Really good game, but some drawbacks

When I bought this game at a discount price, I immediately love it because the gameplay is really good. However, there are some drawbacks for me to give a 5-star rating. First is the frame rate, when there are more enemies and big explosions the frame rate drops immensely while less enemies have no drop. Second is the physical controller support. When I use the gamevice for this game, most of the buttons worked such as the A button for firing and the B button for jumping. But, there is one button that doesn’t work at all which is the X button for grenade. On the gamevice live app, it shows that the X button is mapped for grenade. But, as I keep pressing the X button repeatedly. It does nothing at all. I would gladly like to give this a 5-star ration if these problems are fixed.

Literally one of the best games ever!!!🫡👏🙂‍↕️🤩(works great on the iPod touch 7th gen)

Bought metal slug one and love it !This is the best game that I’ve paid for the game doesn’t lag on the iPod touch 7th and the iPad ! Love it and can’t wait to purchase the rest! I will say that the game play is the same as I remembered playing it at the laundromat in Pomona when I was 6 ! This game is really great I highly recommend it but there are a few things I would like to suggest which are that the controls could be improved by allowing the player to change the size of each control individually because for some people like me I like to have a big joystick and small buttons but unfortunately not able to do that. The joystick should also be bigger (and would like it to also look like a classic joystick 🕹️ 🙏)because if you play this game for a couple of hours your fingers will get sweaty and can interfere with the gameplay. Other than that this game is really good hope you enjoy the game!😁👍 Also to the creator: I’m waiting for metal slug 6 and metal slug 7 please make these games available for our mobile devices and for the iPod touch 7 gen

Metal slug - a great conversion, with a few issues

Metal slug was first released on the neo geo in 1996 and was a arcade hit. Now it is on iOS, so it will of course be a little different. First I will point out the bad things. First of all, the sound is a little off. It sounds slower than the original. Second of all, the controls take a bit of getting use to. Now on to the good stuff. The game retains the same gun gameplay and graphics. There is also multiplayer and Game Center rankings. Overall, this game is a pretty nice conversion and is a must have for retro gamers who aren't at home with their neo geo's.

Needs an update for modern devices

This game is in serious need of an optimization update. It doesn't make use of the whole screen of the phone and it becomes nearly unplayable because of it. This used to be a decent port of metal slug but has degraded over time as apple's devices have changed over the years. I hope SNK or Dotemu can breathe new life into this version of the game.

Good port. Awful controls

Upon opening the game it brought back memories of the arcade and countless quarters well spent. Good memories. Playing this game did not leave good memories. It's a direct port but the joystick controller is awful. I was cursing its existence from moment one. It's not good. I’m either crouching or just standing there pointing straight up. Shooting down a helicopter is incredibly difficult because the joystick has to be in just the RIGHT spot to move and shoot up at the same time. Lets not even discuss the metal slug. For a. .99 cent game I would be more forgiving. But for four dollars I am really disappointed. Hard to enjoy an arcade classic with bad controls. Just my two cents. Might just be me.

Unplayable

I notice the reviews but I really wanted to download it see if it might work but something so simple as moving the buttons around is impossible meaning you can’t and aim and shoot at all you just move right and get killed how is it that players been complaining years and there’s has been zero effort to fix this forget the money this cost we should all complain and get them bam from apple for customer neglect on the apple store

Great game but lacks support for mfi controller

It’s a nice port of a classic title. I have this game on both iphone (ios 12) and ipad air 1 (ios 10). The older version on ipad air works perfectly with my mfi controller (Nimbus), all the buttons are mapped correctly. However, the new version downloaded on iphone now aren’t working with the same controller. The buttons mapping is incorrect and I can’t throw grenades anymore. I give it one star to attract the developer’s attention about this issue

Great Game but please update!!!

I downloaded the whole set of Metal Slug and it is amazing. The only negative is that it only supports 32 bit. Once iOS 11 requires 64 bit, these games will be gone unless we receive an update. I really hope one gets released soon.

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