Origin Metal Slug: Commander

Metal Slug: Commander is a spin-off game of the Metal Slug video game franchise. First released in August 2021, Metal Slug: Commander was developed by SNK Hong Kong and published by SNK China. The game is available to be played on both iOS and Android. Metal Slug: Commander is the sequel spin-off release after its predecessor Metal Slug Attack was released in February 2016.

Metal Slug: Commander is an exciting strategy card game filled with legendary sprite-based characters that play alongside a new and thrilling battle system. You can expect a new and beautifully designed gaming experience that makes Metal Slug: Commander perfect for playing on your mobile. There are newer and much more riveting stages, story beats, modes, and characters to be explored in this installation of the Metal Slug franchise. There are cool collectibles and most interestingly, a robust and engaging Player versus Player battle system for anyone feeling competitive. Metal Slug: Commander gives a brand new Metal Slug experience like no other.

Gameplay

Metal Slug: Commander is a strategy card-based game in which players are required to assemble a group of 5 units to war against the opposing player’s deck. The group assembled by the player is split into two different layers. The upper layer consists of the first and third units, while the second, fourth, and fifth units are left to the lower layer.

The positioning of each unit on the battlefield will determine how close they are to the opponent player’s units. The melee and tank units are typically placed much closer to the opponents than the other units. Rounds are started when units begin to fight opponents on their layer. Once the units fight each other and a winner emerges, the remaining units can run towards the other layer to continue the battle. Sometimes, the units from both layers will meet in the middle. 

The battles in each round are left open so that units can bypass enemy lines either by a function of their own will or by how close they are to the other layer. This means that bypassed units can turn around to fight their trespassers head-on.

Command The Greatest Units To Save Your World

Years before your game began, a terrible invader war inflicted great wounds upon the Syrubis Islands. What is left in its wake is the earth and people trying to heal and find peace. Those Illusions of peace and healing are soon shattered as regional disputes begin to appear all over the planet. 

A new resource called Lubis Ore has been discovered, thus causing an uprising as rebels hope to attain it. The battle headquarters has rallied the best commanders from across the world, including you. You Are tasked with creating a fierce and fearless battle force to fight against the quickly rising threat looming over the world. Enemies from all around are waiting for the opportunity to conquer – the Rebel army and the Ptolemaic Army are set on world domination while the Space Army is keen on invading the earth. 

Each unit that you have assembled has a specific number of standard attacks that are automatically carried out. As they carry out more attacks, the yellow bar underneath their icon fills up. Their icon is engulfed in fire when it eventually gets filled, and they can activate their special attack skills. Some of these special attack skills can be used to affect units on the other layer, while some skills only work on enemy units in the same lanes as them.

Hold the Frontlines

Players are allowed to promote, reorganize, and retire units as they see fit. Each unit is given a level of rarity that tallies with the color rank they carry. Rank colors can go from Green, Blue, Purple, Yellow, Red, and White. All the ranks are promoted depending on their unit rarity, and they are all split into multiple stages except Green.

Secondary units are placed as a means of conserving training resources for the units that are first deployed. You are given access to a hidden variety of weapons stores to use your currencies to buy various items as you hit higher milestones. The stores include the Armament store, which sells Gear and Unit Merit in exchange for gold or gems, the Honor store sells assembly orders and bronze gears costing honor medals. The Arena store sells unit fragments bought for arena coins, and the Mine store sells loot and upgrades crystals using Ore from the Mine Treasure mode.

Modes and Battle You Can’t Resist

The main player versus player game mode is called in the PM Arena. The player battles against other players’ defense teams in this mode and is given a few free attempts per day. The player is also entitled to limited comeback skips that end the match as either the winner or loser. This world has several challenges to keep you engaged for as long as you want to keep playing.

The locksmith mode is used to unlock Gold, Gem, Merit Crates, and EXP earned throughout the main story and crafts that you embark on every day. In the VR simulation mode, the player can fight in different towers of their own set of regulations. The other playing modes challenges include Game of Greed, Select Area Challenge, Base Invasion, my Treasure Hunt, Magic Lamp Wish, and temporal gap.