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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. The Holiday Downside by Babbster · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Metal Arms seems like exactly the kind of game that should either receive major hype (something Vivendi isn't in a position to provide at the moment) or be released in the off-season. If this game were released just about anytime between April and August, it would get a heckuva lot more attention. It would probably even get better review scores since fewer good games would be competing during its release period.

    Then again, there's the question of who will OWN Vivendi's game division this time next year. Maybe they decided to get it out ASAP in the hopes that it would make a chunk of change and stoke interest - and more importantly, bidding - again. It could be considered particularly important since Half-Life 2 and Starcraft: Ghost won't drop until next year.