And here it is: Metal Saga. Or by it's full title: Metal Saga - Chains Of Sandstorm.
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| Japanese Logo. English version only has "Metal Saga". |
It's an okay JRPG, but it has a surprise: you can drive and collect tanks! Oh, and some occasional armored vehicles too. Made in 2005, I've first played this game back in 2007. Found this game out of curiosity so I decided to play it.
It reminds me of Super Mario RPG since they are both JRPGs, and Super Mario RPG was one of the first types of RPGs I've ever played in my life. Good times with that game...
I've lost count how many replays I've had with Metal Saga, but I definitely know that it's above ten times. There's just so much to discover... plus this game is not really known to people, so it wasn't really noticed. I also did not have a computer in the earlier years, so I have to resort to taking notes.
Still have 'em somewhere... just waiting to be found...
So now, let's get to the game. I've decided to make a playthrough of it... don't know if I will stop right at the end of the game or continue after it, though. Will have tons of pictures and parts of videos placed.
Each part will be roughly 30 minutes long. I tried to record past 40 minutes but the game craps up and crashes after that. So this is the longest I can record for each part of the playthrough. No facecams, voice overs and stuff like that, it's just pure gameplay.
So, without further delays, here's the first part of the Metal Saga playthrough. Enjoy.
The game starts out with the usual title screen, and has two options:
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| English Metal Saga version. |
Started a new game and had to place a name. Decided to put 'em as "Gary". Then came the situation to be a hunter or a mechanic...
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| Believe it or not, the other option leads to an ending. |
Gone with the obvious route... And of course, the mother [Nina] was not quite happy about it.
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| Obviously, the father. |
Y'know what they say: like father, like son. Following in our father's footsteps to be a great hunter.
Then we met his friend, McKinley outside of our home.
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| He thought the main character was the father... |
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| ...for a while, at least. |
And so, we begin our adventure... or preparation. Went to the Hunter's Office since Nina wanted us to go there first. Mother's knows best.
Once inside, someone talked to Gary. Not sure who this person is, but she know him. Gave him a little tip about a vehicle somwhere in the mountain of junk right behind his town... and she doesn't need it as she's doing fine without a vehicle.
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| Hmm... did she put it there for us? I wonder... |
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| She didn't say where, so likely we'll never see her again. |
She takes her leave soon after that, and told him that they might meet up again sometime... So now I went around town to see the other characters... and preparing to go to the Junk Mountain for my first vehicle, until I met this boy who gave me a tip [not really].
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| It's like he wants me to get it. |
And we're off to Junk Mountain! Guess what Gary found around the hills...
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| It's the "stowed" vehicle the girl told us. |
It's a buggy! It seems to have a gun on it's side... definitely set up by the girl in the Hunter's Office for us [for whatever reason].
Halfway through the mountain of fighting knives strapped to bikes and fuel tanks with spider legs, we met a fellow hunter. Gave us some hints that there was a cannon somewhere around this area, but he hasn't found a vehicle yet for it.
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| A free cannon... just waiting for Gary. |
He must be blind to be able to miss the buggy back at the hill.
On the way to the buggy, we found another vehicle! But...
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| Yeah, what he said. |
It looks like a Tiger I. Rusted to hell... won't be moving anytime soon.
After some long walks and eradicating some Junk Zombies with guns, we managed to reach to the buggy. Awesome...
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| The vehicle... just an arm's reach away... |
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| Not really big with naming stuff... sorry. |
Wandered around and found a locked safe... Unlocked it and got some gold!
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| PIN number doesn't change at all. |
Fought my way through some monsters until I reached the outlaw of the Junk Mountain, Trash Heap. Some guy outside said that we have to be roughly level 4 [or was it 3?] to survive a battle with him.
Eh... we have a vehicle. No problemo! Let the battle begin!
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| Trash Heap outlaw. |
The battle with it was... mediocre. But at least I don't have to go through that again. And then it's time to go back home...
And that was Part 1 of the Metal Saga playthrough. There's plenty more adventures to have, as it's just the beginning...
-Panzer Fist-
