Metal Slug XX
Metal Slug XX is an entry in the long-running series of side-scrolling shooters. It is a revised version of Metal Slug 7. The Peregrine Falcons, Marco, Eri, Clark, Tarma, Fio and Ralf, are once again…
Metal Slug XX is a platform developed by SNK, released 23 December 2009 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable and Xbox 360.
What Metal Slug XX is
Metal Slug XX is a platform game developed by SNK and released in 2009. It was published by Atlus. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Metal Slug 7 is a run and gun video game developed by SNK Playmore for the Nintendo DS. It is the seventh and final title in the main Metal Slug series. It marks the first game in the main series that would be released without an arcade version. The game was released in 2008 for Japan on July 22 and North America on November 28 by Ignition Entertainment.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 34 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Metal Slug series
Metal Slug XX is the 23rd of 48 entries we hold in the Metal Slug series. It arrived a year after Metal Slug 7. The next entry was Metal Slug Collection in 2009. Its critic score of 73 is almost exactly the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Metal Slug Advance at 89.
How it was received
Metal Slug XX holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel: 4th Generation Core i3 Haswell or newer, AMD: A6-5400K Trinity, 2 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics 500, Radeon HD 7000 or newer, GTX 560 or newer. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Metal Slug XX launched on 23 December 2009, within three weeks of Gothic II: Gold Edition, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Darksiders and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Gothic II: Gold Edition, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Darksiders, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Metal Slug XX yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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