 you will be very very happy (i am)

now, slug 4........................

Furious Anger · Jul 10, 2005

Porshapwr said:
I'm going to have to go with Metal Slug 3 over X. The main reason being all of the multiple paths that can be taken. It adds so much to the replay value.

While I do agree that I would rather fight soldiers instead of animals, 3 just has too much going for it.

The only thing I don't like about it is the ridiculously long last level but other than that, it's golden.

LoneSage · Jul 10, 2005

Never played 3, but I have a hard time believing I'd like it more than 1.

Metal Slug 1 is a fantastic game. Nazca was genius; the underlying themes, the futuristic, uncaring world, the attention-to-detail...beautiful. The ending gets me everytime.

Big Shady · Jul 10, 2005

I take MS3 over MSX, but only by the slightest of margins. MS3 has more replay value, with multiple paths, so it edges out MSX for me. Don't get me wrong MSX is fucking FANTASTIC, but MS3 is just that tid bit better. Luckly I have both and can swap between one or the other

abasuto · Jul 11, 2005

I guess bumping a 2 year old thread is better than starting a new one, but, since it's already bumped......

My list of fav slugs...5>1>X>3>4>2

I have a strong feeling I'm gonna be the only member who ranks 5 has their fav. Why ? Because IMO, 5 felt like a "true" sequal to 1. Man vs. Machine. It was also much longer than 1, which is why I edged it over 1. I consider MS5 SNKP's best release.

I don't buy into the whole, rehashed sprite shit either. If any series took rehashed spites to a max, it was KOF.

neo>all · Jul 11, 2005

1>2>x>3>5>4

C.A.R25 · Jul 12, 2005

rimm_rs said:
I have Slug 3 and 4 and while 4 is good, I think 3 is GREAT. I recently posted asking whether to go 2 or X and more people said x than 2. So I bought the copy of x and am awaiting it...

How does it compare to 3? Better or worse? Longer or shorter? More or less replay value, etc...

Please fill me in so I know what to expect.

MSX is simply an updated version of MS2... so it will take a back seat to the real sequal of MS2, which is MS3.

MS3 owns them all.

MS3>MSX>MS1>MS2>MS5>MS4

MS4 = sad example of the metal slug series.

MS2 = so much slowdown at times that it makes the game horrible when playing

MSX = no slowdown, with the same levels as MS2, but different bose in some levels (take from MS1), different weapons upgrade.

MS3 = the best because the levels are longer, have multiple paths, more weapons upgrades, much harder, more detailed etc

MS1 = Classic

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