Ranking Metal Slug Games From WORST to BEST
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- From Metal Slug to Metal Slug 7/XX, let's rank every mainline game in this iconic run and gun series!
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Timestamps:
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0:00 : Intro
1:13 : 8
3:14 : 7
4:49 : 6
6:57 : 5
8:57 : 4
11:07 : 3
13:07 : 2
15:17 : 1
Music:
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"Assault Theme" from Metal Slug
"Mission 1" from Metal Slug Advance
"Let's Run Through!" from Metal Slug 4
"Main Theme" from Metal Slug
"Main Theme" from Metal Slug 6
"Scrap Island" from Metal Slug 7
"Fierce Battle" from Metal Slug 5
"Final Attack" from Metal Slug 2
"Credits Theme" from Metal Slug 3
"Who Likes To Party" by Kevin MacLeod
• Royalty Free Music - W...
"Aurea Carmina" by Kevin MacLeod
• Kevin MacLeod ~ Aurea ... - Hry
Metal slug 3 is my favorite Metal Slug game and the longest final mission. I remember playing it in 2014 with my friend. He always say "man this final mission too long why did you pick Metal Slug 3". Miss that guy.
Indeed this final mission was even longer than four previous missions add up in Metal Slug 3
Yeap metal slug 3 is my favourite one and also the game created by OG SNK team before when bankrupt and change to SNK playmore
The entire campaign is also about twice as long as MS 1 and 2. Part 3 is like for the true hardcore Metal Slug player.
Metal slug 3 is my favorite too! The branching paths, memorable bosses and that final mission were insane!
Is your friend dead?
For every mainline Metal Slug game I always asked during the most outrageous boss fights. "Who the heck is funding ALL OF THIS?"
Plot Twist: It was Jeff Bezos, all the time.
Aliens & The Devil… Literally.
@@Kenshiro3rd General Morden, the Marspeople, cultists and some more i think
And evil scientists.
That's why Tetsuyuki is so cool.
Instead of blowing all of their budget in buying high grade military machines that'll probably get destroyed anyways, they did an awesome job of just reusing an already downed aircraft as one. And it still works well lmao.
I had a feeling Metal Slug 3 is gonna be on the top. It was just insane, grew up playing these games, super nostalgic.
Metal slug 3 is my childhood favorite arcade game. I playing metal slug 3 back 2002 in arcade back then, in just 1 token I can make it through final stage and a crowd of kids watching at the back
Metal Slug 3 was the best, so much fun! And yes, you can tell they put a lot of love and hard work.
Yes the 3rd installment... 1 word... OG
Metal Slug 5 soundtracks always gives me goosebumps, so good to listen, but Metal Slug 3 is the best game of all time for me
The Music! The bosses music "Fierce Battle" uuuf
I remember playing 4, 5, and 2/X at car washes when I was a kid. 4's opening will forever be in my memory when I passed by the machine.
I might be in the minority here, but I prefer 2/X over 3 by a small margin. 3 is a little too long and bullet-hell for me (yes, even for MS standards of bullet-hell) where as 2/X struck the right balance of challenge and length for a Metal Slug game imo.
I think that the one that has the best balance its 5, the hardest being 7 and the most epic being 3
@@IMFERMO. 5 is too short bcs it unfinished
Definitely agree. Play X the most. I get 3 is epic, but it begins to drag for me on the final level. Also, it never gets old seeing the chain gun dude get eaten by an orca
Yeah, I get what you mean. I can complete the first two levels of X without dying, whereas 3 becomes pretty hard too fast.
It has zombies and that's awesome, but I still prefer the previous game.
I started from Metal Slug 1. Love the pause for Rocket Launcher. Still not fond of the new voices when you use the flame thrower
Rock-it lawn-chair!
Metal Slug 3 that final mission will always be just perfect
The mission 2 boss of metal slug 3 terrified me as a child. Back then i need my brother help to company me while playing that mission
1 is still my favorite.
It's quite short only taking about 30-34 minutes and I practically know every pattern in game.
The game is really fair, but the final level's first part is quite bullet hell-ish?
Not to mention how you can basically destroy something or parts of the levels at least, making it super satisfying. (And the fun unecessary details?
Yes please.)
For the theme? It's quite more grounded than 2-7, using real military vehicles for reference, no supernatural elements. But it's fine for me, and feels more darker.
I literally started getting into the games yesterday lolol I bought like 3 of them. The timing is amazing.
Edit: I also just want to say I absolutely love this channel. The fact that there are so many people that love and still play these games and talk about them to this day is incredible. So when new people like me come around I have so many things to learn about and people to talk to about them too lol it’s nice.
Have fun!
Which one?
I got metal slug 2, 3, and X lol and I gotta say I like 3 a lot but I think I like 2’s music a little more. Good thing I got them both! I’m playing them right now actually. I love the animations so much!
Glad I could help and welcome aboard!
@@ireaperslegend7426 Hope you enjoy those. Awesome series. Some of the best run and gun games of all time. I may even like some of them better than any of the games in the Contra series.
The great thing about the Metal Slug series is that even the bad games are still great. 2,3, and 7 are my favorites.
Is it only me who automatically recite the weapon pick-up voices in your head every time you see the character picking them up?
It's not just you!
I still do that for every power up :D
I remember 3 being an absolute quality game.
That old bundle that was released for PS2 was great.
Though in the end, the absolute joy you can get out of a couch session with the lads playing Metal Slug XX will forever be a S tier.
Difficult romp with a wicked roster; truly loved the addition of Clark, Leona & Ralf.
12:51 The avatar of evils silhouette reminds me of Ryuk from Death Note. Anyone else get that feeling?
I even asking WHAT IS THAT BOSS, is it some of trejactory of advanced tech or Ryuk 😅
Small trivia.
During the development of *Metal Slug 1,* the *MVS system* couldn't handle the game, even going as far as *burned out!*
SNK's arcade machines used the *MVS* system, by the 90's it was already obsolete technology being widely surpassed by Capcom's *CPS-2* system.
That's why SNK fighting games in the 90s slowed down during gameplay.
Instead of creating a new and more powerful system, SNK decided to *patch* the MVS and create the *Task Over,* the machine would freeze the game when it could no longer support the game working correctly, as was seen a lot in *KOF97,* and that was the first step in SNK's downfall.
If you want more information, I recommend you watch the video made by *Segredos Dos Games,* it is in Portuguese but you can activate subtitles in English.
This is very interesting! I will have a look, thank you 🙏!
Definitely need to watch this
In portuguese
No thanks
SNK's downfall?
@@osakatales9228 that dude probably has no idea what he's talking about.
Well Shoot, Metal Slug 4 was my absolute favorite in the series, I use to waste all of my Quarters in the Arcade Machine back in my Younger Years at a Pizza Hut Restaurant.
Trevor will always be my number 1 Main in the Metal Slug series.
MS4 will always have a special place in my heart because it was the first game I finished with a friend, in my case with my cousin.
Good memories 😄
I also like Trevor and Nadia.
It is a shame they were discarded after their debut :(
Small trivia.
During the development of Metal Slug 1, the *MVS system* couldn't handle the game, even going as far as *burned out!*
SNK's arcade machines used the *MVS* system, by the 90's it was already obsolete technology being widely surpassed by Capcom's *CPS-2* system.
That's why SNK fighting games in the 90s slowed down during gameplay.
Instead of creating a new and more powerful system, SNK decided to *patch* the MVS and create the *Task Over,* the machine would freeze the game when it could no longer support the game working correctly, as was seen a lot in *KOF97,* and that was the first step in SNK's downfall.
If you want more information, I recommend you watch the video made by *Segredos Dos Games,* it is in Portuguese but you can activate subtitles in English
@@meganinten0078 Metal Slug 4 may have got it's Flaws because of the risky removal of Fan Favorites like Tarma and Eri to put over New Bloods like Trevor and Nadia and the recycling Content and Levels from past MS Games,
But to be Fair, this Happens all the Time with other Triple AAA Games like "Metal Gear Solid 2" and "Devil May Cry 4" with those Games also have changed Main Characters like *Raiden* and *Nero* who eventually become Fan Favorites and also have recycled Content and Levels.
@@meganinten0078 I kinda already knew about little of the *MVS System* but never gone that Deep enough,
Maybe I'll go check it out, sometime.
@@joseurbina3835 Greetings Jose.
Yeah, I agree with you.
Raiden and Nero are great characters by their own.
Despite the initial backlash, the fans likes them.
I hope Trevor and Nadia returns one day instead of always using the Ikari Warriors for additional characters in MS
With ralf, i think you forgot to mention vulcan punch.
MS-2 was lit! First time I played and beat it was in a small town in Sonora, Mexico, they had the arcade game at this little store and I was using Pesos which is their currency out there. Got several tries with just a dollar hahaha compared to in the states where I only got 4 tries.
I agree i was there when the first Metal slug was at the corner store, when Metal slug 2 came out years later it blew my mind and I'm not gonna lie, Metal slug X was like the perfect game. Then years later Garou Mark of the wolves Kof 2000 and Metal slug 3 hit the malls and to me the end of an era. The end of my childhood and arcade life.
Well i agree with most of the ranking picks ; now behold my list
1. MS3
2. MS7/XX
3. MS6
4. MS2/X
5. MS5
6. MS4
7. MS1
with that being said , if u could just combine the new features and special ability system of MS7/XX with the story of MS3 we will have the greatest MS game alive !!!
i hope you enjoy it thanks 😀😀😀
I agree. That would be the ultimate MS game!
Damn bro we got the exact same taste, I would change nothing on your list.
@Chedy Souilhi I want to get the Metal Slug Anthology.
But I need to know. Are the games VERT FLASH HEAVY?
if so I want the Wii Version because it tones them down
Do these games contain HEAVY strobing?
@@StarForceBelmont321 Not sure about that i played them on ps2 and pc i had a blast , never really focused on the flash heavy part it didn't bother me
Metal Slug 5 could be the number 2nd for this rank if not for the cut content.
but yeah, i really like metal slug series, hope they make this kind of game again.
Thanks for putting together this video. Favourite soundtrack is 'Midnight Wandering' in the zombie stage in MS3. Keep up the great work =)!
This is a really great list ! For me, Metal Slug 4 introduced me to the series, and it's become a very nostalgic title for me. For me, I feel that MS4 has some great boss fights, but playing the other games has made me realize that it was relatively weak. Nonetheless, if MS4 still is a great arcade game, then the whole series is fantastic !
For me metal slug 3 is my Number 1 spot and very first metal slug I ever played. I remember playing it on arcade 20 years ago and beat it with just a single penny in my pocket every time I visit the arcades, a lot of kids crowded in my back because its rare that for someone to reach final mission also they're amaze how I play like that since I'm just a little kid back then.
You beat MS 3 with a single penny??? Wow! you're a beast!
Metal Slug is definitely my best entry amongst all the others. It's a shame I can't play it in my Neorage Software version. Miss it so much
What I love about this series is that even if you can rank it from worst to best, you can still say that all games are great and no one will disagree.
I started with 4 and had a blast playing with it. I didn't care if I wasn't able to use Tarma or Eri back then since that was my first game but it was no big deal for me.
Yo! Still can't believe it took me so long to find your channel, I came here from the KOF list (where I was happy to learn that I own the best KOF ['02 UM] since I sadly haven't played the newest entry). Just wanna say that you do amazing work and I am for sure going back to watch all of your videos now. Thank you!
Thank you and welcome aboard!
Great breakdown. I got deeper into these games much later on emulation and really enjoy them. Its really satisfying when you learn a stage. I dont have enough time invested in each to really rank them but 1,3,5 definately stand out as my favorites so far.
Glad to hear it!
great video brother, love it! brings back so much memory!
Glad to hear it!
Metal Slug 4 will always have a special place in my heart because it is the first MS game I finished alongside a friend, in my case with my cousin.
Good memories ^_^
I like Trevor and Nadia.
It is a shame they were discarded after their debut.
Wasted potential :(
They temporarily replaced Tarma & Eri :/
01. MS3 brings unique enemies like sea crab, bee, angry fish, Zombie, Ice bear in cave, 2nd boss, alien, clon alien etc.
02. MS3 has unique zone like sea, forest, cave, underwater, sky, space etc.
03. MS3 is also unique for its long and hard mission. The last mission is as long as a whole length game.
Excellent video! Love the Tier list although I would put mslg4 a bit Higher just for the music. but other then that. bravo!! :D do you think you can do a video ranking metal slug music? From each main line aeries
Man you keep amazing videos on my fav games esp METAL SLUG. I am so glad about it, many thanks and keep up the awesome work SG. MS 3 was the best what a EXCELLENT part so many changes and so much do with so much cool stuff to do it.
Thanks!
@@ShoryuGame You are most welcome.
Thanks for the new upload!
My pleasure!
Love to see you back..✌️✌️
I miss the old arcade cabinets at the markets
When I was a kid I always go with my dad and tell him to give me a few coins and I rush towards a shop that has arcade cabinets outside
I always play the early metal slug games 😭
When I got a PSP
I got the game where every current metal slug game was available in one pack
Metal Slug Anthology(?) I think it’s the title
When i buy Ms X and play it on PS 2, i think its just one sequel but then i buy Ms Anthology it was so mind blowing knowing there is more Ms game. I was play it all day until i finished it all. The art and vibes is memorable.
Awesome video! Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
I agree, for me, Metal Slug 3 is the best MS series, the stages, the music, and other aspect still the best..
4:21 that's a great conclusion there
Metal slug 4 is one of my earliest ps2 games and i loved it so much, by the way they did a great job in music and they are indeed memorable especially mission 1 and 3 and 6, tho it could've been better if the missions were longer, like if the paths were all sequential rather than paths because it made it feel small
8:17
Something else that made ralf my main for ms6 was the fact that he could perform Vulcan Gatling Punch by mashing up and shoot (its been ahile since i played it, so i may have forgot the input)
I would love nothing more then the metal slug crew to make it into kof at least once
As playable charecters
@@rdxgamer1772 Yeah, Fio and Marco need to be done justice in a Mainline KOF.
@@kyokugenryudisciple9349 id main fio in a heartbeat
@@kyokugenryudisciple9349 Fio was really fun in the Maximum Impact games.
I like her gameplay in those games
The 3 is my favorite out them all, the only thing i miss is the cool mini missions you could have in the PS2 version, like the Rebel Solider one and the Fat Island. Nice video btw.
played them from part 1-6. agreed that the alien twist in Metal Slug 3 really got me tight on my seats and controllers.
I do recommend metal slug XX. It has really fun bosses and fun new slug vehicles.
one word - art style. this game thats why still rocks
maybe metal slug 4 wasn't the most original
but i gotta say
i still think that it's pretty solid game
and it has 2 of my most favorite soundtracks in the series
plus i still have a lot of fun playing it from time to time
i don't care what ppl say about it
it still is one of my most favorite games of all times
Great job 👍 bro
Thank you so much 😀
My most replayed franchise of all time. Have enjoyed it in the arcades in the 90s and still enjoying it with neogeo mini
Please SNK, one more journey to the OG series, this game has a special place in my heart
Great list! Thanks for sharing your insights on the main installments of the Metal Slug series. I actually remembered seeing Metal Slug 5 in the arcade and one of the demos features the Spider Slug. I thought that was the coolest thing I ever seen.
Glad you enjoyed it!
My favorite of the series was "in the hunt" or known as metal slug submarine!
A perfect list honestly, that's exactly the order I would put them in.
One aspect I feel MSX did worse than MS2 is how they handled the reveal of the Mars people MSX kept waving them in your face as early as the 1st stage where MS2 kept them secret until the last stage
Oh ho, belive me, I spent about three months playing Metal Slug Advance using a GBA emulator, it's fun! Also, SyoryuGame, it's actually Canon and the events that happened in Metal Slug Advance are a few months after Metal Slug 7/XX
The music in Metal Slug 5 was the best out of the series.
Amadeus mother computer is a pretty good final boss in the metal slug series, especially thanks to the epic track not final attack.
MS3's final mission is mostly a combination of Mission 5 and Mission 6, since it's supposed to make you think it's a dramatic ending between the Regular Army and the Rebel Army, before the martians shows up and eventually drags the length of the mission into a long 20-30 mins gameplay, there isn't much of a difference even if you don't die or not because when you die just once, it's pretty much a gg in the Metal Slug series, and it's not like there is a pause menu for entering each mission and getting rest seeing that victory screen. Pretty smart if you think of it.
11:00 "...And then you'll most likely die from timeout"
So true, lmao. Why did they make it like that? Why not make it less bullet spongey, or have the time replenish when you destroy the tentacles and it starts flying around? Previous installments never had this problem before, so what's new here?
A lot of deaths in 7/XX felt cheap.
MS4 had some issues, like trevors knife boot having an animation and not letting you move while it plays and rebel vehicles having no immunity frames against especially when theyre fighting masknells and di-cokkas which fire three shots which is enough to just instantly take your vehicles away lol
This is probably going to sound weird, but Metal Slug 5 is still my favorite in the series, with Metal Slug 3 very close behind it. 5 just has the perfect blend of a new setting/enemies, the slide to get out of otherwise impossible situations, and my personal favorite soundtrack in the franchise. Metal and thrash just speak to me, and amazing OSTs like Speeder and Last Ditch Resistance just blew me away.
That, and Metal Slug 5 was easily the game I sunk the time into back in my childhood. I loved going to arcades, with Metal Slug and Time Crisis cabinets being the ones I gravitated to the most. Couldn't tell you how many quarters were valiantly sacrificed to get good at both series lmao
It will be much more beautiful if that game was completed.
All metal slug series except for the new ones i love them.. remembering the faces of the people on the arcade when i play they get awed and ask how can you finish without dying lol
"...and the best of them all - *S T O N E S* " I cracked
The last mission of MS3 is one of the best moments in video gaming history, period.
After Metal slug 3 no other game felt Metal slug enough. It is crazy after 20 years we havent seen any better pixel based game since then
great video .. thanks
Although I love the first 5 Metal Slug games, Metal Slug 2 is my favorite even with the slowdown.
does the metal slug steam bundle that includes number 3 changes anything or is it still the same game
Can't wait for the Metal Slug Strategy game.
Man, Metal Slug games those were the memories especially playing the Anthology series which is available on psp at that time also Metal Slug 7
One of greatest run & gun series 👌🏼
Cane you make a video about the storyline for the metal slug side games? Like advance, 1st mission and 2nd mission?
Not to forget that MS3 has the best version of "Steel Beast 6Beets" ever. Yet I like MS5 boss theme better.
Nice list shoryu!
Speaking of lists i think you should rank samurai showdown series from worst to best.
I might
Absolutely no doubt metal slug 3 will always remain favourite... Thanks ShoryuGame for sharing such wonderful video..... ❤️ 👍
My pleasure 😊
A correction: The Super Grenade was introduced in Metal Slug 3, not 2 or X.
Actually no, in X you can found it in the tunnel in mission 4
thank you so much , i hope im not the only one who requested this video shoryu (or am i ?) 😀😀
Metal slug 3 was the first time I ever beat a metal slug game I have played the 1st until metal slug 6 but my favorite is metal slug X, 3, 5, 1, 6 it sucks that Clark can only do his grapple move for like the first two missions after that they won't work on the aliens
The final boss of Metal Slug X stays forever in my heart
I say the most definitive is Metal Slug X, the best is Metal Slug 3. MS 4 onwards are just interesting variation with more supernatural monsters.
Metal slug 4 is my favorite title because of the godly ost it has. Really gives it a different feel than other titles even though it’s mostly full of reused assets
I need to play the rest of this series. The first one is amazing and one of my favorite 2D shooters!
My favorite is 1-5 parts, don't like news with HP bar, and different assets/style. I can't explain that, but 6-7 look different in small details.
For me, Metal Slug X is the best, but, the 3 came very close to it. Both are the best of the series by a long shot! Such a classic franchise, especially here in Brazil!😀
There are really no bad games in this series. I always gravate to Metal Slug X. It's my first Metal Slug game and by far my favorite. I played it so much that I have done no- hit runs on it.
Metal Slug 1st Mission on Neo Geo Pokect Color was great game
Meu Ranking - Metal Slug:
1- Metal Slug 1
2- Metal Slug 3
3- Metal Slug X
4- Metal Slug Double XX (7)
5- Metal Slug 6
6- Metal Slug 2
7- Metal Slug 5
8- Metal Slug 4
3&4 my all time favorites
Actually, Metal Slug 4 wasn't the first time the heroes used vehicles of the Rebel Army. Metal Slug 3 was, remember the LV Armor and the Astro Slug.
I rank the games in this order based on how much I like each of them: 3 > XX > 7 > 1 > X > 2 > 6 > 4 > 5.
5 does have a couple of things I like, such as the Slug Gunner. But, in general, I don't like it at all. In fact, I think I might actually hate it. It certainly is too heavy metalish for my taste.
My best of metal slug:
4. Metal Slug 2nd mission
3. Metal Slug 6
2. Metal Slug X
1. Metal Slug 3
when metal slug 6 got fifth place I was like "what does that mean metal slug three is the first one... maybe not" then it really is the first place, but for me it's metal slug 6 then 5,3,2,7,1,4 but I can understand you choice because when I didn't got a chance to try out metal slug 6 I was playing metal slug 3 like crazy.
NGL, I like Metal Slug 4 a bit more than the others. But that's Solely because They gave us New characters to play as. Although NGL, i with they used Trevor and Nadia more. Heck, they could have had MS5 be where the 6 character roster was added, and then have 8 for MS7, 9 for XX because of Leona. (Also, I would suggest MS6 have them, but since that takes place after 3, I can understand the exclusion anyway)
Metal Slug X, and Capcom vs. SNK 2 defined my university gaming experience.
i have all of them on mvs carts
i think 3 is a solid choice
i also loved x(2)
the original is my favorite but im biased as thats what got me into the series
Metal Slug 3 was the pinnacle for me, it's the all time best, from zombies to aliens, it's just so epic from every single detail to story
Personally, if I have to rate the games myself, it will look like this(from worst to best, X and XX counted as separate games):
Advance, 4, 2, 6, 1, 7, XX, 5, X, 3
MS 3 is godlike. And when the ending credits finish I am emotional everytime
Makes me look forward to Metal Slug Tactics.