#METAL SLUG ALIENS SKIN#
There was a challenging shooter under the skin which was super fun to play and highly satisfying to finish.
#METAL SLUG ALIENS SERIES#
The series was not just about its humour though. Truly, they don’t make games like this anymore. Seriously what is this toddler doing in a just exploded enemy army truck. The developers clearly had fun making this game and were no doubt encouraged to come up with ridiculous ideas that ended up in the game.
There was something new and quirky every few minutes in this game.Īnd that is what made it the gem that it is today. Ate too much of those fruits that you found lying around to improve your scores? Why you player is now blown up like a blowfish and is fighting not only aliens but also obesity. Your glass wearing hero is hit by a mummy’s foul breath? Why he’ll turn in to a mummy himself, wearing glasses, with a gun, shooting other mummies. The game is peppered with various quirks like these. Move this guy to the very edge on a platform and you would find him balancing on one foot trying to avoid a fall while a huge drop of snot is flailing from his nose. One of the male characters wears glasses, and the other has a running nose. The four playable characters may not offer much variety gameplay wise and may play pretty much exactly the same way, but they make up for it with their own personality traits. The super energetic soundtrack that rocks throughout the game meshes well with all the chaos that transpire on screen when it is filled with multiple foes and projectiles. The Metal slug series of games featured art that gelled well with its witty humour. And to accomplish this while also being entertaining throughout the run time and make this possible within the technological limitations at the time is truly commendable. Metal Slug was among the first games to infuse humour in a smart way in its alien infested war-torn universe, while also not berating the casualties of war. Fight powerful Ogres in fighting games like Tekken 3 and of course battle aliens in side-scrolling shooters like Contra.
We save the world from destruction in a typical RPG. And stories and aesthetics were equally sombre to accommodate that premise. Back in the early 90s though videogames were usually about killing something or someone, regardless of the genre the game places itself in. The modern gaming scene has no shortage of diversity in its content ranging from thoughtful games like What remains of Edith Finch to the smart and whacky The Stanley Parable, all prevailing alongside other traditional genre-based games. Let’s take a trip down memory lane with Metal Slug. There exists a hidden gem within this space, among the various contra clones, that oozes personality to this day. But on the flipside how many contras and contra clones can we play before getting tired of them. To the extent that not many side scrolling shooters are even remembered today, which is heart-breaking as these games ruled the arcades and home consoles during their heydays. But in today’s modern age of gaming this is an almost forgotten genre. late 1980s in videogame language) and they sure are plenty of fun to play, especially with alongside a friend on a couch. They have their roots from the very beginning of time (i.e. 2D side scrolling shooters is a very interesting genre for videogames.
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