Metal Slug 4:Some First Impressions

Eric

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I got a chance to play Metal Slug 4 at a local arcade tonight, and I will go right out and say it: It is more of the same.

Which should come as no surprise.

Unfortunately, even though it felt the same, and I'm a big fan of the first 3 Metal Slugs (haven't played much of 3 though) MS4 struck me as boring. I quit after dying in the 3rd stage. It's hard to even care about new backgrounds, they might as well not be there.

I didn't find any new weapons, but you can now control a couple new vehicles (unless they were in 3)

Does anyone else feel that the tried and true formula has gotten stale by now?
 
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I think they need some cool aditions... what about a new "rebound" weapon (like the "Bound" shoot of capcom's Three Wonders or one of the special shoots of Pulstar) That will add a new "aiming" factor.
Also a sniper gun or an infiltrator level will be cool... imagine getting inside a base without activate the alarm.
More levels than the one with the man eating plants (where you need some kind of items to advance) or a level wich needs some requirements (find a key in order to open a box and there's a card to open a door...) will be cool
An also do not forget the original Metal Slug tank... it appears fewer times from one game to another
 
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Originally posted by Eric:
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I didn't find any new weapons, but you can now control a couple new vehicles (unless they were in 3)

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Double machine gun in the first level?

monkey mode
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mookystains

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wait, eric, was it at golf n stuff?
are you not going today?
 
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Maybe now, the best we can do is to wait for a metal slug 4 X, or metal slug XX!
lol
<img src="graemlins/mrt2.gif" border="0" alt="[Mr T]" />
 
BBH

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Originally posted by Eric:
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Does anyone else feel that the tried and true formula has gotten stale by now?</strong><hr></blockquote>

I've felt that way since Metal Slug X <img src="graemlins/mrt2.gif" border="0" alt="[Mr T]" />
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Eric

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Originally posted by BBH:
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I've felt that way since Metal Slug X <img src="graemlins/mrt2.gif" border="0" alt="[Mr T]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>

So I suppose it's time to wait for Shock Troopers 3?
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MKL

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Some people should realize that too much is too much...

Who wants all these sequels? These endless sagas?

The fans?

Isn't "Fans" short for fanatics?
 
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Originally posted by Eric:
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So I suppose it's time to wait for Shock Troopers 3?</strong><hr></blockquote>

No, MERCS III
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Mr. Tarma

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Well, you really cant make better games than slugs 1,2 and 3 so im always knew that this series was perfect after metal slug . I think that snk made perfect series and games, but you really cant add enough to this formula. I think that gamers must stil be amazed with older slugs. Excepations are too high nowdays ( how to better f355 in dreamcast?, no change )
 
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mookystains

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i played it sunday at a local arcade.
i liked it.
its really the same ol' metal slug.
but i liked it.
The double machine guns, and the motorcicle rocks.
i like trevor, he is cool.
But it was average, nothing much differance.

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