“METAL SLUG 2”, the 2nd entry in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game returns to the battlefield on the Steam gaming platform! General Donald Morden, the antagonist from the first game is back once more with his army, bent on taking over the world. It is up to the Peregrine Falcon squad, who are now joined by two new characters: Eri Kasamoto and Fiolina Germi of the Sparrows Intelligence Unit, to save the day. As the levels unfold, it turns out that Morden has allied with Martians to help facilitate his plans. Eventually the tables are turned when Morden comes under attack and is betrayed by his Martian allies. An ad-hoc alliance is formed between the Peregrine Falcon squad and General Morden's army to combat the greater alien threat.
ShooterPlatformAdventureArcadeActionFantasyHistoricalComedymodern warfarehelicoptervehicular combatbloodydeathmilitaryrun and gunufoside-scrollingwarArcade, Neo Geo AES, PlayStation 3, Neo Geo MVS, Wii, Android
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Plot-driven, classical in form, unpretentious and relentless.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
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- Platforms
- Arcade, Neo Geo AES, PlayStation 3, Neo Geo MVS, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, Neo Geo CD
- Developer
- DotEmu, SNK, M2
- Publisher
- SNK Playmore, SNK, D4 Enterprise
- Released
- January 2, 1998
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Side view
- Time to beat
- 48 min rushed · 3 h main story · 6 h completionist
IGDB rating 8.2/10 from 179 ratings.
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