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While I ran into a few latency issues, it's hard to know if this is a problem with the game or a result of Xbox Live's current instability. You can, however, play with a buddy on Xbox Live this time around. Also gone from the original Xbox version are the two bonus modes Fat Island and Storming the Mother Ship. Oddly enough, if you change the language on your 360 to Japanese, the red blood magically appears. Gone is the copious amount of red blood, replaced with anonymous white goop. None of this is likely to earn as many complaints as the censorship of Metal Slug 3 on XBLA. When things get hectic over Xbox Live, the framerate takes some major hits. And though the horrible framerate issues that plague the arcade version are mostly gone on 360, there are still a few times when things chug. This is particularly an issue when you first hop into some of the slugs (AKA vehicles). At times it can be a challenge to aim with precision (say, point your gun at 2 o'clock while moving in a different direction). There are some nagging issues with aiming. Metal Slug 3 isn't the perfect translation from the arcade. It also happens to be the best Metal Slug to date. This is the first Metal Slug to offer branching paths and zombies that can turn the player into one of the undead. MS3 is the most significant entry in the series. You may be wondering why Metal Slug 3 (the fourth in the series) was chosen to be first Slug title brought to Xbox Live Arcade. This sprawling level features a plethora of unique enemies and locales and even something that amounts to a plot twist.

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It's the fifth and final stage that really shows off what has made the series a fan-favorite.

Though the visuals aren't much better than when Metal Slug 3 was brought to the original Xbox, it remains a colorful game with some humorous animations and enjoyable enemies. Metal Slug stands out from some of the other coin-op side-scrollers thanks to some inventive character design.

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Fortunately, you can turn on a Free Play option to allow unlimited continues. Making it through a level unscathed is a feat accomplished by a rare few. You'll need to move and dodge deftly and fire accurately if you hope to survive. There's a myriad of enemies on screen at all times, firing from a variety of weapons. The controls are simple - radial aim with the left thumbstick, shoot with X, jump with A, lob grenades with Y - but the game is tough. You'll trek across the desert, trudge through the jungle, swim the deep blue sea, soar through the skies and even blast off into outer space. Choosing from one of four different characters, players lay siege to five diverse and challenging levels. But if you want a good ol' fashioned 2D shooter, this should do the trick. If you get frustrated having your ass kicked, Metal Slug may turn you off. Were it not for the little joys of attaining a rocket 'lawn-cher' or being turned into a blood-spurting zombie, I might just give up halfway through Metal Slug 3. It was designed to munch quarters by killing your character early and often. Like the rest in the famed arcade series, Metal Slug 3 is a difficult game. What keeps me going? 'Rocket lawn-cher!' This short declaration of your acquisition of one of the weapons in Metal Slug 3 never fails to put a smile on my face. You'd think by now I'd be sick of SNK Playmore's side-scrolling shooter. First in the arcade, then on my Xbox, next on my Wii, and most recently on Xbox Live Arcade. I've played Metal Slug 3 many, many times.

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