Metal Arms is the definition of a great B-title on its respective consoles. It was a loony-ass game with robots killing each other, which meant loads of creative weapons, a variety of robots to murder (WITH LIMB DAMAGE), and a wildly comedic story with a lot of twists and turns and setpieces to go through. It was a 2000s-ass game down to the swearing robots.

The only real critiques I have of the game is the modicum of rust on the game being somewhat janky and running like garbage on anything that isn't an Xbox. It's also a game with inconsistent difficulty; some of it is genuinely challenging and will put your skills to the test, other cases you're rolling the dice with how jank or poorly-designed some set-pieces are.

Metal Arms: Glitch in the System has a sort of cult status at this point, for good reason. It's just a well-made game that's also infamous for its cliffhanger ending and loads of unexplored lore before Swingin' Ape studios went on to make their last game checks notes oh god Starcraft Ghost

Reviewed on Feb 14, 2024


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