Has honestly aged better than a big chunk of the NES library, including some greats
Just classic arcade fun, it wouldn't feel so out of place in a modern day arcade and I think most titles on the platform can't say that
Fantastic and satisfying zapper too

Cool 80s tech

Should have paid more attention to this game years earlier

Idk if somebody has made a video essay using Alien Hominid as a demonstration of the true value of Metal Slug's spritework, but if not somebody should!

It just ain't very readable, man. Metal Slug controls very similarly but feels a lot better just because of the visual clarity

It's a charming little game though, and it’s historically significant. The minigames are frankly the part I enjoy more, so them being included is real good fun. It does remind me that I'm not as good as mashing as I thought I was though...

Much better than I remember! But still nowhere near IW's phenomenal trilogy that preceded it

Don't think I'll be able to beat the game with my sanity, too many weird things that are frustrating coming off of Xenoblade 1, which is baffling because there is brilliance in this game. Best world I've played in a game, fantastic music, great battle system... Everything else though is so baffling
I very rarely drop games, but I still love this game

Gonna be a day 1 buy for the Remaster though!
If that doesn't happen, I'll probably use CEMU to emulate since I know there's a lot of gameplay enhancements there! I suspect Remasters nor hacks couldn't totally fix this game, but I do think it'd at least be enough to have me go through the whole game

The amount of added care and polish beyond just making the game look prettier, care and polish that wasn't present for CoD4 Remastered, makes the lack of multiplayer (and even Spec Ops, which mostly uses campaign stuff anyway!) all the more disappointing.

Nevertheless this is peak CoD Campaign (despite the fact that there's no co-op, World At War has it beat there!)

why do you hard drop with the space bar and rotate with the up button

Don't make 'em like they used to

glad to see some georgia representation in video games

First
Also, probably the ideal OutRun 2 from a difficulty standpoint but still not as great as Coast to Coast
Still one of the very best!