Metal Slug 3 One Life Game (Level-8)

I redid my one life run of Metal Slug 3, as the old version had audio issues. The old run has been made Unlisted and can be found in the following playlist:
• Metal Slug 3 (Level 8,...
Paths taken:
Mission 1 - 0:00:28 Boat Path
Mission 2 - 0:03:26 Devil's Snow Cave
Mission 3 - 0:10:48 Slug Mariner into Secret Factory
Mission 4 - 0:16:06 Snail Cave
Mission 5 - 0:23:38
Mission All Over & Credits - 0:58:09
Metal Slug 3 is unanimously agreed by fans of the franchise to be the best game of the brilliant series. It was developed by SNK when they were nearing bankruptcy, and thus, the developers of the game threw every idea they had into the game: Riding big elephants? Turning into zombies? Missions in land, sea, air, and even space? That's all jam packed into this hour long journey of Metal Slug 3. There was so much that was crammed into the game that it's impossible to experience it all in one playthrough, as the game introduces the concept of branching paths in each mission, each providing the player with their own unique obstacles, enemies, and supplies, before leading to the same boss of the mission.
Metal Slug 3's game engine was so meticulously programmed and designed, its butter smooth, precise, and instantaneous controls has been used almost as-is in later Metal Slug games developed by the reformed SNK Playmore, though none of those games showed the passion, the energy, and the know how of the original developers of the series. Metal Slug 3, now 20 years old, may sadly be the pinnacle of the series, but I still find absurd enjoyment from it, both taken casually and seriously, and I think that many game developers, level designers, and graphic artists can learn a lot from it.
Metal Slug 3 is the single hardest MS game to one life clear in my opinion. While luck is always a big factor in Metal Slug runs, Metal Slug 3 is exacerbates this by being insanely long, and having two big RNG fests relatively late into the run, namely Mission 4's Boss, Sol Dae Rokker, and the part in Mission 5 where you have to shoot down a door before fighting Fake Rootmars. There simply isn't any strategy that I know of that guarantees, or nearly guarantees a deathless run through these two parts, and its incredibly frustrating.
This was the luckiest hour of my entire life.

[@XSquareStickIt]

Hacker. Cheater. Premature ejaculator.

[@biru_langit]

lol

[@danishcheema2178]

@@biru_langit ma and kar on

[@juliousciousigmen4781]

Love your commentaries on the description. Sol Dae Rokker really is an RNG fest and totally no perfect way to win against!

[@yuzhai6743]

13:00 dancing with the background music.

[@manrisakirisame3505]

The final stretch of this game exists solely to draw as much money as possible from wallet of the poor, worn out arcade gamer who just wants to see the end screen.

[@damiangallo4185]

Awesome run, the part you mentioned about shooting a door before rootmars it's not rng, the aliens in that part are not infinite, if you stay crouched in the first spot your attacks land with the door(so that wave start spawning), AND just face the opposite side, you can just knife the aliens till they die, they even can give you machine guns to fight rootmars easier; about mission 4 boss, that shit it's completely random, you just gotta pray it doesn't spam it's yellow attack, but if you are frame perfect you could try the glitch to kill It easier

[@oussama_016]

Metal slug 3 my favorite

[@gonzalotorres5282]

I can't believe this game is 20 Years Old! Nice run! I could do a one credit run, but this? Nah.

[@saaaas2206]

Ooooo por primera vez en 2020😱😀

[@evandrolimadelira6353]

-bien venido.

[@evandrolimadelira6353]

-hello players!

[@user-fy1nq3nf1q]

Do you still suggest 5 as the only metal slug game people should try besides the first three? If so why not 6?

[@XSquareStickIt]

Metal Slug 6 isn't a bad game. I just don't enjoy it as much as I did 5, or 1-3. Metal Slug 6 has a lot of new ideas and concepts, which I welcome. But it doesn't have the same artistic flair of the original titles. The entire screen has a dark filter applied to it to give it a grim look, the new Slugs are obtuse and difficult to use, and there are almost zero death animations for the characters aside from the standard one. The gameplay to me feels a lot more like Megaman than Metal Slug: you have to memorise set enemy patterns and save different ammo types for certain enemies. Once you memorise the patterns however, then it becomes almost a brain dead experience: it doesn't keep you on your toes like the bosses of the original games. It's less of a pick-up-and-play kind of arcade game, and more of something you spend time to learn and do. It's not very beginner friendly, in short, and hence why I'd hesitate to play 6 with someone new to the series. In contrast, I could be playing Metal Slug X and 3 with pros and beginners alike and still have a blast screaming and laughing. That's something I feel 5 has better retained from the original games, and the soundtrack of that game is amazing.

[@user-fy1nq3nf1q]

@@XSquareStickIt I don't know what you mean by lacking artistic flair as nothing really feels lacking in terms of the backgrounds as it was done on better hardware than the neogeo, although I can see the argument for it looking a bit too dark, with how the music to me it does feel contradictory in how they wanted us to see the game, as lighthearted and goofy as x and 3? Grittier? (exception being the final mission) as for the slugs, how are they difficult to use? They function essentially the same as most past slugs, you move forward and the exact same aiming for the vulcan cannon is used. (I do see the rootmars and drill slug being a bit slow though to be fair, I dont see it nowhere near as big an issue as with say, the donky slug.) As for different death animations, while true, I see it as one of the lesser points against the game over overall boss and level design, ect. An issue, sure but a small one. Also how's it like megaman? In megaman you have bosses that outright break to weapons, no slugs, weapons are way easily more refilled, a health bar, and many other factors. You can say the same in regards to memorizing patterns for jupiter king or any other boss or enemy in the older titles, or pretty much any game in existence. You know how enemies/bosses work, and thus you have an easier time. And also, not beginner friendly? The game has an easy mode with your default weapon being a heavy machine gun (the game not letting you play the final mission is the stinker of it though) as for the ost, while not as good as 5 or 3 I do see being better than x, 1 and especially 7 or 4. Its got this major vibe of uplifting tracks that are all-round whimsical, and it knows when to change the tone.

[@rogerc6533]

@@XSquareStickIt The switch to non sprite backgrounds is always the thing that will bother me the the most about Metal Slug starting from 6. Looks nowhere near as good and is where your artistic flair statement really hits home for me.

[@Andrew-tu1pp]

Which Metal Slug would you say is the second hardest to beat under these conditions? 2? 5?

[@XSquareS]

Yeah, Metal Slug 2 is right up there in difficulty. The first 4 missions are cakewalk, mission 5 throws a ridiculous amount of enemies at you, and mission 6 is long and never ending. The wavy bridge section with nothing other than a pistol and grenades you're supposed to save is just flat out ridiculous, and I find the melee mechanics in 2 to be too clunky and slow to properly deal with the alien's projectiles, especially at Level 8 speed. The boss is an unfair RNG fest, requiring you to spam grenades against the UFOs the boss spawns. It's incredibly frustrating. Metal Slug 5 is about half the length of Metal Slug 3, but it's also incredibly frustrating because it has even MORE RNG fests than 2 and 3, despite being half the length. Bosses 2-5 are ALL entirely RNG fests. You could have all the right "strategy" and still be dicked over by impossible projectile combos, or if the boss just DECIDES to not let you hit it. There's a very real risk of getting a Time Over in Mission 5's boss if you play too safe, and don't get a 2H before the fight, which oh would you look at that, is ALSO RNG. Probably the most consistent game to clear in 1 life would be MS4... and that's the nicest thing I can say about it. I haven't managed to clear 7 or XX in one life yet, because those are hateful, boring games, so I can't speak for them.

[@Andrew-tu1pp]

Yeah, in MS4 there's not a whole lot of sections I consider random besides the stupid truck portion of Mission 2 (I haven't practiced the atrocious final boss all that much though, so maybe I'm wrong). XX is all about soldier selection, the game is terribly unbalanced. I have done XX Hard runs using the more broken characters (Leona, Eri, Fio) and it does become somewhat easy but if you go with Tarma or Clark then it's just bullshit lol

[@roxasmustdie]

Wich console do you use?

[@elyasbt9gitar787]

good game

[@Saganek]

Snorki is that you?

[@JosiahAvila-d1t]

Is this fax I have the version where there’s no blood

[@JosiahAvila-d1t]

Being dead honest metal said three only bad mission is mission to because of being a zombie

[@Gadreth]

Hey What if you try to beat as much stages as possible as a mummy? That is a very hard challenge I'm very sad I could not provide the metal slug runners an awesome fangame, the programmer just lost interest

[@ΟΑυγολεμονος]

Wait you can? Don't you turn back to normal when the stage ends?

[@Gadreth]

@@ΟΑυγολεμονος You turn normal when stage ends, but with you can go to almost every stage as a mummy with emulators

[@cubonez165]

You should do commentary on yours vids more often

[@Rinrin-ms3lp]

Is becoming a zombie gain you a invicibility?

[@XSquareStickIt]

Being a zombie means you're immune to damage from all attacks except for zombie puke and the boss' attacks.

[@Rinrin-ms3lp]

@@XSquareStickIt Oh i never knew it, thanks for the answer!