Outstandingly terrible port of a great game
posted by Pathos (PASADENA, CA) Oct 1, 2007
Member since Dec 2005
It's hard to rate games like this since the game itself isn't the problem - the port, however, is. Metal Slug is an old arcade favorite and is such a great game that it would likely still be fun played on an Etch-a-Sketch. Unfortunately, this PS2 anthology is barely usable.
The games themselves are fantastic, chaotic fun. Playable by two people at once with fantastic animation and hilarious settings, they're terribly compelling.
However: Why would a 2D game designed for arcade machines have to load for 5-10 seconds on every level switch? Why in Metal Slug X does the game have to pause and load every time you select a character from the main screen? Why does pausing the game and then unpausing it cause the music to loop indefinitely and then the game to crash? Why is there a slight but somewhat noticeable delay with every button press?
As I said, it's hard: The games themselves are, of course, excellent. The port, however, is shoddy and obviously done as an afterthought.
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