Holy crap! GOG got Metal Fatigue!
First I must express my surprise of seeing Metal Fatigue on GOG. This was abandoneware as it gets. First, getting a copy of this game was almost impossible, and second, making it run (not run well, just run) was a pain. Now GOG got it and they made the necessary changes to make this game run well on new systems. Just buy it, download, and play. Thank you GOG for preserving gaming history!
Now about the game, it was a really fun and ambiciosu RTS. First it had 3D graphics which was pretty much a novelty at the beginning of century, and it didn't age badly. That's something good to say for such an old game. Then gameplay, we have 3 layers of combat, tanks, defense structures, but that's not why you get this game. COMBOTS! That's the real meat of this game. You build pilot crews, and you build combot parts. You pick a leg, a left arm, a right arm, and a torso, and each part has it's own thing. There are katana arms, machin gun arms, rocket lucher arms, shield arms, laser arms, punching arms, and that's just a small selection of the arms. Once you built your own unique combots you attack enemy bases, and you can sometimes retrieve enemy parts for being able to replicate them expanding your inventory of parts. You see a really cool combot with jump jet legs and you are going to want to attack it in the hopes of getting those jump jet legs. This is really fun, and it's a shame no other games has done this so well. Not let's talk gameplay. This game is very simple. Before you start each match you will build your base with a limited amount of resource and an almost-insta-build ability in a limited area of the map. Then when you start you gather energy (game's main resource) from lava pits and solar panels. Lava pits are usually underground and require workes for gathering, and solar panels are more effective in sky platforms. Defending your resources is the only most important thing after attacking the enemy. Like I said this game is really fun, and worth a try for sure.
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