Instead, he’ll run around the field and attack whoever he decides.

Your heavily-armed canine friend also becomes a problem since he is the only person in your party you have no control over. And, if you do manage to take down bigger enemies, the reward doesn’t match the risk since you’ll likely lose a vehicle or two and a healthy wad of cash while gaining few experience points due to a low experience cap. If you do decide to explore the world, it is entirely possible, though it is also possible to quickly find yourself out-gunned if you get a little too brave. There isn’t much in the way of mission variety and the game’s stingy experience system doesn’t encourage players to explore. The open-ended gameplay is fun for the first few missions, but really drags. Once found, you’ll have to figure out how best to take them down since they are usually invulnerable to all except one attack type. These are essentially boss creatures that you’ll have to hunt down. Of all the activities you can participate in, the more exciting and enjoyable is searching for Outlaws.

Make no mistake about it Metal Saga definitely has a sense of humor. Along the way, you’ll recruit companions who can join you, including a mechanic, soldiers and a dog with a bazooka strapped to its back. Most of your game time is spent taking on any number of missions, from searching for outlaws to exploring ruins for treasures. The main story is as clichéd as they come and the side stories are disjointed and not all that cohesive. What seems like a good idea at the start quickly becomes an incoherent mess. Though Metal Saga has a “main” story, for the most part you’re given free reign to do whatever you want. Choosing the first presents you with a short paragraph detailing how you lived a long, lucrative and dull life while the other, of course, opens up the rest of the game for you. The game begins by presenting you with the choice of either joining the family business and becoming a mechanic or setting out into the world as an adventurer. Metal Saga is an open-ended, non-linear RPG. Metal Saga picks up a few years after this event, known as the Great Destruction, and finds you in the role of a young boy just starting out in the world. In this case that technology is Noah, a super computer built to help solve the world’s pollution problem, who decides that the only way to end the problem is to wipe out the human race. Metal Saga’s setup is your typical, post-apocalyptic tale of a world in ruin that turns to technology to help cure its woes.

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