Metal: Hellsinger Reviews
Metal: Hellsinger brings us a tribute to Metal, putting the focus of the gameplay on the music, giving us a solid game along with a quality album featuring some of the best names in the industry.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
The speedy and intuitive FPS design does not get behind the metal all-stars lineup in the late 90s and early 2000s. The pleasure of avoiding enemy attacks using the beat and destroying demons is surely something that can be comparable with Doom. However, you can easily get tired from the short playtime, monotonous patterns and lack of details if you are not a metal fan.
Review in Korean | Read full review
Some scattered FPS drops and behind-the-veil repetitiveness may hamper Metal: Hellsinger at times, but those infrequent hang-ups do little to detract from the overall experience The Outsiders have created. It's easy to say this game should inspire others to pursue this genre mashup, too, to create similar experiences, but The Outsiders got it so very right with Metal: Hellsinger that perhaps it's better to let this one marinate for a while before a truly creative iteration of this comes along.
Overall, what you have is an quick, amazing linear first person shooter with twist of a rhythm game thrown in. It’s an exciting concept and even more exciting to play. The game left me wanting to play more as the pay-off for tackling the beasts is so addictive. It also made me want to see if I could beat my own high score. I would have liked to have had a bit more humour thrown in as it came across very serious. Not as much as Brutal Legend, but enough to balance it out somewhat. I’d recommend that you try this game at least once as it’s one of a kind. I award Metal: Hellsinger the Thumb Culture Gold Award!
Metal: Hellsinger’s leanness isn’t wholly damning since it is an impeccably paced shooter that cuts everything down to its essentials and hones in on its musical gunplay, which is what matters.
Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythmic first person shooter set in hell. The game doesn't last long, but contains enough challenge to keep you entertained. It offers a unique gaming experience where you feel the music throughout your body.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
An intense and short adventure in the underworld, with fast-paced combat with enough tools to make you feel powerful while still making it fun to bust demons, and elevated to the nth power with a masterful heavy metal soundtrack to feel the heartbeat of each battle even after you leave the game.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Metal: Hellsinger is relatively short, and while there are additional challenges you can complete if you fell in love with it, that’s mostly a good thing. While its core mechanics are strong, and I love its soundtrack, it’s a one-dimensional game where you’ll have seen most everything it has to offer quickly. At that point, it’s just a matter of how much you enjoy the feel of it. While it won’t be for everyone, it’s absolutely a game those with Game Pass should give a chance.
Metal: Hellsinger is an extremely addictive game, and its easy to complete it in one or a few gaming sessions. However, it’s also addicting enough that once you complete it you are happy to jump right back into the mix.
Metal Hellsinger never sets out to offer endless hours of gameplay at all costs or who knows variety or emphasis on storytelling, not even breathtaking visuals, but when you throw yourself into its insane riot of heart-pounding shootouts and heavy metal music you can be sure you will come out satisfied.
Review in Italian | Read full review
The truth is, no matter how you look at it, Metal: Hellsinger is absolutely unique in what it does. It has tons of replayability, some of the best optimizations on the market, and a way to ensure that anyone and everyone can enjoy the title. This is, for what I would have to say, a masterpiece of its own accord.
Metal: Hellsinger was an adrenaline-fuelled experience that left me with a smile and a sore neck each time I turned the game on. It managed to not only present me with a visceral and focused First Person Shooter, but also my current musical obsession. The gameplay gave me no middle ground in the best way and pushed me to play better with each trial and difficulty setting. Initially, if I couldn’t catch the beat I’d play very poorly, but once it clicked with me I’d find myself headbanging, foot stomping, and playing with all the ferocity of Slayer possessed by Lucifer Morningstar himself. Metal: Hellsinger is quite possibly the game I’ve needed ever since Doom Eternal’s curtains closed and I for one throw the devil horns into the heavens at the prospect of more to come.
Metal Hellsing is a title that succeeds in combining FPS and rhythm game more than well, giving us an extremely adrenaline-fuelled and entertaining experience. The real highlight of the work, however, is not so much the gameplay, which is nevertheless valid and well thought-out, but a soundtrack created ad hoc of the highest value. An impressive work, absolutely essential for every metal lover and not to be underestimated by anyone else.
Review in Italian | Read full review
The game itself will speak to a very niche group. Because, as everyone knows, metal music is not the most popular thing in the world. But for those who like it, I can tell you that you will have a great time. The game is still short for its price but the interest is always to improve your score in this type of game. This makes it possible to come back to it more than once. And it allows us to know the lyrics of the songs and to appreciate the artists. Lots of headbanging to be expected!
Review in French | Read full review
All in all, I really loved my time with Metal: Hellsinger. Most of my shortcomings with this game are small, and don’t take away from the overall enjoyment with the game. The shooting is fun and the music is the star of the show. I loved all of the songs, and I couldn’t wait to build my meter up to hear the full song.
Though a lacklustre story and uninspired enemy variation may bring it down somewhat, Metal: Hellsinger is the best a rhythm FPS has ever felt.
Metal: Hellsinger seamlessly blends tight first-person shooter gameplay with a fantastic soundtrack and rhythm mechanics that will constantly keep you on your toes. The game’s eight levels progressively get more challenging, as you slay your way through hordes of demons and bosses. The original soundtrack is one of the best metal soundtracks I’ve heard ever and it makes the rhythm-based gameplay that much more enjoyable. While the short runtime is disappointing, it’s only because I wanted so much more time to experience it. Combat feels tight and is surprisingly good coming from a small indie studio, although the bosses leave a little to be desired. Despite that, it is absolutely worth checking this out.
There isn’t anything like Metal: Hellsinger. Diehard metal fans will no doubt fall in love with it instantly, but the overall experience is satisfying and compelling enough to serve as a gateway into the metal genre for newcomers. It perfectly embodies the passion, energy, and emotion that all metalheads share.
An absolute blast of a rhythm-based shooter, Metal: Hellsinger is a love letter to all those that throw their horns to the sky. Packed with challenge, chugging tunes and a cavalcade of the genre’s finest vocalists, there’s a lot to enjoy. Riff and tear.
The developers behind the project had a specific niche of players they wanted to target, and delivered in spades. You need to like heavy metal, DOOM and rhythm games in order to enjoy this innovative, slightly flawed, but ultimately amazing experience. Brutal, fast-paced, mechanically sound, replayable, and most importantly, a blessing for metalheads’ ears. You will need some time in order to get used to its mechanics, which feel confusing at first, but once everything clicks, you will have the loudest and bloodiest of times with this hellfest of a shooter.