almost as often as you pulled the trigger.
Not the most obvious candidate for the slower-paced gameplay of turn-based tactics, then.
Dubious logic aside, it stops battles from descending into slow, tedious crawls through enemy territory.
Instead, they’ve successfully encouraged the always-keep-moving approach of Metal Slug proper.
Cover has also been pleasingly simplified.
Naturally, you want to try and sync up all three of your units as much as possible.
Gradually mastering spinning those three plates simultaneously is marvelous when it eventually clicks.
Power up
“They’ve successfully encouraged the always-keep-moving approach of Metal Slug proper.”
As you level up your soldiers, their special abilities go from being nice bonuses to absolutely essential.
Fio’s Nudge can teleport friends and foes around the map.
I never got tired of plucking an enemy soldier into the sky and dropping them into harm’s way.
But goodlorddoes the game make you work for them.
Metal Slug Tactics has a barebones tutorial, then ships you off to war with plenty unexplained.
Tactics borrows a lot from the aforementioned Into the Breach.
I wish it had also helped itself to its crystal clear UI.
Enemies that turn you into cursed mummies made me laugh.
So I’d definitely advise waiting for a patch or two before buying.
Metal Slug Tactics was reviewed on PC, with a code provided by the publisher.
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