Metal Slug Tactics brings the explosive charm and nostalgic fun of the cult METAL SLUG series to the tactical scene! Get ready for an intense ride through the best of both worlds: classic arcade action and roguelite tactical thrills. Jump into the combat zone and revive your METAL SLUG nostalgia in...
Metal Slug Tactics brings the explosive charm and nostalgic fun of the cult METAL SLUG series to the tactical scene! Get ready for an intense ride through the best of both worlds: classic arcade action and roguelite tactical thrills. Jump into the combat zone and revive your METAL SLUG nostalgia in a whole new way!
TACTICAL RPG WITH ROGUELIKE ELEMENTS
Metal Slug Tactics offers a fresh perspective on the iconic battles of the METAL SLUG series. Lead your squad to victory through strategic guile and superior firepower in a perfect blend of classic action and tactical depth. Unleash powerful special attacks and shape the outcome of each encounter!
Accumulate experience after each battle to unlock new weapons or bonus perks to upgrade your team's firepower and tactical skills.
Assemble your team and rewrite the rules in this modern tribute to a cult classic!
GET YOUR GEAR, SOLDIERS! MISSION START!
Choose between iconic brothers-in-arms from across the METAL SLUG series and create the perfect team to stop Morden's devious plans.
Determine the best weapon loadouts and mods to maximize combo efficiency on the battlefield.
Launch simultaneous attacks with the "SYNC" mechanic to deal massive damage to the enemy! And if your team is in trouble, you can always call in some reinforcements and watch the big guns at work: heavy artillery, airstrikes, the glorious METAL SLUG itself - you name it, you get it!
FIGHT YOUR WAY TO VICTORY
Embark on an exalting campaign through beautiful, hand-crafted maps to end the war and defeat the infamous Rebel Army once and for all! You're going to face many challenges, so brace yourself for countless deaths, but don’t give up and push through.
Whether you're a skilled veteran or a new recruit, play and replay your favorite missions, learn precious strategic insight from each adventure and hone your skills with each hard-fought victory.
Gain experience, level up your operatives, adapt to your enemies, and remember: every defeat is a lesson, yet triumph awaits those who refuse to surrender!
Donald Morden is back! After years of hiding in a country opposed to the World Government, the devious General patiently staged a coup. Now, he is finally ready to take revenge upon the World with the army he has secretly gathered throughout the years.
The Peregrine Falcon Squad will have to do everything in their power to make it through the enemy lines and take down General Morden before the war escalates into catastrophe!
Discover the first tactical RPG in the METAL SLUG franchise
Experience a huge replayability with its die-and-retry roguelite progression
Enjoy amazing pixel art graphics, a heartfelt tribute to the series
Battle Morden’s Army in 110 hand-crafted maps and 20 different mission types
Bring the perfect setup for every mission with 36 different weapons and 176 weapon mods
Choose between 9 iconic characters from the series and create the perfect team
Experiment with 36 loadouts and combos to outsmart your enemies
Challenge iconic bosses from the METAL SLUG universe
Headbang all the way with an amazing soundtrack by Tee Lopes
This is a great transisition of Metal Slug's fast paced, run n gun gameplay, to turn based tactics. The way you have to constantly move your units allows for a lot of freedom and fun. Almost all the encounters are based around this mechanic as well, making the whole experience feel natural. The music and spritework is amazing with the characters feeling so bouncy and alive with the soundtrack further elevating that. A massive con at the time of writing is the readability, which can be very bad a certain times. Health bars can obscure information as well as the camera not moving properly and obscuring units and tiles behind the environment. But this is still a great time, my favorite tactics game since Into the Breach. Highly recommended.
based on the beloved Metal Slug, which reminds me (and I imagine many others) of the good old days with arcade machines. The game's gameplay is a bit like that of Into the Breach, but it has been cleverly altered. Additionally, the setting is tidy and detailed. It is my belief that I will devote long hours to this title, as well as my brain cells.
The game is a single-player tactics game deriving from Into the Breach and introducing new mechanics such as sync and dodge points for moving. Campaign has variable length which was one of the ideas introduced in Into the Breach.
On release date (2024-11-06) it is not bug-free and compared to Into the Breach, it is much more resource-hungry because of the usage of Unity engine. User interface does a good job explaining mechanics, but some game objectives and boss attacks are confusing. It is not clear in advance that you can shoot over/through some types of cover. Again in contrast to Into the Breach where I remember all the in-game explanations of mechanics, turn order and objectives were perfectly clear. However, Metal Slug Tactics arguably has more complicated mechanics and more things to explain.
A nice change from the run-and-gun gameplay of the other Metal Slug games in the franchise. It's very challenging even on the lowest difficulty level (recruit). Lots of unlockable weapon mods and skills. Mission victory conditions has enough variance to keep up the interest. You would have to really be very strategic with your tactical decisions (movement, attack) especially on the mid and final boss.
Highly recommended but it may not be for the impatient.
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