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Metal Arms - Under-Appreciated For The Holidays?

Posted by simoniker on from the left-on-the-doorstep dept.

Thanks to GamesDomain for their review of Metal Arms: Glitch In The System, as their take on Vivendi's multi-platform "robot-themed third-person shooter", released this week, echoes the conclusions of many other positive ratings in proclaiming: "it's a real shame that this game doesn't seem to have quite the attention it deserves." 1UP also comments on the title as "one of the best under-hyped games of the year", describing it as "Ratchet & Clank fused with Halo", but why has this Swingin' Ape-developed title got such a low profile - lack of advertising, choice of subject matter, too many games released at the same time?

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  1. Tell you why I'm not buying it by MBraynard · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No Xbox Live support. Any game without multi-player has a very finite playtime- you can beat it a few times at best and your 50 is gone. But with other titles out there for Xbox, the playing time you have built in with XBL titles - Counter Strike, RainbowSix 6, Crimson Skies, etc -why waste the 50?

  2. Saw the demo..bought the game by bigman2003 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I got the demo for Metal Arms a few months ago in Xbox magazine. It had action, it was funny, looked good, and was easy to play. Somehow though all the magazines gave it like a 7.2 in their previews.

    This time I ignored the ratings, and bought it on the day it came out.

    It's a great game, lots of fun. I don't think it is earth-shattering, or life changing, but it really is fun. One of the best cameras on a 3rd person game that I have ever played. If nothing else, everyone should be looking at the camera, and trying to duplicate it. Countless 3rd person games have been ruined by a crappy camera (Rayman 3?!).

    Right now though, Top Spin is in my Xbox- waiting for me to finish career mode, then I'll go back to Metal Arms.

    I don't think that Metal Arms NEEDS Live support though- sometimes a good solid single player campaign is what I am looking for.

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    1. Re:Saw the demo..bought the game by bigman2003 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Yes- I realize that the reviews are good- but the previews everywhere sucked. It seems like either the previewers didn't actually play the game, or they thought that they couldn't score it well, because there was no hype.

      Now most of the reviews are pretty good-

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