Style, setting, retro art, a vicious yet compelling gameplay objective... Just looking at a screenshot of Metrocide is akin to hearing a namedrop of Grand Theft Auto 2, Syndicate Wars, Teleglitch and Gunpoint all at the same time. Unfortunately, the game isn't fun. It happens, from time to time, that a game is visually appealing and solidly coded, but...
Metrocide2014
Metrocide
2014 Flat Earth Games59Mediocre
Playable on
Available on
- $12.99
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Details
- Launch
- October 20, 2014
- Developer
- Flat Earth Games
- Publisher
- Flat Earth Games
Overview
Metrocide is a relentless top-down single-player arcade stealth-shooter set in a cyberpunk dystopia where everyone wants you dead. As legendary contract killer T.J. Trench, you’ll have to negotiate a fierce and brutal city replete with gangs, vigilantes, cops and more, taking out the trash one contract at a time. While cop drones circle overhead, you’ll be sticking to the alleyways with a variety of weapons and plantabl explosives, finding new and unique ways to get away with murder most foul. But one single slip-up will cost you. There are no respawns here – when you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it. Duck and weave through the claustrophobic streets as a living city does its best to stop you breathing – permanently.
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Reception
Players53
Mediocre- Steam53from 134 reviews
Oh man, I really like the concept of the game. Because of that, I also really want to recommend it. Unfortunately I can't; the average player would rip their own arm off and beat their monitor to pieces. First off, the good: -Cool gameplay idea -Cool setting -GTA 1/2 style overhead view -Lots of variety in contracts The bad: -Terrible, terrible AI -The...
Metrocide is a game about contract killing, and to do this you get a contract from your contact then try to kill the target while avoiding security cameras, police drones, body guards and civilians. Roaming the streets are gang members and there is a bit of early GTA vibe there, you can kill gang members in back alleys and take their wallets from the...
The streets are brutal and lives seem disposable in a bleak metropolis of the future, and the only ticket out of this town is a high commodity with an even higher price. Armed at first with only a slow blaster only slightly more useful than a toaster and your wits, you'll seek out each contracted kill amongst the likes of paranoid vigilantes, loose...
It's exactly what it says on the tin and not a bit more. A stealth assassination game with permadeath and a wholly unnecessary unlock system to try to catch onto the roguelike trend. There's not enough here though. It feels like a minigame, something you play to pass the time rather than genuinely exciting or tense. It's only hard if you don't have...