Metal Slug: Awakening

Metal Slug: Awakening

I played the smart phone version for a while and here are my impressions
Here's my impressions after having played the smart phone version for a short while.

  • The gameplay is much more forgiving than original MS games (you have a health bar!), but I still found it fun.
  • I think they did a good job translating the graphics to 3D.
  • There's a lot of personality to the characters and presentation in the game.
  • There's a whole bunch of different modes.
  • I didn't pay much attention to the dialogue and writing, but it seemed fine.
  • There's some really neat 2D artwork, like the animated character portraits.
  • This is a live service/gacha stuff, so you can expect the usual nonsense that comes with it!
  • There's roughly one billion different microtransactions. If you just care about the singleplayer content, you should be able to ignore all of them and keep playing as you want. Microtransactions are mostly about getting through content faster or becoming stronger for PVP.
  • Character stats and weapon stats matter a lot more than actual skill. On the bright side, I did see a few modes where stats are normalized and I hope they'll make more content like that.
  • There's a whole bunch of ways to upgrade your characters and weapons, and this can feel a bit overwhelming.
  • Many time-limited events as a way to prey on people's FOMO.
  • As is common with the genre, you can expect a lot power creep over time.
  • If the game is unsuccessful, it will get shut down in a few years and become inaccessible forever. And even if it does become a huge success, it will still be shut down, it'll just take some extra years. Don't get too attached to your accomplishments in this.
Last edited by FluffyQuack; Jul 1, 2024 @ 5:20pm
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Honorable_D Jul 7, 2024 @ 3:11pm 
So your typical gacha/F2P/MTX hell then. I assume you also have a sort of "energy" that limits how many times you can run missions per day?
FluffyQuack Jul 9, 2024 @ 3:24pm 
Originally posted by Honorable_D:
So your typical gacha/F2P/MTX hell then. I assume you also have a sort of "energy" that limits how many times you can run missions per day?
Yeah, it has a fuel system. I only played it casually and it didn't affect me.
VFR6 Jul 16, 2024 @ 3:59am 
I hope this one gets an offline like MEgaman X Dive Offline.
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Date Posted: Jul 1, 2024 @ 5:18pm
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