Even if you suffer from bone spurs, going to war as the kickass President Michael Wilson in Metal Wolf Chaos XD is supremely enjoyable. That being said, it can be rather unforgiving at times and some patience is required to learn its ins and outs.
If you are a connoisseur of bad voice acting that buy this game it's worth it the gameplay is an acquired taste but it does have it's satisfying feel it's not too heavy to light it feels pretty good and the music is some weird ship is good and you will get it in your mind and dad f****** guitar in mission menu will stay with me for the rest of my life, if you liked the weird n I would highly lige recommend it
There’s not a lot to
the game besides pointing at enemies and
blasting them, and it’s showing
its age. But it’s so weird it’s
hard to look away from, and
tearing through it is a short but
sweet blast. [Issue#167, p.92]
Metal Wolf Chaos XD is a bare bones HD upgrade that brings the bonkers cult classic West for modern consoles, including its cumbersome gameplay and outdated designs.
Mostly I'm in hope's to reach someone that'll listen. As an aging gamer I honestly love remasters. Life has torn things away from me, as it will, and availability is a constant issue. I'm not a rich collector. Opportunity to experience past gems, or missed chances. So please FromSoftware, or Please Devolver, keep the remasters coming.
I would love to play Shadow Tower Abyss lol
Behold, the most patriotic game ever conceived by **** it took a Japanese developer to create it. Metal Wolf Chaos has constantly been on my radar ever since I first heard about the game several years ago. It was always that illusive Xbox title that never got released outside of Japan (which is funny considering that the Xbox brand always performs poorly over there). After fifteen years, Devolver Digital finally graced us with this unsung From Software masterpiece...well, okay, masterpiece is not the right word. It's jank, it's repetitive and it's stupid. I don't care though. This game is just too awesome to pass up.
You play as the 47th President of the United States Michael Wilson. Vice President Richard Hawk has just launched a coup and is looking to completely takeover the US. Armed with your Metal Wolf mech, it's up to you to liberate America from Hawk's tyranny. The story is every bit as ridiculous, stupid and cheesy as I could have ever hoped for. The voice acting is a delicious honey baked ham, and the music is generic butt rock flare that suits this affectionate parody.
The gameplay is rather similar to that of From Software's other premier mech series Armored Core. You load up with a variety of weapons that you can dual wield and switch on the fly, mowing down anything and everything standing in the way of sweet burning American freedom. Aside from slight variations like getting to a destination in a certain time of facing off against the occasional boss, each of the missions play out exactly the same: destroy all primary targets and rescue the occasional hostage. The game is very repetitive, and if you are not really a fan of that sort of loop, or the bombastic patriotic concept that this game delivers, you are bound to get bored of this game really fast. The game can also suffer from a serious case of the chug whenever there's too much going on at once. For as jank as the game can be, the combat and silliness was just fun enough to keep me going to the very end.
While MWC's core gameplay isn't anything special, the sheer concept and fun that this game has had me keeping a big old stupid grin on my face the entire time. If you can catch it on sale, do get it, if only for the novelty of it all.
SummaryMetal Wolf Chaos XD is a modernized re-release of FromSoftware's 2004 mech shooter with upgraded visual fidelity, refined controls and gameplay, a new save system, and 4K + 16:9 support for modern displays.