I remember there was a Bowling centre near my hometown: it was pretty crowded and it also a bunch of arcade machines near the entrance: that was amazing, at it kinda sucks that now most of them are gone.
But also one of those cabinets literally scared me to death and always made me avoid eye contact with the left side of that hall for the rest of the time I went through
I remember vividly being haunted by this specific level, set at midnight, with unsettling zombies lurking around, alongside people crying or desperately trying to run away. Eventually your character became a zombie and starting vomiting blood all over the stage, all accompanied by a creepy music and all leading to an encounter with aliens??? Really tall and creepy aliens with worm heads?
I wondered for years what this title was about: what horror series was even allowed to be so publicly showcased? ... oh wait it was metal slug.
And that is the magic of metal slug, especially MS3: is a shooter that throws to you so many crazy things that while weirded me out as a kid, are so crazy and creative that now let me just.... go for the ride.
You got a cartoonishly sense of humor that doesn't shy away from more crude aesthetices, and lets you go from militry bases, horror themed settings, arctic ruins where you shoot yetis with an elephant loaded with machinge guns, aztec temples and deserts where you fight the military on top of a came (also loaded with machine guns), giant robots... and then you playable character is kidnapped by aliens and you gotta go to their base in space, defeat clones of them and fight a giant brain while falling back on earth.
It's ana amazing and memorable experience that outshines not only a lot of other arcade shooters, but also a lot of other SNK titles, famous for oozing with personality and charm from all their pores.
Of course it's tough as nails: it's a game that can result unfair at times because of the philosophy of arcade titles... but the charming graphics and incredibly addicting gameplay and options for combat are the reason why tons of people spend money on this in the first place.
MGS3 is a classic, absolutely something to try.
But also one of those cabinets literally scared me to death and always made me avoid eye contact with the left side of that hall for the rest of the time I went through
I remember vividly being haunted by this specific level, set at midnight, with unsettling zombies lurking around, alongside people crying or desperately trying to run away. Eventually your character became a zombie and starting vomiting blood all over the stage, all accompanied by a creepy music and all leading to an encounter with aliens??? Really tall and creepy aliens with worm heads?
I wondered for years what this title was about: what horror series was even allowed to be so publicly showcased? ... oh wait it was metal slug.
And that is the magic of metal slug, especially MS3: is a shooter that throws to you so many crazy things that while weirded me out as a kid, are so crazy and creative that now let me just.... go for the ride.
You got a cartoonishly sense of humor that doesn't shy away from more crude aesthetices, and lets you go from militry bases, horror themed settings, arctic ruins where you shoot yetis with an elephant loaded with machinge guns, aztec temples and deserts where you fight the military on top of a came (also loaded with machine guns), giant robots... and then you playable character is kidnapped by aliens and you gotta go to their base in space, defeat clones of them and fight a giant brain while falling back on earth.
It's ana amazing and memorable experience that outshines not only a lot of other arcade shooters, but also a lot of other SNK titles, famous for oozing with personality and charm from all their pores.
Of course it's tough as nails: it's a game that can result unfair at times because of the philosophy of arcade titles... but the charming graphics and incredibly addicting gameplay and options for combat are the reason why tons of people spend money on this in the first place.
MGS3 is a classic, absolutely something to try.
I ran right and mashed A great game :)