What's your favorite Metal Slug game?
All of them
>>316516551
Advance. It's essentially an Appetizer Sampler of the series, they duct-taped parts of other games of the series, and added in secret card hunting for replayability.
MS3 for Xbox original has a very cool mode where you get to play as the normal, regular grunts. I like picking the shield guy.
Not a fan of MS4 and 5, they tried to learn from Mega Man and added sliding mechanics in 5 but didn't really work out all that well IMO.
>>316516551
Pretty close tie between 1, 2, and 3.
Everything after that is okay, too. Metal Slug is pretty good even if it's bad.
The first one.
It's just such a focused experience (no vehicle or shmup segments, or transformations or whatever), and the level design and attention to detail in backgrounds and shit is the best in the series by far imo.
2/X is also great, and has some of the best bosses in the series.
3 has the best presentation overall probably, and having all those branching paths is cool, but most of the bosses are mediocre, and the last level is too long and repetitive, and it's like half the game.
Rest aren't worth talking about.
I like X and 3
>>316517317
I never understood just what the fuck this was
Or why the original final boss was going to be a turtle golem
Goddamn was 5 a mess
Changing it up since we're the angry mobs of the internet of all. Least favorite game of the series go.
Mine is Metal Slug Pocket Mission games, it doesn't even feel like the same team made the game.
I only played 3 and X, so 3.
Fuck Sol Dae Rokker and Rootmars.
X
Had best combat school instructor
>>316518378
That type of colouring does not really fit the art style IMO. Cute though.
>>316518127
How do you feel about Jupiter King?
>>316518547
He gets fucked hard with the shotgun.
>>316518547
his patterns are easily manageable, but I will never not die to Sol Dae Rokker and Rootmars.
>>316518735
just stand under him when he does that random spread red laser thing, that's the only place where you aren't almost guaranteed to die
>>316518892
I appreciate the tip, anon.but I will never not die.
>>316519025
well I mean, that's the only attack that should be a threat
Time to settle this once and for all
http strawpoll me/5998673
3
also Eri>Marco>Tarma>Fio
is snk too far in the hole to give us more metal slug?
>>316519641
anon, you seem to have mixed up ">" and "<"
>>316519804
Their Chink overlords love that series, give it some time.
>>316519898
No, I used the right signs.
My favorite Metal Slug game?ROCKET LAOOOOUNCHA
I think the second game is the most balanced. New enemies, new vehicles, new weapons and the levels and bosses are spectacular (the 4th level, that part of the level where you jump over the slum houses with a tank while shooting the shit out of Morden forces)
>>316519975
Fio is literally perfect how dare you
>>316519975
then it seems you've accidentally placed the characters in reverse order.
please fix.
>>316519641
they all suck compared to ralf and clark
>experience Metal Slug for the first time with the xbox 1 version of MS3
>got into speedrunning around the same time
>saw there wasn't a record for MS3 yet
>tried for an entire summer to 1cc the game since the xbox port reset the mission if you ever used a continue
>could never finish the final mission on those restrictions
>Mike Uyama comes along and sets every MS record like it was nothing
>lose all will to ever speedrun again
>>316520205
>I need super attacks and extra hits to beat the game
>>316520256
Just 1cc-it and make a walkthrough video of it then.
>>316519641You made the right choices, anon.
>>316516551
1 is the best, 3 is the most replayable.
>>316517785
The NGPC ones are great.
>>316520329
its ok because its super argentine backbreaker and galactica phantom
>>316519641
That's some great taste anon.
>>316516551
1 Fuckin great
2 Good
X I dont like all that mixed shit
3 My favorite, i still play it a lot
4 Fuckin piece of mixed shit
5 I loved the music
6 Was ok
XX Very good
>>316517953
5 had a fucking orgasmic soundtrack and the enemy sprite work was fucking rad. The bosses like Metal Rear looked cool as shit.
It's a damn shame the game got rushed. The Stone Turtle would have been a sweet boss fight.
Also, there weren't enough Slug Gunners to drive which is fucking dumb since it was the evolution of the SV-001
>>316516551
I really like them all equally save 6. 6 is a steaming pile of shit and is outright unfair at certain parts.
I feel like 5 could have been the best in the series had it not been rushed. 4 would have been better off being incorporated into a roided up 5
Also, 7/XX (with the original SFX) is really damn good - much better than I ever expected after 6.
>>316519641
Im ok with this
Eri is the best girl
>>316520706
5 and 7 are in no way "meh". They're damn fun have great soundtracks. "Good" is much more approprite
And 4 is WAY fucking better than 6. 6 is an irredeemable pile of garbage. Those new sound effects make my ears bleed. It's also unfair as shit
>>316519641
>tfw no good eri fanart since at best she shares it with fio and at worst isn't even around
I don't hate fio but fuck's sake can't she get some time in the spotlight?
I mean shit I'd wager the same thing happens with tarma and marco but male characters get the shaft when females exist in general as it is.
>>316521024
Dude, no. 4 is the worst.
>>316521024
>And 4 is WAY fucking better than 6
>literally a bunch of assets from previous games poorly slapped together
>fucking Metal Slug 1 sprites alongside Metal Slug 3 sprites
>the final boss is literally walls
I've only played Advance. How does the rest of the series compare? I'm considering getting an iso of anthology and loading it up on my wii
>>316516551
>2015
>playing pixelshit games
keep sucking that 90;s cock dear fags.
LOL
>>316521203
The rest of the series is far better in all ways.
X
3 would be up there but that entire last stage is such a fucker. Trying to 1CC that game is a nightmare because of it.
the original because it had that amazing artwork gallery that would never ever happen today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI7jAphkCNE
>>316521203
Well, wii version of anthology is the best version anyway, so go for it. Emulation is actually a lot better, though, because SNK can't into ports.
>>316517953
Data mining has revealed a sprite of the cults leader on a hovering robot, laughing.
It's believed it was supposed a hologram.
>>316518378
Uh you mean ms7 had the best instructor right????
>>316518378
where do all these low-res artists go? did they abandoned the style to continue with the current trends or did they vanish?
>>316521024
>4 is WAY fucking better than 6
>a guy with a shitty melee attack that makes him stop
>only new weapon is two machine guns
>only new ability is transforming into a poorly recolored monkey
>all the "new" slugs are recolored vehicle sprites with a gun attached
>one slug is a mutant from 2
>the villain is a reused sprite
>that motorcycle segment where the wheels aren't even animated
>>316521678
They're still around, it's just that there's no need for that artstyle any more.
>>316521678
they always wanted it to look like >>316521509, but the limitations of the times forced them into pixels instead.
>>316520706
Anyone who disagrees with this is a certified shit eating casual
>>316521923
shame. I kind of like the pixel style more.
>>316520706
I'd put 4 and 6 in shit tier, honestly.
>>316521923
Bullshit, they wouldn't have spent that much time on the shading.
>>316520706
>5
>meh tier
>>316516551
3. Easily of the best arcade style shooters I've played and has one the best Final Levels.
>>316522253
>It's got a rocking soundtrack, so it's okay if we excuse the mediocre level design, pointless slide mechanic, and mountain of cut content
>>316521923
No they didn't. There were tons of games that looked more anime-esque back in the day. You could do that shit just fine with pixels. The Metal Slug games of the time had a style to them that was deliberate.
>>316521923
>source: my ass
>>316522221
>>316522373
it's the same anime style though, only difference is one has nice lines and the other is pixels
that's what I mean
>>316522428
here you can see the pixels get smaller and smaller as the series progresses.
>>316522508
>it's the same anime style
quit shitposting morden
none of those even look the same
>>316522320
>These two never made it into ms5
>>316522785
A lot of things didn't.
3 > 1 > 2/X > 5 > 4
Never played the rest.
>>316522931
If Snk kept him as the final boss mabye his story would've made a lot more sense. Given the fact that hes almost completely absent at the end of ms5
Metal Slug Defense is best kekeke
>>316524302
Metal slug defense used to be fun when it first hit the market, but like all free to play games it got progressively shit to the point where i had to unistall the game completely.
>>316524302
what about the 3D game?
Is there a collection of this series?
>>316516551
> "Come on, Boy!"
>>316516551
The one with the aliens. 3 I think it was.
>>316525141
2, X, 3, and 6 have aliens.
3 is too hard and too long. X a best.
Did they ever redo the older games and fixed the godawful slowdown?
Only game I've seen with worse slowdown is Astroboy on the GBA.
>>316525186
The alien shmup at the end I mean.
>>316524706
For Wii, PS2, and PSP. Wii one has the smallest load time.
>>316524710
I can't believe his son is white.
I've only played the first two, so 2 is my favorite.
Anyway, I bought 1 and 2 on the PSN store a while back because they were on sale, did 2 always have those massive slowdowns? They're really jarring.
>>316525341
Nope.
>tfw they keep churning out shitty ports
>tfw the last good version of 3 was on the Xbox hueg
>>316525601
Yes. X is a sort of remixed/improved version.
>>316525439
I can't say I like the anthology version. I don't know how much it bugs other people, but the imput lag drove me insane. I just don't get why they were so shit when the xbox port of Metal Slug 3 was actually really good.
>>316525439
>>316526089
>PS2 has pretty bad loading times and input lag
>Wii version has the quickest load times, but has them in awkward spots and even in the character select or when continuing
>bosses don't flash when hit and the emulation is dodgy
>really shitty control schemes
>UMD version is the absolute worst
>PSN version isn't as good as PS2 or Wii version
>tfw there will never be a perfect anthology
The question is, have you ever played any of these games with someone over GGPO/Supercade/FightCade?
>>316525341
>>316525671
You can play the games without slowdown with overclocking. You can do that in FBA at least.
>>316520706
nigga 2 is top tier
>>316527072
Not with that slowdown
3>X>1>5>XX>6>>>>>>4
Metal Slug is the one series I will always love playing, but I will forever be complete garbage at.
>>316528187
I can beat 1 on 1 set of continues
I can manage 2/x on 2-3 sets
After that they become quater eaters.
Best slug right here.
Why is the sprite work so good? Does any other game come close?
>>316528792
Old SNK's other stuff
>>316528954
How come they had the best though?
5 had the best OST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3O5ukfCnCI&
>>316529194
Because they used to care
>>316528715
In terms of concept? Definitely.
In terms of usability? Fuck that, it's beyond useless.
>>316522428
Why does Fio look like she's on drugs in the first 3 games?
>>316530550
why does Fio look like generic anime trash in that last game?
>>316530735
You know what the worst part is?The first and last games in that picture are both Metal Slug 3.
>>316527072
X is 2 but better
>>316529194
The Neo-Geo was a beast of a 2D machine, but only because it's basically a rocket strapped to a model T. It originally came to the market in 1990 with the ability to display a shitload of big sprites and play a shitload of sound samples using the tech of the time, and little else. Think of it as a genesis on steroids.
SNK rode this thing for all it was worth, while other companies put out more powerful consoles and arcade boards. By the late nineties, 3D and sprite scaling and rotation were the norm, but SNK labored on with more and more ROM space instead to allow for sweet new graphical effects. By the end of this, their teams were damn talented at sprite work. Simply put, no one else could do what they did because they simply wouldn't. Everyone else had glitzy 3D and transparencies and scaling/rotation by this time. They didn't need to bother with things like limited palettes anymore.
>>316519641
I'd say Marco=Eri but otherwise you have perfect taste
>>316534606
you're right, marco a qt
>>316534859
>tfw there's probably more lewd marco than eri
>>316535128
lewd is near nonexistent
>>316535401
Perfect no autists to wank and make a doujin circlejerk party
I want to get into this series.
What platform do I play them on?
>>316535714
Neorage 5x
>mfw I'm probably the only one who liked 4
>>316516551
2 and X were the best.
Series never recovered.
3>5>6>X>XX>2>1>4
4 isn't inherently bad, I just really dislike it.
7 isn't even worth mentioning, nor advance.
>>316520832
That's a weird way to spellRumi Aikawa.
>>316536381
I liked 4 because of that one level where you could be a monkey
>>316526640
>>tfw there will never be a perfect anthology
It's called MAME.
You can even emulate overclocking and reduce the slowdown in 2.
>>316536458
>5 and 6 above X, 2, and 1
>6 above XX
My friend and I will always argue between 3 and 4
>>316522428
>>316522080
That MS4 Marco portrait is literally the smuggest thing I can think of
I love when character portraits feature so much personality
>>316536381
Playing it again recently, it's not as bad as I remember. It just really feels like a mediocre Metal Slug romhack.
>yfw
>>316540502
>>316536381
Even though there are a shit ton of quality issues, it's still more fun than MS6 since it uses actual metal slug assets
MS4 also had a bitchin soundtrack. I don't know why people shit on it so much. SNK was hanging on by a thread when they made it, as made evident by Tarma and Eri being unplayable (licensing bullshit or something).
>>316540502
>playing through the game with like 6 fucking friends huddled around the cabinet taking turns
>this scene
>the hype that explodes from everyone
holy fuck
>>316540502
>"I'm going in. Cover me Porkins"/10
>>316540750
>SNK was hanging on by a thread when they made it
SNK was dead. MS4 was made by some Koreans.
>>316540867
>Made by koreans
Well that explains the QUALITY
Is Korea like discount Japan for when shit goes south on the Nippon market?
I remember an early Guilty Gear getting it's own Korean soundtrack due to some bullshit.
It may not be the same thing, but still.
>>316540502
>>316540502
>Those fucking 10+ stage rockets
UNF
>>316520706
What's the bottom one called?
>>316540502
That entire final mission will always be one of the most memorable vidya experiences ever created.
Are there any ports that run at 60fps without slowdown? It can get pretty unbearable after the first game.
>>316540502
>Teaming up with enemy to fight greater threat
This will forever get me rock hard.
>>316541086
Taiwan was able to make a Metal Slug-like game with entirely original assets about on-par with the first few Metal Slug games in terms of spritework and animation, and with pretty decent gameplay.
What's Korea's excuse?
Why did they have to frankenstein together old shit and try to pass it off as new?
