DesertEagleXIX
05-26-2005, 11:48 PM
I picked this up today at Gamestop, my local EB said it won't have the game until tommorrow.
For those unfamilar with the Metal Slug series, it is an old fashioned 2D side-scrolling shoot-up up, that started as a Neo Geo game. It's all about playability hand drawn animation and not about flashy 3D graphics.
First thing I noticed about the games were the graphics looked sharper, but more 'pixel-ly' when compared with Metal Slug 3 for Xbox. It looks like the Xbox does a antialias to smooth out the graphics a bit. You can note checkboard patterns used to denote 'shade' in the PS2 version. Still for a game like this, the graphics, while primitive are endearing. They hark back to a time of play without having to worry about moving the 'camera'.
Side scrolling looks just a bit less smooth than Metal Slug 3. Both games (MS4 and MS5) have an insane difficulty level. There are some spots in the game, wehere you feel death is unavoidable. Unlimited continues help to ease any frustration this may cause.
The games come packaged on two DVD's and the game does not have the white label across the top unlike most PS2 games.
For those unfamilar with the Metal Slug series, it is an old fashioned 2D side-scrolling shoot-up up, that started as a Neo Geo game. It's all about playability hand drawn animation and not about flashy 3D graphics.
First thing I noticed about the games were the graphics looked sharper, but more 'pixel-ly' when compared with Metal Slug 3 for Xbox. It looks like the Xbox does a antialias to smooth out the graphics a bit. You can note checkboard patterns used to denote 'shade' in the PS2 version. Still for a game like this, the graphics, while primitive are endearing. They hark back to a time of play without having to worry about moving the 'camera'.
Side scrolling looks just a bit less smooth than Metal Slug 3. Both games (MS4 and MS5) have an insane difficulty level. There are some spots in the game, wehere you feel death is unavoidable. Unlimited continues help to ease any frustration this may cause.
The games come packaged on two DVD's and the game does not have the white label across the top unlike most PS2 games.