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| Victor
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|  "Re(3):Yarrr... who be wantin' Metal Slug 5?!"
, posted Wed 31 Dec 14:23
The fact that it uses a hacked mame doesn't really signify anything. That said, the game is pretty decent. The slide is kinda neat. All in all it feels like a semi worthy addition to the series, not a complete hack job like 4 was before it. My main qualm with it would be summed up by a line I read on another gaming site "Technically Proficient, Lacks Soul". There's no dramatic loss of characters, no funny moments, no frozen elephants that shoot flames from their trunks. There's no build-up to the ending, nothing to tell you it's coming or that you're upon it. Heck, I didn't even know I was fighting the final boss untill FINAL MISSION COMPLETE flashed on the screen. I had some fun playing it, but 3 is, without a doubt, still the pinnacle.
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| Sensenic 1021th Post
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|  "Re(4):Yarrr... who be wantin' Metal Slug 5?!"
, posted Thu 1 Jan 05:02
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The fact that it uses a hacked mame doesn't really signify anything. That said, the game is pretty decent. The slide is kinda neat. All in all it feels like a semi worthy addition to the series, not a complete hack job like 4 was before it. My main qualm with it would be summed up by a line I read on another gaming site "Technically Proficient, Lacks Soul". There's no dramatic loss of characters, no funny moments, no frozen elephants that shoot flames from their trunks. There's no build-up to the ending, nothing to tell you it's coming or that you're upon it. Heck, I didn't even know I was fighting the final boss untill FINAL MISSION COMPLETE flashed on the screen. I had some fun playing it, but 3 is, without a doubt, still the pinnacle.
Agreed.
It's got GREAT bosses (I loved them all, no matter how many times they killed me ^_^'), new sprites and elements all around while still keeping and using the old ones well.
It also has a great beginning with that scene with the metal mask after the first mission, which promises a lot... but then it's over.
No more "plot scenes" and a completely anticlimatic (did I invent that word?) ending. And completely unexplained, 100% pure sequel fodder. I guess first it was the "Morden and the aliens" saga, then MS4 ( ) and now they decided to start with this... uuh... "Dragon sect" (or whatever) saga.
You know, ala KOF, with MS4 being the 'dreammatch' (complete with old sprite rehash included)  .
Else MS5's ending is the most unconclusive ending ever.
"Kensu" & "Asina" such a nice couple.
Damn boredom that can kill you with a sword!
A friend of mine talking about elves in LOTR
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| OmegaDog 963th Post
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| "Re(5):Yarrr... who be wantin' Metal Slug 5?!" , posted Thu 1 Jan 16:37:
Hrm... that really disturbs me that it has very little sense of story -- to me, that's one of the three defining aspects of the Metal Slug series (the other two being the gameplay and the comedic and full animations).
Just my experiences, no real meat here: the first MS I played was MSX, after happening across it at my university arcade. Sure, it really was only right at the end that I got some sense of story-type involvement, but it was that last battle that added the sweet frosting to an already-tasty cake. So, of course, I was just blown away by Metal Slug 3, especially its last stage.
I happened through MS4 while the other local arcade joint was still up -- but, yeah, it was a disappointment that, compared to MS3, MS4 was horribly, horribly anticlimactic. I was hoping MS5 would fix that. Guess not.
Still -- I'll play it all the way through if I ever find it in the arcades. (I won't be doing the ROM.)
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anyway MS5 doesn't work on emus by default... only on a custom build of mame, it must impliment some kind of new programming not seen in past SNK games.
