Metal Eden Reviews
It's fun, it looks good, and the theme matters now more than ever.
Metal Eden is a relentless, subjective shooter, defined by the variety of its protagonist, turning every skirmish into a spectacle of skill. Although it's short and its graphics aren't AAA, it manages to shine with its gameplay and engaging story.
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Altogether, Metal Eden should be given a try, there's a demo on the PlayStation Store that can help you decide whether you dig its energy. However, despite its frenetic pace and solid gunplay, there's a sense the true potential of Metal Eden is unfinished. If you want a good and brief FPS, you can do far worse than Metal Eden, but you'll be left with the lingering impression you've seen all it has to offer too quick, and that the game's potential has only come out of the FPS oven half-baked.
An aesthetically pleasing, fast-paced and appropriately challenging FPS with platforming elements and strong references to the Metroid Prime series. Reikon Games had already demonstrated their talent with Ruiner and have once again proven themselves to be highly skilled at creating atmospheric futuristic adventures with incredibly captivating gameplay ideas.
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Metal Eden is free of mission creep, focusing on refined movement, breakneck speed and punchy combat. It does those things well, embedded in an interesting fiction and shiny cyberpunk environments. A few objectives and systems aren’t always clear, and the game’s linear design and rigid mission structure could use some breathing room, as it starts to feel a bit repetitive. All in all, Metal Eden is a fun, fast and furious sci-fi shooter and will definitely appeal to fans of the genre.
Metal Eden hits some spectacular highs, but a lackluster story and a dearth of content prevent it from achieving true transcendence.
Metal Eden is a standout title that blends old-school sensibilities with gorgeous modern graphics in a concise and action-packed single-player experience
Ultimately, Metal Eden is a close to a great game, but falls flat. It’s short, repetitive, and gets in its own way when it comes to a core combat loop. If you’re on the fence with this one, I’d heartily suggest that you check out demos here on PC, here on Xbox, and here on PlayStation.
Metal Eden's fast-paced gameplay loop and harrowing sci-fi setting serve as a solid backdrop for arena combat, but be prepared for a whole lot of talking.
Metal Eden is short, sweet and fundamentally quite enjoyable. The plot isn't much to write home about, and it's mostly a grey experience as far as the visuals are concerned, but the fun mobility options, innovative Core-ripping gameplay and varied arsenal of weapons make Metal Eden worth checking out for sci-fi shooter fans.
There are plenty of contenders for FPS game time these days and while some may try and add new features or unique gameplay dynamics, Metal Eden takes a look back at what made the classics great and basically just combines all the best features and bundles them into a beautifully realised sci fi world in a way that feels new but also familiar. A brilliant combination of the old and the new. Well worth grabbing and having a play for those of us "Boomers" and for the younger gamers alike!
Part Ghostrunner, part DOOM, and part Metroid, Metal Eden is a fast-paced first-person shooter that is sure to get your adrenaline pumping with its core-ripping action.
Metal Eden is a superb and addictive first-person shooter, capable of overcoming its obvious inspirations and adding real value thanks to its gameplay and aesthetic choices.
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It's not particularly big or clever, but Metal Eden is a beautiful, bombastic blaster that entertains while it lasts.
The thrill of chaining movement and executions makes every minute of this action-packed shooter a memorable ride.
Metal Eden just needs a little more to truly stand out. Its intriguing story could use tighter pacing and sharper dialogue, its refreshing gunplay could use more variety, and its strong audio could benefit from a bit more polish. It falls just shy in most areas, though its visuals shine as brightly as its setting, but it’s far from awful, just not quite the best.
Despite its rough edges, questionable design decisions in some pace-breaking sections, and the bugs I encountered, my answer is a resounding yes. Metal Eden is a fantastic, addictive, and must-play first-person shooter for any action fan looking for an experience similar to DOOM: Eternal, but with a captivating personality all its own.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
With METAL EDEN, Reikon Games offers an intense and fun experience, where frenetic action, acrobatics, and a certain strategic approach to handling different situations come together perfectly. It's a game that rewards the player's skill and creativity, and demonstrates that the genre can still surprise us.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
When "Metal Eden" is fun, it's truly enjoyable. The battles are challenging and require full concentration and quick decision-making. At the same time, gameplay-wise, it's just a copy of other, better games and offers little that stands out.
Review in German | Read full review
Metal Eden can’t, nor it wants to hide its Doom Eternal inspiration in a more sci-fi theme, but it’s hard to fault a game for trying to live up to one of the best shooters ever made. Metal Eden is an adrenaline rush of a high speed shooter with excellent shooting, great traversal, lovely visuals and soundscapes, one that keeps throwing fancy new moves and brutal new weaponry to play with. It’s a short ride, ending just around 4 hours, and a couple technical gremlins and perhaps its lack of innovation may deny it a spot among the gods of the genre.