Metal Slug Tactics

Metal Slug Tactics ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Una excelente reinvención de la saga Metal Slug. Conserva el carisma, el humor y el estilo artístico que hicieron famosa a la franquicia, adaptándolos perfectamente a un sistema de estrategia por turnos muy entretenido. Los personajes, la música y las animaciones son espectaculares. Una experiencia imprescindible para los fans de Metal Slug y de los juegos tácticos.

Surprisingly good, not the usual tactical game that I'm used to, as in, taking my time and taking cover, stuff like that, this one does the opposite, the more you walk the better "dodge" you have, which is basically a thing that will negate damage. It's actually very fun, it does have permadeath, as in if you lose you lose and have to start over, but it's really not a big issue after you get into it after a bit. As I was unlocking all the characters, and the true ending, I noticed during it, that the layouts and enemy placements are the same, It's not bad I guess, but it's very predictable. Eri is awesome, her Enemy Chaser ability after being upgraded once , is overpowered and makes the game a cake walk, but in a good way, hell most of the characters are great, each ones abilities, are very different, and fun to learn. 9/10

Despite multiple delays and likely cut content/DLC from launch difficulties, this is a really solid strategy game and as someone who loves the mainline series it does a great job of representing the characters, lore, art style and sound effects. The soundtrack is really damn good too as it was made by tee lopes and gives that sonic mania vibe but in metal slug's musical style and the tracks are addictive to listen to especially considering there are multiple versions that randomly show up in a run. For the first few hours it might be tricky to understand or get used to the mechanics, but eventually as you play and try to unlock new characters, skills, and loadouts it becomes second nature and teaming up for sync attacks and getting the most out of special actions, adrenaline, and dodge points becomes really fun. The characters can play completely differently depending on what loadouts or skills you prioritize and what combination of characters you use. My only complaints are the fact there could have been more enemy, location, and vehicle variety and the lack of the crazy transformations from the series besides the mummy one (Zombie, Overweight, Monkey, etc.). Since dotemu gives their games free content updates often sadly this was one of the few that unfortunately did not recieve anything besides quality of life updates...and on a side note its very unfortunate this game did not sell well as its a really fun gem and replayable while at that (took me around 40ish hours to unlock all achievements but still have not bought out the shop or experienced all difficulties). Overall this was a solid pick for anyone who is a lover of the series, a strategy beginner or veteran, or just an indie game enjoyer in general. I'd give it an 8.5/10 and would have loved for more variety on the enemy, location, vehicle, and transformation side as everything else such as the roster, the skills, or the weapons were as fleshed out as they could be!

## Metal Slug Tactics — 7/10 ⭐⭐⭐ Après environ **4 heures de jeu réparties sur deux streams**, j’abandonne finalement Metal Slug Tactics sans avoir réussi à dépasser la première zone. ### 🎮 Gameplay — 6/10 Le gameplay est réellement intéressant. Le mélange entre tactique, déplacements, attaques combinées et gestion de l’équipe fonctionne bien et apporte de très bonnes idées. Malheureusement, la difficulté vient complètement gâcher l’ensemble. Même dans **la difficulté la plus basse**, le jeu est extrêmement exigeant et rend la progression beaucoup trop pénible. Après plusieurs heures, je n’ai même pas réussi à passer le demi-boss de la première zone. ### 🎨 Direction artistique — 10/10 Visuellement, c’est excellent. On retrouve parfaitement l’identité de Metal Slug, avec son pixel art extrêmement travaillé, ses animations et son univers volontairement caricatural. C’est du cliché de film d’action américain poussé à fond : ennemis ultra-stéréotypés, armes improbables, bâtiments transformés en machines de guerre… Un minaret peut littéralement devenir un lance-roquettes. C’est complètement excessif, mais c’est Metal Slug, et visuellement ça fonctionne parfaitement. ### 🎵 Ambiance & audio — 8/10 Globalement très réussi. Les bruitages fonctionnent parfaitement avec l’action et participent beaucoup à l’ambiance. Seul véritable problème : **les musiques des menus**. Elles sont horribles. Pas forcément parce qu’elles sont techniquement mauvaises, mais parce qu’elles rentrent dans votre tête et **n’en ressortent absolument plus jamais**. ### 📦 Contenu & durée de vie — 7/10 Le jeu semble proposer suffisamment de contenu, de personnages, d’améliorations et de possibilités pour offrir une bonne durée de vie à quelqu’un qui accroche réellement à sa difficulté. Personnellement, je n’aurai malheureusement pas pu aller suffisamment loin pour en profiter pleinement. ### 🔧 Finition — 9/10 Très peu de reproches à faire techniquement. Le jeu est propre, cohérent et je n’ai rencontré aucun problème réellement gênant pendant mes parties. ### ⭐ Note finale — 7/10 Metal Slug Tactics est loin d’être un mauvais jeu. Il possède une excellente direction artistique, de bonnes idées de gameplay et une réalisation très solide. Mais sa **difficulté beaucoup trop élevée**, y compris dans son mode le plus facile, rend la progression extrêmement frustrante. Après deux streams et environ quatre heures à essayer de passer la première zone, j’ai fini par abandonner. **Un bon jeu auquel je n’ai simplement plus envie de me battre pour avoir le droit de jouer.**

Metal Slug 腦粉滿分推薦 ★★★★★ 小細節和彩蛋很多（連投幣續命，都是遊戲機制的一環） 但以玩過《陷陣之志INTO THE BREACH》 經驗比對，只看遊戲性的推薦程度可能剩 ★★★☆☆ 耐玩性較弱，學習曲線用跳的。可抽選的技能太多，技能組合有點太複雜。 前期沒開竅會很痛苦。

Cool little game when you get the hang of it, I would have preferred it without the rogue lite loop, but hey ho, it is what it is

Juegazo. Mi primer Tactics y lo disfruté muchísimo. Gran pixel art, muy buena música, se siente excelente al jugar, y es bastante barato para las casi 100 horas que me dio. Muy recomendado

Running gives me Armor and Mana. Yes.

Despite loving Tribute, Metal slug, and Tactics games as a whole, i cant recommend buying this as the people who currently own SNK (the Saudi Arabian government) continue to perpetuate human rights abuses while using investments into the video game industry and esports to greenwash their money and give themselves a better reputation. that said, i was given this by a friend and genuinely enjoyed my time. as soon as SNK changes owners, i will update my review to positive