Now, what is this? I was hopin' and prayin' for thie metal slug. I personally like ALL of mslugs, but specially the intense fun that it is to play one in an arcade with a friend, or in your house with an emulator, tons of lifes and just blasting through with a knife. I even defended metal slug 4 when everyone told me it sucked by time, but... oh boy, this is beyond the beyond (yes, such as bad as the homonim RPG, that cheesy game that just, oh well, let's not remember it).
Why did they changed it so much, and in such a wrong manner? It's not refreshing, it's like taking the wall-running o the prince of persia just for "giving it a new face" but for crying out loud, if you have a jewel, why will you flaw it if it's already perfect?
I didn't have a chance to play it in link mode and not really sure if it's possible, but my oh my, i'm not even looking foward to it. Missions, energy instead of life, having to start the whole level... well, that takes the fun of just runing and shooting the endless nazis in a blood frenzy, now you have to be carefull, and that's just like playing grand theft auto and trying to win the good citizen award.
It's a metal slug, a nice 2d shooter, for that I give it a 5... but... it could be a sweet 10 if it were any near to the great mslug5.