Anyone played this yet? Home release in 10 days and I've pre-ordered. Can't wait! Not expecting anything near 1,2,X,3 obviously but fingers crossed it's better than that cut n' paste job MS4.
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I'd still class 4 as a very playable shooter but there's soooo much blatantly ripped from other slugs and the (few) original bits are just poorly designed. The first two levels are fun though, and you can turn into a monkey
From what i've seen of 5 it sticks very much to the military theme and there's far more new stuff.
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There's a lot of repetition like Metal Slug 4, not only in the enemies but also in the backgrounds. The underwater section was almost a carbon copy of MS3, with the rotating tube and everything. There is a good bit with two cars at the same time, but most of it has been seen before.
I couldn't quite follow the story this time either. It started of with some jungle tribe that you're wiping out for no reason, who find an alien mask. They pop up now and again, but most of the time you're fighting against other tanks, except for the odd big dragon that appears. Definately none of the humour in the story that filled the earlier games.
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Yeah, I wondered what the storyline was all about
Admitedly the MS series has never been big on plotline, but there's been a general cohesion to the levels up to now
With Number 5 I couldn't quite figure out what and where it was all going. Almost like the designers were trying to shoehorn two into one
Still, it's a bloody good blaster and kept me entertained for its ( reletively short ) duration
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Bosses are fairly easy on the Slug games once you know what they attempt to do (same with any AI I suppose). I'm down to 4 credits on Slug3 on normal. 8)
Hard mode is a bastard though, I keep losing my 1st life (and all rescued POWs) on the 2nd mission boss. Still can't crack it after a whole week of practice. Mind, AW2 has been taking up 90% of my gameplay time this week.
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