Who ported this?

[Foxhack]

Please tell me it was Code Mystics and not DotEmu. :(

[Gatoray]

It seems ported by SNK, itself

[Red]

A friend just tried the game. The default keyboard configuration is ATROCIOUS and he couldn't even find out a way to change the keys (He probably just didn't mess around with the menu enough). It's hilarious how to go back to a previous menu you have to use ALT GR of all things. Your character shoots with SPACEBAR.

Also ESC completely closes the game, no warning whatsoever. This screams Japanese PC port, lol! I guess the performance is much better than the dotemu ♥♥♥♥ tho but without online it's a difficult purchase.

[Jaq]

All I can tell you so far is that XX doesn't have the DotEmu splash screen like their previous Metal Slug ports. The Menu UI is a little bit different from those games too. The only logo that appears is SNK's. Unless they appear in the endgame credits, there are no references anywhere to either DotEmu or Code Mystics.

[Ossie]

Originally posted by JaQMarius:

All I can tell you so far is that XX doesn't have the DotEmu splash screen like their previous Metal Slug ports. The Menu UI is a little bit different from those games too. The only logo that appears is SNK's. Unless they appear in the endgame credits, there are no references anywhere to either DotEmu or Code Mystics.

hows the port tho?

[Jason rifleman]

Originally posted by Red:

A friend just tried the game. The default keyboard configuration is ATROCIOUS and he couldn't even find out a way to change the keys (He probably just didn't mess around with the menu enough). It's hilarious how to go back to a previous menu you have to use ALT GR of all things. Your character shoots with SPACEBAR.

Also ESC completely closes the game, no warning whatsoever. This screams Japanese PC port, lol! I guess the performance is much better than the dotemu ♥♥♥♥ tho but without online it's a difficult purchase.

Thanks.

[m30w]

Originally posted by Red:

Also ESC completely closes the game, no warning whatsoever.

LOL

[Jaq]

Originally posted by Ossie:

hows the port tho?

The core game looks and runs fine to me, it's good old Metal Slug, but I never played the original XX or really any of the later Metal Slugs so I wouldn't notice any gameplay differences.

The controls and menus, however, are rough around the edges. Neither my custom fightstick nor my PS4 gamepad are plug-n-play with this game. My Xbox controller works okay, except that menus can only be navigated with the d-pad, not the analog stick. Once the game starts though you can control your character with the left analog stick if you wish. Basically it's the usual Neo Geo PC port experience: The game is high art, but the frame they put it in is sketchy.

[Bogard]

OK, after reading all this, I guess there no reason to buy it then, if I already have the PSP ver.. There's not even any Background Artwork to buy this time, I don't see any. Is there even a Online Leaderboard?

[NeoStrayCat]

Originally posted by Bogard:

OK, after reading all this, I guess there no reason to buy it then, if I already have the PSP ver.. There's not even any Background Artwork to buy this time, I don't see any. Is there even a Online Leaderboard?

More than likely, all they kinda did was ported the PS4 version without tethering proper PC support and called it a day, PSP/Vita and PS4 version don't have online co-op or leaderboards either that the X360/X1 version has.

Unless they bother to patch/update proper PC support, this is a real bad launch.

[RIP Val Kilmer]

So weird when you consider the ease of porting from the xbox family to pc and compare it to the difficulty of porting from the playstation family to the pc. They chose the harder job, for a worse payoff.

[Goro3D]

They should have just ported it the way they usually did with working controls and online coop.So this is nothing more than a mere mess and needs to be fixed.

[Foxhack]

I would rather get a half-baked but functional port than another DotEmu ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, so I'm okay with this.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by Foxhack:

I would rather get a half-baked but functional port than another DotEmu ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, so I'm okay with this.

Are you seriously telling us that this port is better than Metal Slug 1,2,X and 3 on Steam

[Goro3D]

This port sucks pure and simple and by all these issues it failed terribly. Not sure why they didn't port this the same way as the other games and then put a steep price on it with no online coop and terrible controls ack.

[Foxhack]

Originally posted by Ikagura:

Originally posted by Foxhack:

I would rather get a half-baked but functional port than another DotEmu ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, so I'm okay with this.

Are you seriously telling us that this port is better than Metal Slug 1,2,X and 3 on Steam

I haven't played it (nor bought it.)

I'm just saying, I've been dealing with DotEmu's garbage ports for many years. They're ♥♥♥♥, and I don't trust anything they get their grubby claws on.

(Also, is it true this is $20 in the US? If so that's pretty pricey.)