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Metal Slug 4

One year after the events of Metal Slug 3, the world is trembling under the new threat of a mysterious but deadly cyber virus that threatens to attack and destroy any nation's military computer system. With…

64 13 January 2002

Metal Slug 4 is an adventure developed by BrezzaSoft, released 13 January 2002 on Wii, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Neo Geo AES.

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What Metal Slug 4 is

Metal Slug 4 is an adventure game developed by BrezzaSoft and released in 2002. It was published by Mega Enterprise. It is available on Wii, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Neo Geo AES, Android, Arcade, iOS, Neo Geo MVS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

One year after the events of Metal Slug 3, the world is trembling under the new threat of a mysterious but deadly cyber virus that threatens to attack and destroy any nation's military computer system. With Tarma and Eri unable to help due to their own assignments in the matter, Marco and Fio are called in to investigate the situation and are joined by two newcomers, Nadia and Trevor. In their investigation, the group discovers that a terrorist organization known as Amadeus is behind the nefarious plot and that they head into battle against Amadeus' forces, hoping to destroy the cyber virus before it gets the chance to wipe out the entire world's military computer system.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Metal Slug series

Metal Slug 4 is the 14th of 48 entries we hold in the Metal Slug series. It arrived 12 months after Metal Slug X. The next entry was Metal Slug 3 in 2003. Its critic score of 64 is 10 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Metal Slug Advance at 89.

See all 48 Metal Slug games in release order →

How it was received

Metal Slug 4 holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 4 points below the year average. Players rate it 72, 8 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What it launched against

Metal Slug 4 launched on 13 January 2002, within three weeks of Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Maximo: Ghosts to Glory and La Pucelle Tactics. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, La Pucelle Tactics.

Cheats and codes

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When did Metal Slug 4 come out?
Metal Slug 4 was released on 13 January 2002 for Wii, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Neo Geo AES, Android, Arcade, iOS, Neo Geo MVS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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