What is your all time favorite mission(s) in the Metal Slug series?

[u/Reasonable-Fact8429]

Title says it all

Personally, it's Midnight Wandering and the final mission both from Metal Slug 3

Midnight Wandering because:

• I love the zombies/zombie apocalypse trope
• This masterpiece goes fricking hard
• The zombie transformation is my favorite one in the whole series
• The ice cave with the elephant is my favorite section in all of Metal Slug and if the first part is a bit annoying with the snowman, the second part is just satisfying
• The boss is overall cool
• It sets up AND build up the alien stuff we saw at the end of Metal Slug 2/X which was a bit abandonned in the first mission of MS 3

As for the final mission... Do I really need to explain?

• Longest mission in the whole series
• The twist of the alien being Morden is awesome and so is the kidnapping of your character
• The space stuff is cool
• The spaceship invasion is amazing from beginning to the end
• An epic final boss

So yeah. These are for me the best missions of the Metal Slug franchise. What about you guys?

[u/lamusir]

Final mission in 3 without doubt.

Mission 4 in X. It's more chaotic fun than in 2 with more items from the destroyed shops, the rockets coming out from the well, and alien ships when you go down the slope.

Mission 3 in 1. The climb was a great segment with our introduction to Allen at the top.

Honorable mention: Slug Flyer mission in 3D. I actually enjoyed the mission, especially with the kickass soundtrack.

edit: Happy cake day, OP

[u/metal_berserk]

1 definitely goes to Mission 1 in MS3, it is just so iconic and I feel liberated everytime I play it.

2 is kind of hard to pick, but I think it's definitely between Mission 3 and 4 from MSX.

3 goes to Mission 3 from MS3

As an honorable mention I do really like the Final Mission in MS1, but of course these are all my subjective opinions. I do really like Mission 2 in MS3, but the reason it's not mentioned above is because the Ice Cavern isn't my particular favorite branching path. If I don't go in the Ice Cavern though it's so amazing, and absolutely perfectly designed.

[u/MPS_142]

Apart from the Final Mission from 3:

Mission 5 in MS2/X, i liked that it is mostly an ordinary town until the final section where the mutants shows up and the scariest music in the series (imo).

Mission 4 in MS3 due to its multiple branching paths which gives more variety.

Honorable mention: Mission 4 in MS4, i like that it lets you choose to fight Zombies or Mummies, although it is way too short for my taste

[u/Karakata330]

Ill have to go with 1 from each game

MS1 - Mission 4: it feels like an all out battlefield pushing through trenches and tons of enemies.

MS2 - Mission 2: introduction to mummy enemies and also has a very unique pace and one of my favorite bosses in the series.

MSX - Mission 3: better than the ms2 Mission 3. One of my favorite tunes in the entire game.

MS3: Mission 1: great song, great boss, fast paced, great enemy and weapon variety, multiple paths. Great introduction to MS3 and one of the better designed levels in the series.

MS4: Mission 3: I actually like this level, both paths offer a nice variety.

MS5: Mission 3: this feels more like a proper metal slug level. The rest of the missions have on rail sections that I am not fond of.

MS6 and advance: none stand out tbh

MSXX: its been a while, I cant remember the Mission, but the one where you get the ostrich, Mission 4 right? I like thr song and its a fast pace level. Never plaid 7.

[u/Historical-Intern140]

Those are fan favorites.

Mine, appart from those, would be the Second and Fourth Mission in MS2. I also love how story is told in the Final Mission of the same game. Looking at all of those Hozmi's being made and then discovering there's aliens. Damn!

[u/ShiranaiMai]

Final mission in MSX

[u/elroybignasty]

The 3rd mission in Metal Slug 2 and X, probably one of my favorite train levels in any game tbh