Metal Slug Advance

[kotd]

Well being a MS fan I was waiting for this game. Than it turns out to be a steaming pile of crap. The animation is choppy, frames have been taken out. The game plays and feels like a crappy platformer and not like metal slug in any way shape or form.

If this was a home brew game I'd think it was a good try. But it feels like it was made by one guy in flash or something. A life bar???? Like only 2 enemies on the screen at any one time???? This crap was being worked on for how many years????

At least worst DISAAPOINTMENT EVER!

 

[moz]

good job you waited for a review

 

[Prophet]

What did you expect? The true NeoGeo/SNK spirit of old died years ago. Playmore etc. are just milking franchises for cash now, there is no pride or concern for quality anymore.

 

[kotd]

well at least 4 and 5 were half decent.....

 

[The Mole]

I would be interested to know where you got hold of a finished copy since its not out yet.

I have it on pre order for £13 at simplygames.com

 

[kotd]

take a guess . Oh and if i was you I'd cancel the preorder. This is why its good to test games before you buy them. Cause most GBA games stink. Prepare for a waste of cash

 

[The Mole]

Bah a rom, i think i will take my chances with the propper version.

The version you are most likely playing is the 30% complete E3 version that was full of bugs.

Somebody on another forum claims to have played the finished version and says there is no problems with scrolling or the frame rate.

i have see a lot of in game footage videos and they point to those peoblems being fixed also.

It's only £13 so if it's as bad as you say ill take it to gamestation or sell it on ebay for a profit.

 

[kotd]

I played the finished version. The framerate isn't bad. I said frames were chopped out, I didn't say there was problems with scrolling or slow down. When you shoot a guy its like 2 frames when he dies. When you run and jump heaps of frames cut out. Also no blood or even water. Everyone dies the same whether u shoot them with a shotgun or the hand gun.

Also the levels are chopped up into small segments. Anyway I could write a report on all the problems with the game but I wont bother.

 

[Huxley]

Dammit!

Oh well, looks like I'll be sticking to the NGPC versions for a while yet.

 

[IntenseWage]

Of course there are frames cut. If I remember right, Metal Slug 2 was around a 700 meg cartridge. They're not going to be able to fit all that onto a GBA cart. Hell, they couldn't fit all the frames onto CD for Metal Slug X. Cut them some slack.

 

[Alpha2]

technically the 700mg size woudnt matter, after you factor in the GBAs lower resolution, limited color pallete and newer data management routines. There's no reason it couldnt be well animated. Heck, the rom for Metalslug3 is only 76mb.

 

[IntenseWage]

Good points. I totally forgot about most of that shit, haha. I've been punk'd.

 

[Phil]

Well being a MS fan I was waiting for this game. Than it turns out to be a steaming pile of crap. The animation is choppy, frames have been taken out. The game plays and feels like a crappy platformer and not like metal slug in any way shape or form.

If this was a home brew game I'd think it was a good try. But it feels like it was made by one guy in flash or something. A life bar???? Like only 2 enemies on the screen at any one time???? This crap was being worked on for how many years????

At least worst DISAAPOINTMENT EVER!

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welcome to SNK-Playmore.

A stinking pile of Poo.

 

[ralp99]

i disagree, this game rocks and once it's on the shelves i am definitely picking it up. i think most would agree with me. (i've been playing it too..)

nice to see some old-school gaming again!

 

[Alpha2]

Okay I just got back from playing it myself, it's not "horrible" but it could have been better. The character animation is the lowest it can be and still look like Metal Slug but they atleast chose the best frames. There's a lot of rescueing hostages on the first level but I kinda like the collection and mission stage selection aspects of it. The part I like best is they actually have the original games voices.

All in all, not a perfect port at all but serviceable if you dont have a NGCP. I'd probably wait for the price to drop a little.

 

[The Mole]

£13??? ww.simplygames.co.uk

Thats a low enough price for me.

Somebody i know has a review copy and he said it was no where near as bad as KOTD was making out.

While it's a bit short and feels a bit rushed its an enjoyable game while it lasts.

 

[kotd]

Whatever I knew you nintendo fans would love it. I got to the second level can't stand it anymore its deleted not worth wasting my time on, i'm going back to playing the psx games (Metal slug and x) on my Pocket PC. Real metal slug l8erz

YOU SUCK PLAYMORE

 

[ralp99]

dude! since when is being a nintendo fan able to count as a diss? i kind of thought anyone who liked actual video games were nintendo fans..

the only guys that didn't like nintendo was back in the eighties, the kids with the sega master systems who were all pissed that they never had metroid/zelda etc so they'd be all proud of phantasy star and uh... wonder boy and then switch over to NES anyway.

so there.

 

[finty]

Fanboy.

 

[Alpha2]

Just because you;re dissapointed with it dosent make it crap, yes it sure as hell isnt perfect compared to the full arcade versions but just because someone isnt completely turned off by it dosnt make them a fanboy.