"Huh? What's wrong with this game? How come the characters are all so smooth -- where's the edges, the corners, the aliasing? Hey, where are the polygons? How do I control the camera? What, you mean I ...

The Metal Slug series would have been low on my list as a candidate for a tactics game. Better known for bombastic 2D run ‘n’ gun shooting, it’s the antithesis of a slower, more thoughtful tactics ...

SNK did a decent job of distilling the action part of Metal Slug into a portable game. Metal Slug 7 is exactly what you would expect from the series: fast and furious 2D shooting. SNK stuck to their ...

The breakneck action of SNK's playfully over-the-top military shooter series makes for a great fit on the PSP, despite some additional load times. After years of scattered, piecemeal releases on ...

Metal Slug 7 marks a handful of firsts for the 12-year-old 2D action series: It’s the first Metal Slug without an arcade release, and the first on the DS. But don’t expect a stylus-driven touch-screen ...

*sha-clink* *smack* "Heavy Machinegun!" *sha-clink* *smack* "Heavy Machinegun!" *sha-clink* *smack* "Heavy Machinegun!" It took me five bucks worth of quarters to beat the original Metal Slug in the ...

The breakneck action of SNK's playfully over-the-top arcade shooter series still shines on the PS2, and it makes for a value-packed compilation. After years of scattered, piecemeal releases on various ...