Gun Metal

我说变形金刚重拳出击有没有懂的？ 印象最深刻的是主界面和家里电视放的甄嬛传用的是同一个 BGM。

This game rocks hard and has swag

https://youtu.be/t1dvCUNnLPM So once upon a time i’ve got into university. We were talking with the bois about games, and stuff, and one dude says, “try Gun Metal it’s fun”. It was and still is an obscure game, so this was the first time i’ve heard of it. Official publishers didn’t carry it, and while researching now i could find only one pirated CD made by some amateur pirates, not affiliated with the big pirate publishing houses. But i was in university so i already had internet so i downloaded and played this game. Which places me finishing it right before i started to write things down “here” and here. They released it on steam in january of 2014 so of course i bought it in March of that year. It’s also cheap, like, only 1,5 kg of rice. It is a third person action game where you play a transformer that can be a robot with giant guns or a plane with sizeable guns. And the plane even respects some flight sim rules, it’s very easy to smash into something for full HP, while the bot form is much sturdier. The game was made still kinda early into 3D action genre, and targeted a so-called console release, so it has unusual controls. It’s like playing Wii action games, your reticle moves on the screen, and to move the camera you need to edge-scroll. Which works fine even if it’s a bit unconventional. But as it is a console release, it has most of console problems. There’re no real options, the menus are not that good, the FoV is low, and you can’t increase it, in the plane mode the ceiling is low and when you hit it the plane and the camera lose their mind and it’s not easy to recover from that. The game is short, and they tried to obfuscate it with high difficulty. Few people know about the game, but all of them talk about its difficulty. You have a tiny shield, and when it is depleted your HP melts fast. The only way to restore it is to visit a slow recharge station. But then it’s not even present on some maps. And most of the maps involve escort or protection of some kind, so you can’t just stand there waiting to recharge. The second half of the game features flying fortresses filled with guns that shred your plane in seconds. Back in the day i was stuck replaying the same maps again and again because you have one shot one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted in one moment, would you capture it or just let it slip? The biggest problem are the attack cruisers, they have extreme amounts of HP, and a giant gun that instantly fries your robot, so you have to somehow shoot them down with a plane, when they easily tank even ground bomb dropped on their backs. And then you usually have to destroy them before they use the mega cannon to fry civilians. I especially was stuck on the last map where there are several of them. Until i discovered the simple tactic of transforming into the bot and executing them while standing on their backs with close range high-damage weapons. This time i installed the steam version, and i went through the game in one sitting in just a couple of hours. Yes, this time from the very beginning i had some tactic and i stuck to it. But i did most of the maps from the first try, especially the most infamous ones. So, either i am become gamer god the pwnr of n00bs, or the steam version was updated lowering the difficulty and making the game even better. You decide which is more likely. Or, well, do the research into game files or something. The game doesn’t really have a story inside it beyond have robot — will protect civilians. But people who read the manual or something and recap it in youtube videos, tell a story in an uncommon and fun setting. The game is cheap even without a discount. And it’s not that hard, or if it is, i already gave you my whole tip. There’s no reason not to just go and try it. It’s fun and short. Well, excuse me why the absolute hell we still don’t have enough action games with transformers outside of a couple solid CoD-clones in the Transformers (TM) IP?

Trying to defeat enemies feels like a VHS stuck on rewind — delays everywhere. The graphics are good, but controls remind me of fixing an old TV without a manual!

♥♥♥♥ yer for 90cs this is a blast from my childhood that still holds up and is amazingly fun and cheesey

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seems like a great game. i am severely autistic and am going to buy an original xbox copy and play it there instead

Classic! A little dated in some areas to be sure but the transformation mechanic still feels fresh and fun to this day. If you enjoy mech focused action titles and don't mind games from this era this may be for you!

전투기와 로봇 가변이 되는 기체를 타고 미션을 수행하는 건메탈입니다. 만들어진 시대 상 고전 게임 특유의 부족한 조작감이 있지만 키 설정도 잘 되어있고 키 반응도 나쁘지 않고 오토타켓팅도 되고 고전 게임의 말도 안되는 난이도를 깨라고 브리핑 하지도 않습니다. 게임 타겟이 터질 때 번쩍이는 이펙트가 남는 버그 같은게 좀 있어서 눈 아프긴 한데 요즘 인디 게임들이라고 업데이트 유기하고 초반 펀딩만 쏙 빼먹고 실행도 안 되고 패치도 유저들한테 알아서 하라고 짬 때려버리는 개똥겜들과는 궤가 다른 게임입니다. 미션이 약간 반복되는 감이 있긴 한데 비행기 변신해서 날아다니는 느낌도 시원시원하고 슈팅감도 나쁘지 않습니다. 고전게임 엄청엄청 해보고 싶으신 분들께만 추천드립니다. 이것보다 고전게임은 버추어 캅이 좀 더 재밌을지도..

Classic