Whats the best metal slug game?

>>3817369
Contra.

Probotector

>>3817369
Atomic Runner.

All of them.

None of them.

Gryzor

Flimbo's Quest

X or 3.

X or 3.

The only ones worth playing are 1, 2 (X) and 3.


1 if you want the "classic" pseudo-Vietnam/WW2 stuff without much zaniness.

2/X if you want a little crazy, but still want it to be kind of rooted in reality.
3 if you want the absolutely off the rails stuff.

>>3817664
>The only ones worth playing are 1, 2 (X) and 3.

2 is not worth playing because you have X. There's nothing that 2 has that X doesn't have better.

1 and 3 are solid. 3 is a bit too long, partly because of the epic final mission.

4 is decent, just a step back from X and 3. It's much closer to the original game, which makes it look dated, you go back to fighting normal soldiers and tanks after the giant enemy crabs and Independence Day ufo invasion of MS3.

>wah wah 4 reused graphics
who gives a fuck.

5 has an extremely good first level (bet you never found the hidden miniboss), then it turns into a boring shitfest in the middle of mission 2.

4 and 5 have totally baller soundtracks.

There's also the GBA game, I recall it being fun, for a GBA game.

>>3817793
What about Metal Slug 6 and XX?
Personally, I REALLY like Metal Slug 6, even if the characters and scenery are kinda clashing in artstyle... It's just my opinion, but I would put it right after Metal Slug 3 as best MS game.

>>3817369
Geostorm

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3 by a longshot, 1 and X are tied in my mind for various reasons, 4 onwards are varying qualities of suck.

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I've never played any of the Main games unless you count the cellphone tower defense game, so this.

>>3817834
They changed the announcer voice.
Automatically makes it shit.

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X and 3.

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>>3817793
>who gives a fuck
I give a fuck because seeing MS1 sprites running alongside MS2 sprites is lazy/jarring as fuck and nearly all the bosses are just mirrored pieces of vehicles slapped together so there's nothing original besides a baby face that gets blown off after a few seconds and Amadeus' boring as fuck to fight wall suits

>>3817834
6 and 7/XX has interesting idea with characters having different skills.
Music had its some ups and downs, but some of the tracks were good.
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>>3818003
This plus soldiers scream. The old ones were just good. Why fuck something up which was great.

>>3818003
>>3818275
don't forget the POWs
wouldn't care so much if the new voices hadn't been so bad

>>3818259
>seeing MS1 sprites running alongside MS2 sprites is lazy/jarring as fuck and

Every game from 2 and onwards had sprites from MS1 and 2 next to each other.

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>>3818442
I meant the NPCs. and it looks like I was actually thinking of 5. 4's the one that recycled backgrounds from MS1 and did stuff like poorly edit the Arabians into pirates.

>>3817369
3. It's got some dumb shit (like the final mission being obnoxiously long), but it's pretty much the best overall.

>>3817793
X makes some obnoxious changes, and there's a patch available that removes the super-slowdown in 2 nowadays.

>>3817975
This game is pretty brilliant.
It's nowhere near the best, but I still love it.

>>3818910
Ew, filters.

Top Tier:
2/X

High Tier:
1

Mid Tier:
3

Low Tier:
Metal Slug: 1st/2nd Mission

Shit Tier:
4, 5, 6, 7, Advanced

Beyond Shit Tier:
2006

>>3819194
this is pretty spot-on, but I will say that 6 should probably be low tier. It's fun in its own weird way.

I could also entertain an argument to rank 3 lower (maybe borderline shit tier, honestly). it's just excessively hard for no good reason and the whole zombie mechanics and enemies are beyond infuriating

>>3819194

Is X much harder than two? I've been able to 1CC number 1 on default difficulty (4), but I can't progress nearly as far in X. I've actually yet to even try 2; would 2 maybe be a better difficulty progression from 1 than X?

>>3817834
I'm a sucker for those type of art styles don't really know why

>>3817834
I like XX because it has Leona from KOF.

I'm surprised people in this thread are shitting on MS3. It's usually agreed upon as the best game in the series. Personally I like X the most, followed by 1 then 3. The rest are bland in comparison.

>>3819261
>excessively hard for no good reason
Dude you just suck

>>3819396
>I'm surprised people in this thread are shitting on MS3. It's usually agreed upon as the best game in the series.

That's because the amount of crazy wacky stuff in it means credit feeding babbies love it. Unfortunately if you actually play it legit and try and 1CC it's often a funless slog. Look at high level plays of the last level, large tracts are just a guy slowly inching from left to right hammering the fire button until the screen is cleared.

1 and X are way more fun to actually play. 4 onwards are literally just fan games.

>>3819396
MS3 is the Sonic CD of the Metal Slug series. It's loved by people who love to pretend because it was SNK's true last game and it's EEEEEEPEEEC & KUREISHI. But it's a fucking drag to play.

X is the true patrician choice

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>>3817793
I really like Metal Slug 5. In my opinion it has a fair challenge, a well balanced difficulty curve (unlike MS3) and awesome soundtrack.
I mean, i love MS from 1 to 5 and for each one there is a particular characteristic that makes one stand out from the others.
I didn' t play 6 and 7 too much, i don't really like the introduction of character's ability and the new graphical style of those games

X and 3 are perfect.
1 and 2 are great.
XX is good.
5 and 6 are okay.
4 and 7 are just bad.

>>3819643
After recently replaying 3, I agree. It's too long and some of the levels are boring as shit. I used to think it was the best but I'd much rather play 1, X, or 4 instead nowadays

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>>3817369
>Whats the best metal slug game?

Demon Front.

>>3817369
First has the most focused and imho best art direction, but as far as excitement levels, it's X

Should I buy the Metal Slug games on Steam lads?

>>3820713
Fuck no, use MAME.

>>3820760
How wells does it play?

>>3817369
X

I have X and its really fun! 2 player co-op is the best way to show off to your friends an amazing time (especially with beer). I actually beat this game at work with a friend on my PSOne w/ LCD screen. Good stuff.

>>3820760
Or Final Burn Alpha.

I find that all the NEO GEO Metal Slugs play perfectly on Final Burn Alpha, and that's on a raspberry pi, so on any real hardware, it should play great.

>>3821042
>PS1 version
ewwww

What is wrong with Metal Slug 4 and 5?

>>3821430

Heavily reused assets

>>3821453
So what? It's more of the same, and if the same is good, then that is also good.

>>3819194
Move 4 up to low tier and I'd say that's about right.

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>>3820093
Patrician taste

>>3821430
As a result of the bankruptcy, 4 was kind of just shat out. It feels like a crappy romhack thanks to all the recycled content, the lack of polish, boring level design, and how buggy it is.

I liked 5, but it was unfortunately unfinished. Could have been great.

I like 2 just because it's the one I used to play at the laundromat

>>3821462
>more of the same
nah 4 is like getting a bootleg

>>3822252
I like 3 for the same reasons

>>3819194
Sort of agree, at least with how X, 1, and 3 are ranked. That is how I feel about those three.

I don't think any of them are bad, i love 1 because it's the first i played, but i've been playing all of them since i'm a kid. 1 and 2 are the best imo. I don't know why 4 and 5 get so much hate.

>>3820760
I must be a retard since I seem unable to insert Metal Slug into Mame

>>3817369
I only played the first one

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Of interest to some, a new 2-player TAS record for Metal Slug 3 was finished very recently with a new completion time of 24:27.8 or an improvement of 2:41.75 (9705 frames) over the old run:
http://tasvideos.org/5392S.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02GG2_glnws
^Not the final encode (FBA-rr is awful at synching/dumping video which is why it's taking so long to formally publish) so don't complain about the garbage filtering

It's actually a rather insane update considering the optimization of the older version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-21-EgF9foM
^Comparison video

It was found via testing that alternating crouch directions between shooting increases the pistol's rate of fire (and thus DPS) and also by abusing the frame timing of the Laser Gun's shot damage duration, it's effective ammunition is increased. One of the largest time-saves found was a glitch where if you destroy a truck in conjunction with Allen being on-screen in the final mission his life is reduced to nothing and dies immediately from a single pistol bullet.

>>3825861
>That pistol shooting speed
Wew

>>3817369
3

>>3825861
LOL they encoded a 240p 30fps game at 1080p 60 fps.

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What the hell was his problem?

>>3826013
What?

>>3828178
Metal Slug is famously 30fps.

>>3826202
He's angry his game was half finished.

3 goes on too long and the alien levels are too much of a difficulty spike.

>>3817369
How is the 3rd metal slug in the series?