I really have to stress this: Metal Wolf Chaos XD is seeped in old-school game design. This is a mission-based game where nearly every objective is “kill/blow up something,” which you’ll do on medium-sized sandbox maps. So you get how it controls: how does all this madness come together? My favorite mechanic (retained from the original) is the fact that the left analog stick is mapped to boost, which is way easier to hit on the fly for strafing than the alternate configuration of the square/X button on the DualShock 4 and Xbox remote respectively (no claw-hand needed). That speed I was talking about earlier takes the form of boosts, which you can use to either strafe, rush down, escape, or even hover for a bit with an air dash.

It can be slow-going early on: there are some cases in the first few missions where you’re sitting there firing at an objective with weak ammo (if I have one tip to impart to readers, it’s to use the stomp attack a lot, especially on structures, to conserve ammo). Most of the game (outside of perimeters and solid walls) consists of destructible matter, which comes in handy as you upgrade into a bigger powerhouse. It’s a lot like EDF in that you can not only take down troops with individual fire, but take it a step further and blow up the entire structure they’re standing on with rockets.

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