From a massive tank sliding down the side of a mountain at hundreds of miles per hour launching gigantic missiles at you to a screen-filling eel that wants your soldier for dinner, the boss encounters manage to live up to the legacy built by the first three Metal Slugs. The levels and boss fights in Metal Slug 6 share the same unique 'WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING' quality as every other Metal Slug. Together, these special abilities make a huge difference on the game. Clark has his special move from King of Fighters, and can use it to whore points like no one else can. He's also man enough to take two hits to die, instead of one like everyone else, but his manliness causes him to only carry half the ammo everyone else does. Ralf tosses away the traditional combat knife/fork for his fists, which attack twice as fast and can break tanks if used properly. Tarma can take twice as many hits and fire several times faster in a Metal Slug tank or other vehicle. Fio starts out with a Heavy Machine Gun, and gets more ammunition for special weapons. Marco's pistol does twice as much damage as everyone else's.

Now, you might ask what is the point of adding new characters if the character you picked in the original games had no bearing on anything other than some visuals? To answer this question, the soldier you pick now has an actual bearing on the game, with each soldier having a unique quality that makes them the best choice for the job. The first noticeable change is in the Soldier Select screen - the original four soldiers of the Peregrine Falcon squad are back, with two new additions from SNK's only other noteable franchise: Ralf and Clark. Metal Slug 6 brings back many of the things that made the original three games good, while adding new features without detracting from the gameplay.

Metal Slug 4 and 5 failed precisely because the people at Playmore threw all of these things out the window. In the first three Metal Slugs, it was quite possible to beat the game saving every captured soldier you possibly could, without ever dying once. There were amazing visuals and sound, and then there was one last thing. There were multiple paths in every level, each of which led to a very different route to the boss. What made Metal Slug so unique was not the game genre, but the quirks added in by the people at SNK. From there, you proceed to blow the crap out of soldiers, tanks, enormous killer robots, giant fighter jets, and anything else dumb enough to cross your path. The game begins by picking one of four soldiers - traditionally, the lineup has been Marco, Fio, Tarma, and Eri. Then the game was released, and everyone saw that maybe, there was hope for the Metal Slug series.įor those of you who lived a deprived childhood and never visited an arcade, Metal Slug plays like many games you have heard of: Contra or Megaman. For the first few months after the initial announcement, many fans believed there was no way it could fail anywhere near as badly as Metal Slug 4, 5, or Metal Slug 3D (an abortion of an attempt to translate Metal Slug into a 3D rail shooter that was thankfully never released stateside). Metal Slug 6 is the first Metal Slug game to be released by Sammy. Finally, Metal Slug got sold to Sammy in a final desperate bid by Playmore's executives to sell their ailing company, which had only ever developed for a system that would no longer exist. MSlug4 was a horrible excuse for a Metal Slug game, replacing half the character lineup and adding in tons of poorly-executed extras. They released Metal Slug 4 and Metal Slug 5. Then there was Playmore, the company that bought out SNK. Most fans will tell you those were the best ones. First, there was SNK, which made the first three Metal Slugs. Metal Slug has survived for over ten years and three different owners. From Metal Slug 1, which was one of the opening titles for the Neo-Geo arcade hardware, to Metal Slug 5, which was one of the final titles for the dying Geo, Metal Slug has always been associated with the classic arcade feel of having to spend two thirds of your pocket money attempting to finish it. Metal Slug has had a prominent position in the history of arcade gaming over the last ten years. 'Metal Slug has had a prominent position in the history of arcade gaming over the last ten years.

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