Great graphics, funny setting and overall very good game. The gameplay is just a bit too slow, so it lacks the fast-paced action of the original Metal slug
Hate to say that, but I can't see any improvements to the first one. The graphics has got some special effects, yes - but they are slowing down a game, which needs to be played smoothly... Also, I don't se the point in some of the (really few) gameplay changes. The static orb acts as an block, which just destroy an orb and creates at the same time a new one... It's basically just an immobile orb. The other change is, that blocks can destroyed. This leads often to situations, where you simply have no blocks to let the orbs crash into...
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