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Metal Soldier Squad – Casual Game Review
Metal Soldier Squad is a Casual/Action game from Vu Khac Hoan, first launched in 6th July 2017.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 26+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Metal Soldier Squad Stand Out
This game is a classic side-scrolling shooter, with a variety of weapons, challenging gameplay, and only 1 player-simultaneous modes. The object of this game is to destroy the Red Falcon, and alien who, along with its minions, has invaded the earth. It's just you against the whole alien army.
The game can be quite a challenge as you die after taking 1 hit, and you only
start the game (normally) with 5 lives. The controls for the game are very
simple:
A – Jump
B – Shoot (Auto fire)
Control Pad – Move left and right, crouch, aim weapon
(Note: To shoot straight down, you must jump up with A, then hold down while pressing B.)
Down + A – Drop down a level (if possible)
Also, I'm not claiming to call everything by its official name, but hopefully
most people won't care.
V. Weapons/Items:
You start out the game with just a basic single-shot rifle. Fortunately, you
can get more powerful weapons (otherwise this game would be extremely
difficult). You can only hold down B to fire multiple shots if you have a
machine gun or laser, and this is probably the best way to fire these. All
bullets strike targets with the same force. The laser strikes with the force of
4 bullets. Upgrades are found by shooting flying capsules, shooting upgrade
boxes, or by shooting brownish-red colored soldiers in the bases.
R – rapid fire – This only affects the standard rifle and the spread gun. Quite
obviously, it just speeds up your bullets.
M – machine gun – Has the advantage of auto fire. Just hold down B for a
constant stream of bullets.
F – fireball – The bullets of this weapon move in a circle about as tall as your
player while they travel forward. I don't particularly like it because the
bullets travel the slowest of any weapon, but you can hit enemies that are
crouched.
L – laser – The laser strikes hard and is equivalent to an extremely fast-firing
standard rifle. Don't hit B rapidly with this one, or your current laser beam
will disappear and a new one will launch.
S – spread – This one's my favorite (especially when combined with rapid fire).
Bullets come out diagonally up and down as well as straight ahead, giving you a very wide range. In a 2-player game where both players are armed with rapid spreads, heads will roll.
B – barrier – The barrier makes you invincible for a little bit. You'll flash
between red and blue. Be very careful with it, though, because it gives you no
warning when it's about to end.
H – health – Added 1 more life
K – kill – Killed all of enemies in the current view
This Casual game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Metal Soldier Squad is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 20th November 2023
Recent improvements include:
Enhance some graphics
Download & Availability
Metal Soldier Squad is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Metal Soldier Squad on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We like the game. We like the simple graphics and sound effects! The ads are not overbearing. We wish there were more levels! We cleared 10 levels and we are playing again to get 3 stars on each. Levels 1 and 7 say we didnt get hit with any bullets but said we didnt kill 90% of the enemies, which (definitely) couldnt be true for level 7 but is not true for either. So, we only got 2 stars. There must be a bug in the query.
Love it because loved contra but… This is not playable. Adds turn on all the tine cant even compete a level and then it restarts.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 9
- Size: 125.01 MB
- iOS: 11.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Vu Khac Hoan
Last updated: 20th November 2023 | Genre: Casual, Action | Developer: Vu Khac Hoan