Metal Slug 3

A bit jarring how long this game is compared to its prequels but it also has more to offer, for better or worse. I love how well this game bombards you with a lot of varied enemy types while also boasting some of the best boss fights in the series, but I can't say the shump sections enthralled me much and the final stretch is overly long and has a lot of boring sections. Though if nothing else, this game's presentation is so damn cool it's easy to get sucked into its style.

lots of underwater, air, and space battles. Not enough ground levels. Feels like playing an entirely different game with those non-ground levels and not a lot of bad guys to kill, most are bullet soaking monsters.