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Metal Arms is a Strong Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: November 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have heard a lot about Metal Arms, and I've had the pleasure of playing a demo for it. It is a really good game, to say the least.
You play as Glitch, a robot designed from scrap metal to infiltrate the evil robot lair. You can hack into the enemy robots to control them. After a while you loose control, but you still get time to make them do your dirty work for you. Also, you can just whip out a gun and run around like Rambo, shooting different parts of the evils robots. The graphics are solid and greatly detailed.
If that gets boring, you can play against your friend in the great multiplayer mode that it has. It resembles Halo alot. There are 4 different, smooth controling vehicles that you can choose from.
All in all, this is a 3rd person shooter no one can miss.
Over and Out.

Awesome Gun-slingin' Action!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: December 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for Christmas, and I'll tell you, it's great.

In Metal Arms, you take control of a little robot named Glitch in a war between the Rebels, an outcast group of robots fighting for their lives, and the Mil 'bots, lead by the evil General Corrosive, who are out to rule the planet. Glitch is found by the rebels and they put him back together to become the most destructive robot around!

The name Metal Arms refers to the fact that Glitch can exchange his right arm for an assortment of weapons, and in your left arm you can carry grenades and other throwable weapons.

The graphics in Metal Arms are spot-on with cool explosions and awesome gun animations. A weapon in the game called to Control tether even lets you hijack robots to do your dirty work for you so you won't take any damage. The story is pretty funny too, and the loud-mouthed mechanic will always give you a good laugh amidst all the action.

Fortunately, the controls are easy to learn and you'll be blowing up robots left and right soon into the game. When you change to a weapon, it pauses the game so you actually have a bit of time to think of the best weapon and the best course of action in the heat of battle.

The only problem some people might have is that the game is pretty hard, so you might have to play through a level a couple of times to beat it. But when you do beat a hard level, it feels very rewarding.

Metal Arms is a great game easily worth the money, and it has something in it for all action gaming fans!

fun and entertaining

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: November 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I havent played in a while and was so surprised how captivated i was with this game!It is Fun and entertaining!I love the graphics,theyre top notch,and all the action you could want is available.....easy to reccomend....youll enjoy!

Lets go bash some robots with Glitch

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is awsome!! i waould put this game at the top of any chrishmas list. i had a chance to play a demo and it was a cross between halo and james bond. you can sneak around and hijack robots and make them do your ditry work or go in guns blaseing and fire into masses of evil robots.

BUY THIS GAME!!

Very fun game, YOU WILL NOT REGRET GETTING IT

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for $20 at EBGames because I had heard that it was good, and oh boy was I surprised when I actually played. The game is one of the kind that is not payed attention to because it is not very well advertised. But if you can get your mitts on a copy of this game at EBGames, then buy it because it is only twenty bucks! I mean come on, with kids and money these days, they probably spend that much just going to the mall and hanging out. Twenty dollars is cheap.
You should really get this game, especially if you are a Gamecube-only owner, as I am. That is because there are not that many good games on the gamecube so you might as well get this one. Here is my review:

Gameplay: The one thing about this game that really stands out is the gameplay. You could play this all day and not get bored. While playing the single player campaign, you can find secret golden computer chips (which, when you've saved up a certain amount, will earn you new levels and such in multiplayer.) You are Glitch, a short little robot who joins the robot rebellion. You pick up weapons and purchase upgrades during the levels; there are a range of weapons from the basic mining laser to the gun that you use to control certain robots, which is a blast. On the third level of the game, you can go this arcade system in a room and control a red robot. The others don't know that anything is up, but you will hear some remarks such as "He must be a new recruit." Then when they are least expecting it, you turn on them and blast the other Mil (bad) bots to a smoking heap of nuts, bolts, springs, and washers. Besides controlling other robots, you can also hop into VEHICLES! and drive them around. They are very powerful and you can shoot with them. It is kind of like Halo (which is a good thing). Another cool thing is that you can grap on to ziplines in parts of certain levels, and while you are sliding down you can shoot down at the baddies. I wouldn't really recommend this title to little kids because of the difficulty level. It is really not that hard, but harder than some. I have only tried it on easy mode so I can't speak for Normal or Hard mode. You will definitely have to pay close attention to this game, it is not one of those kind that you can just breeze through. There are a good number of baddies scattered out through the level, and if you don't pick them off one by one but try to rush through, then you will be blasted to bits to start at the last checkpoint. The game is challenging but very rewarding, with upgrades and multiplayer levels that can be earned.

Graphics: The one part about the game that is less than perfect is the graphics. They are still good, but not very detailed at all. I am not complaining though; not every game can be as revolutionary as Halo. There are times when the framerate suffers, namely when you are in the crossfire of a big battle. Although framerate slows down at times, it is pretty reliable throughout the game and there are no major letdowns.

Sound: The sound is really good in this game. From robots getting blasted apart to the cool music in the background, you will want to have the surround sound on with this game.

Display: The display of the menu and the game interface while playing is simple but it gets the job done well. It is easy to read and understand.

Value: The most outstanding thing besides the graphics is the game's value. The single player version is very strong. You will play each level at least three times. It will take a couple of times to get the level's feeling right, but then you will be able to beat it. Also you can go back and get the secret chips, then after beating the level with all the chips you will have a choice of beating the level again, only within a certain time limit for a speed chip. But don't worry, you won't get bored of any of the levels, even after going through it three times. And there are about 35 levels to go through! That is a lot. A lot of the value comes from the multiplayer. It is a four player game, and the multiplayer version is available at the beginning, but you can go through the levels and get secret chips to earn more levels to duke it out. There are different modes of multiplayer, and I will name a couple: King of the Hill (you should know what that means) Moving Hill (King of the Hill, except the hill moves during the level so you have to go chase it) Classic Deathmatch (needs no explanation) Tag (kill the other player so that they are it, after a time of being it, they lose) Robot Deathmatch (take control of robots and kill each other).

Final words: buy this game right now. If you are looking for a new action game, this is your best bet on gamecube.

Glitcher

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: October 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is the best Gamecube game that I have played. No dobt. Really fun and challenging campaign, awsome multi play. It is so great because you can hijack different robots and drive sick vehicles when ever you want (if they are there) You can also use vehicles and robots in multi player. You have a choice of a large number of weapons, choose the right one for a certain situation. One of my all- time favorites right next to Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie.

This game rocks!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: July 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Let me tell you i am the best player at this game. not to brag or anything but i have had this game for about 4 months now and i rule!!! I have unlocked general corrosive in multiplayer and he is the best character ever!

Metal Arms review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is action packed and long, with over 40 fun missions. Theres alot of weapons to choose from and vehicals to drive. You can play against each other in an all out brawl in multiple levels. I love this game!

Great fun for 3rd person shooter fans

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game 2 1/2 years ago and am currently playing it again - about halfway through now.

Wow, what fun it still is! No game is perfect, but Metal Arms is a real bundle of fun.

First up is the humor. You have the bleeped-out, ornery sergeant-type for many of the cut scenes. There's the almost cruely comical way enemy soldiers suffer damage - running away, sometimes hiding, yelling "Ouch!", busted arms making them fire randomly into the air as they panic - it's a real laugh. Sometimes you get caught up in the action and don't notice; then you snipe a soldier through your scope, watch him hop around in a panic with a mangled, malfunctioning arm, and just have to giggle.

The environments are very well done and graphics still look good today. There's really no reason to criticize it from a looks standpoint unless you're one of those who recoils in horror because a character occastionally stands on empty air at the edge of a platform, rock, etc.

The variety of weapons is great (most weapons are analogous to real weapons - the mining laser is a, well, laser; the bolt gun is essentially a sniper rifle; core charges are grenades; etc.) and ammo is dropped by defeated enemies or available in crates with enough regularity that you almost never run dry of everything. Plus you can buy more (and upgrades) from the funny weapons dealers (the silent one is named Pockets, and the dealer introduces him with a comment about Pockets maybe going blind, hence the name, and another source of humor). My hands-down favorite is the Recruiter Grenade. Throw it at a big, mean, hard-to-kill enemy and he's instantly reprogrammed to be your personal slave robot, turning on his former alies and blowing everyone away for you (unless he gets whacked himself). The only problem here is that washers, your currency, don't exactly rain down on you and you never seem to have enough.

It lasts quite a while, too, so no 4-hours-and-done problems here, and you can take your time and look around for hidden items. There's not a lot of problem-solving beyond basically figuring out what's needed to get through a stage, and it's usually pretty easy to figure out, but you do have to think a little and look carefully.

Aiming is the only real flaw of this game. You have to fire with your right finger while aiming with your right thumb. This is hard for my brain to wire and even by the end of the game I find myself moving around to aim more than moving my targeting reticule.

I highly recommend this game. It's funny, the action is good, the graphics are good, the environments look cool, and it actually has a reasonable plot.

holy ...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game is the best! way better then your stupid halo. it has more weapons, longer, and much better graphics. and some of you are saying how good the game is but forgot to pu stars! you are hurting this awsome game!

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