Metal Slug: Awakening (2023) - Early Gameplay Walkthrough [4K60] | English Version 

This game was found In every arcade in Mexico. Literally every corner. We had things called “maquinitas” = machines aka arcades. And this is where the magic happened. We played king of fighters, metal slug, and many more. We literally had people represent different hoods or barrios and go challenge other hoods in maquinitas for respect lol. No gangs no violence just pure gaming respect. This used to be Mexico. (wow I never imagined I would get these many likes lol I read each and every one of your comments, made me feel so happy knowing some of you connected with this lol saludos, greetings !!. Arriba las maquinitas and another thing that I am sure some of you know "locomotion" arriba "locomotion" tambien. it was such an amazing time back then. All of you take care and I wish you all a good life )

In my personal opinion, the amazing pixel art animation from the original game was what was giving its big charm. Now moving into 3D, it lost its charm. Gameplay still looks amazing and fun though.

If you told me this was a fan project made in 72 hours, I would believe you. Pixel art from the original games is still unmatched and arguably the biggest contributor to the series' success.

Used to play this back in primary school, skipping school just to play this game at the arcade near our neighborhood. damn this surely brought tears to my eye, so many memories.

Generations may pass, but Metal Slug is still the badass game it is! Soundtrack, story, characters, Boss and especially the difficulty that this game brings and is worthy. 🗿🍷

If the game don't have the DMG numbers , no boss health bars , make our health one shot to everyattack . Then will become the game we love . The only thing I hate is the games look easy

I personally think that the game looks great. They nailed the animations, music and gameplay, but I do miss the old announcer's voice. It was incredibly iconic and it is the first thing that comes to my mind when I think about Metal Slug. Really miss my good old "Heavy Machine Gun" guy.

i think the team at SNK knows the pixel art style is what the people like, but at the same time, I can certainly attest that making pixel art to Metal Slug’s standards takes serious time and effort. To that extent, I truly commend Tencent for going the route of keeping the cartoony aspects intact, even with the jump to 3D. i know why they did it, and it makes sense. there’s less and less people who are capable of churning out MS-caliber spritework these days. plus, in this day and age, 3D graphics are easier to make, and the general public will see it as a better looking game, because it’s not “2D garbage”, even if that is what we enjoy about the series. 2D doesn’t impress as many people now; sadly. I don’t think we’ve seen the last of Metal Slug pixel art, though. not forever.

I HAD THE BIGGEST GRIN ON MY FACE... then i saw this was a mobile game and that grin turned into a frown....

Thank you for sharing my gameplay experience of this game Banden, I hope you are all interested in joining us to this game on global release! ✨

I remember going to the laundry mat with my mom and spending hours on the Metal Slug Arcade. I loved this game

Metal slug, a part of my childhood, like Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter... 20 years ago I was playing this kind of games with my best friend on PS2. RIP Brother you left me very early, and now i'm alone to play thoose fucking games who each one of them remind me that you are not here anymore.

I guess I'm getting old and grumpy but my opinion is that this looks like a shell of what Metal Slug used to be. First of all the pixel artwork and animations were the core of the old games. They were highly detailed and unique in style, and it truly struck the eye. This game visually reminds me of Joe Danger games... The characters lack texture details, the environment is bland and also lacks a lot of detail. The transition to 3D is the worst aspect of this new game by far. Not only that, but they lack life. Back in the old MS games characters made all kinds of comical faces, in this video they just open and close their mouths. Secondly what made MS great was the feeling of being overwhelmed at times and surpassing obstacles that seemed impossible to beat. This game looks way easier, your enemies seem less deadly overall and less numerous and most importantly your character has hit points and there are upgrades which totally goes against the arcade feel of the old MS.

It looks a lot more fun than I thought.

I remember playing the arcade version of this game back in 1998 down here in Mexico. The "Maquinitas" were awesome because you played video games but you also were hanging out with your buddies.

Used to play this game back in the day in a Taco shop here in San Diego. Had to buy the anthology for the PS2. The arcade cabinet also had other games you could choose like puzzle bobble which is also a classic for me 🙏

La banda sonora de esta alfa es mejor que la banda sonora de la alfa china, ojalá y suban pronto su ost

This was my childhood game. I'm glad it's back .my kids will get to play it

(日本から) 新作？発売されるなら嬉しいな。 ２７年前が懐かしい。本当に大好きなゲーム。 でもドット絵で無いのが悲しい。

The graphic 3d improvement is great to introduce the series to younger audiences who had not experienced the pixel graphics era. However my complaints are the lack of blood from defeated enemies (although they got burned animation is on spot) and the unecessary DMG numbers that appear on screen when you hit something and the semi aiming mode which takes away your pure run and gun aiming challenge and most importantly you now can take hits up to 3 times. In previous game, only Ralf Jones who had this ability and he could only take once and still loses his current weapon. The blood and DMG numbers are just visual inconvenience but the reworked gameplay feels taking away the challenge and charm the originals had.

That's just fantastic, when younger I spent hours playing this masterpiece... Nostalgic

The presentation is awesome, gameplay seen to be really good, sound track is perfection BUT than start the mobile BS with drops and things that complete ruins the game... Imagine if they just went all out on graphics and maps to play and release to consoles and PC

God like. Happy to see SNK back in the fold as one of the world’s leaders in game design and development. Here’s to hoping we get an Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldiers next! 🥳

Looks like a lot of fun, nostalgic and new at the same time

Yo espero que se pueda quitar el indicador de la barra de vida de los enemigos y que también podramos modificar la velocidad con la que se muevan los enemigos y proyectiles de ellos para hacerlo más difícil

Got to love Metal Slug! I remember being on holiday and going to the arcades with a bag full of quids and 50ps given to me by my parents and the first arcade cabinet I found was Metal Slug, all my money went into it literally had so much fun! From there I was a fan of the Metal Slug series, has some of the best sprite design ever and such dope animation /enemy / friendly even the backgrounds and items had so much detail and style, you can spot a Metal Slug game a mile off, can't wait to play this and fingers crossed it is a new chapter for the series

Whenever I hit the pizzeria or the arcade, metal slug would effortless grab my attention and my quarters 😎 so glad to see the series get some more attention. Metal slug 3 was always my favorite for the zombies and aliens.

This is a shameless insult to OG metal slug fans.

I like how still looks retro yet new/clean with graphics.

Love it,hope would be avaliable on pc

That "Agghh!" 'DDdduaaghh!" never gets old man

I grew up playing this game in the arcade. Soooooo many quarters for so many years

Hay cosas que mejoraron en cuanto a la primera beta y se nota un poco menos el "Gacha Slug" pero me sigue pareciendo un punto negativo tener que ver tantos números de daño y barras de vida en los enemigos, las misiones parecen ligeramente más cortas e incluso recortadas que las de un Metal Slug regular. Ahora bien se nota demasiado que el juego está enfocado a Mobile (con las mecánicas, menús y microtransacciones que eso conlleva), ya desde su beta se dislumbraba, por lo que si bien hay mucho Fanservice y guiños a toooda la saga clásica sigue sin tener eso tan característico de un juego regular y completo de la Saga. Si se ve cool y todo pero, una pena que nuevamente se le de prioridad a ser un juego Mobile, con todo el potencial que existe para retomar la franquicia con un título que realmente le haga honor a la Saga

One of the first games I’ve ever played was metal slug back when I was little im 29 now and I recently was playing metal slug 5 one of my all time favorites im very happy it’s getting brought back from the vault and I’m definitely getting it if it comes to consoles

OH MY GOD. WHAT TF TIME IS IT?! Its been a long time since playing Metal Slug in PSP with pixelized character and seeing laser weapon in here? Holy moly. I was feels like older when see this

Tight! Real tight! Awesome. It's one game which doesn't look ruined by 3D graphics. Because the Dev's really matched the timings and effects well. I just hope it's as responsive as the old ones.

What has always graced Metal Slug, first of all, was its incredibly interesting artwork. The second story was fierce shooting, fierce action that went from stage to stage. Comical enemies, comical situations, things out of nowhere...so it's not enough just to modernize the look, a lot more has to be done to see off the old glory of this game.

I like how there’s a rage mode. It adds a little more depth to the gameplay

The cinematics in the min 4:12 is exactly what i want for a next gen Metal Slug. This game looks like fanmade game.

I was hooked on Metal Slug because of the burning ❤️‍🔥 animations. First time seeing that as a kid in junior high 😮🤯

Muito bom, resgataram a franquia novamente

Nunca COD le pisará los talones a este gran juego.. en todas sus entregas es fenomenal. No importa la plataforma o los gráficos. Pasarán muchos años más para que hagan un juego con estás carácteristicas en 1a y 3a persona.

This 100% should’ve been an HD2D game like Octopath traveler at the very most

I don’t know how I feel about this. They’ve clearly put a ton of work into making it true to the old style while transitioning to 3D. I feel like that old pixel art was what the series was known for though. It was the thing everyone remembered about the series. Without it there’s certainly a lot missing. Still, I don’t have any fundamental issue with modernising old classics and who doesn’t want more Metal Slug? Even though it’s missing the thing I loved most about the original, I’ll still give this one a go.

YES. They brought back the burning soldiers animation, not completely, but they did.

I love to see the genre alive

The soundtrack already gives me nostalgic vibes.

Fio mains: "Take my money!" Love that the boss fights are MMO like, which would be really great with a party of 4, and weapon skin customization and upgrades! but the game needs to be gritty, with more field of depth and detailing. The old metal slugs had goofy models but the detailing made them seem realistic even though they were pixelated, I don't know, I just can't get my head around the in game 3D models being smooth and beveled. Edit: I think the old metal slugs were rated M? not sure, was too busy inserting coins.

Cmon, guys, it's been 26 years, time to give Metal Slug a good integrated 3rd person or FPS adaptation. So many crazy fast-paced FPS games with colorful graphics, Metal Slug would dominate that genre easily if made properly in its spirit.

El detalle del juego, las gráficas y también la info que te dan los personajes, en cómo interactuan con cada uno Ahora si te dan algo de lore e historia. Ese nivel de detalle es lo que también uno busca para entretenerse y seguir jugando Aunque si a mi opinión le faltó algo más para los doblajes de voz pero igual se hace un buen trabajo ante todo. Buenísimo Gameplay, escenas que dan demasiada gracia como cuando Allen O'Neil entra y el OST aún recordando el anterior, pero igual está buenísimo. No puedo esperar a que lo saquen ya y poderlo jugar

56:12 「嗨一媽性感」as a shop sign that's how players call "heavy machine gun" in mainland China in a fun way

the game that you would mainly play at any lavenderia in LA i miss those days

sinceramente me gusta que tenga la opción de quitar el auto aim. Pero me gustaría que no se viera taaan facil el esquivar los disparos enemigos. Me gustó que la barra de vida del personaje sea más baja. la barra de vida de los jefes se ve tan raro, pero supongo que es algo que debia pasar por el tipo de juego que se enfoca mas en estrategia de armado inicial. En general está muchisimo mejor que las primeras versiones que vimos, en especial lo del auto aim, que es una tontería y agradeciendo la posibilidad de apagarlo c:

cant wait for this to come to switch

Any anthology owners?

There needs to be an option to turn off the numbers showing damage to what I assume is the boss's HP

Tencent's TiMi Studio Group did an excellent job remastering this game. Sad that the beta server is already full. Can't wait to play this.

Extremely well done with this part, and congratulations, and i must say, you done amazingly wonderful as always, even if Early Game, you made a lot of progress, and when the main release comes out, i know you will go full action in the game. Keep doing a wonderful job.

Incrível, quero jogar o quanto antes!

I love the old style MS games, but this new generation MS looks incredible

8:36 This is a mobile game approved for kids.

Eu achei que deixaram o jogo fácil demais. O Metal Slug sempre teve um nível moderado/alto de desafio, com os níveis cheios de segredos e caminhos secretos.

It doesn’t look bad at all but the pixel game we used to have was better nostalgic

Now this is how you remaster a legendary game!!!

good old days

a game full of memories and one of the games that won't bore you after harvest moon back to nature 🥰🥰🥰

Looks surprisingly good, like it was made by someone who cares about the franchise. Thats very refreshing in 2023... Good job!

love the way to see the game still have the same vibe with very earlier generation of this series... it just have graphic improvement, the rest is still the same, which is awesome!

Hey Banden, I got something important to say. Metal Slug Attack is ending and the last OPS in the app game is going to end and then after that, there will be nothing else but the ending of almost all battle modes. Do you want to make a video about that?

Oh my gosh this remake looks completely amazing can't wait to get my hands on it just look at that!

No blood, no gore? "Look how they massacre my boy..."

What did they use for the voices speech synthesizers?

Interesting!! I love the old MS so much! However, I don’t know if it’s just me or perhaps other people feel it too…..But the animation is too smooth. The game tries to repeat that now classic look and feel of the original, and it’s missing that little lack of fluidity in animation to help make it feel more authentic to the original hand drawn classic and at the same time provide new content and stages with enemies at a grander scale. Just IMO. Still, this makes me feel nostalgic enough for the game I wanna play them again!

This looks beautiful We need a FPS metal slug with the intro graphics

I kinda miss that classic “RAWKET LAAWNCHUH!” But I’m still getting this, no doubt!

this will bring memories back. can't wait for official release on mobile or PC.

I'm still love pixel old metal slug

They gave a more modern twist on everything that made the series so special. It looks awesome. I just miss the voice of the original voice actor saying: C'MON BOI HAHAHAHA

if this game was multiplayer on a handheld , like how i can play classic one on my anbernic, it would be so cool to do online coop

ohh God! I nearly cried watching this gameplay, it reminded me of the good old days playing it, I would definitely buy this game🤩

Man i grew up with the metal slug i love that game

es....HERMOSO, solo espero que tenga una alta dificultad tipo "nightmare" o algo asi que te cueste de verdad pasarlo, y tenga secretos como los clásicos

It doesn't seem like the projectiles don't project as being "dangerous" in this style. Like they don't stand out as much or something

Memories Just Golden Memories.

Osi, nuevo gameplay, cada vez mas emocionado, la espera de 2 años espero que valga la pena.

Well waiting for all character like Ralf,Clark,Trevor,and Nadia. 😊

Man i wish the gun pickup sounds were a bit more.. strong, the sound design was one of the most satisfying things about MS You know, like the good old *ROOCKET LAWNCHAIR*

Playing it nowdays, its a good game. The old ones were on PC and had two player games so me and my brothers used to play it all the time. I wish they have something for the playstation where two people can play together.

no conocía la existencia de este juego, pensé por un momento que era un metal slug en 3ra persona, sería magnifico que se animaran a hacer uno

This looks cool actually. What!? All the new models and animation looks sick

With Metal Slug, it was the hand made, hand drawn aesthetic that made it what it was. This comes off as just a generic cartoony shooter. It's not all bad... but maybe Voxels would've been better than regular 3D character models.

Игра супер! Я большой фанат этой франшизы. За основу взяли metal slug x

No decían que la versión para consola era mentira??? Y cuando va a salir oficialmente?

It's so good to see metal slug coming back on the channel

Sure would be nice if you dropped the visual quality down to extra low in the settings, it would be pixel art again. This looks like a decent remake, but I don't think it has the same amount of replayability, that would cause me to dump $100 in quarters into it. It's at least nice to see the franchise is still alive

Jumping tanks, Batman! It leapt 20 ft into the air!

I kinda like it… I just hope they didnt make it easier. Metal Slug is a coin eating arcade

Se ve genial esteticamente, con mucho contenido y una banda sonora a la altura. El problema que veo es la dificultad, el jugador tiene un sin fin de alternativas para no morir en el intento de superar la mision, a contratacara de los enemigos que mueren practicamente a los segundos de aparecer en pantalla, se los ve muy lentos a comparacion en sus ataques. Quiza un buff a los enemigos o un nerf al jugador.

Wow! the starting stage is from my favorite Metal slug 2.

I'm glad it's moved away from the pixel art and into 3D. Looking forward to playing this.