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Metal Warrior 4: Agents of Metal

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Metal Warrior 4: Agents of Metal

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    Overview

    Metal Warrior 4: Agents of Metal is a side-view action adventure by Lasse Öörni of Covert Bitops, first made for the Commodore 64 and converted by him to the Game Boy Advance in 2006. Three weeks after the events of Metal Warrior 3, Ian Smith and Joan Alder, known as Phantasm, stand at the gates of a deserted farm. They were called there by a phone call of ominous pig grunts and squeals and the voice of the bassist Lord Obskurius, and before long Ian is initiated into the Agents of Metal.

    You play Ian. You walk and climb through the levels, talk to people, search closets, carry weapons and supplies up to a weight limit, and pick your next destination on a map. Enemies notice you by sight and by sound, so sneaking, waiting for things to calm down and hitting from behind all help, and an enemy defeated without being killed is worth double points. There are 21 weapons besides your fists.

    The opening explains who Ian, Phantasm, Goat and the band Cyberpriest are, so you can start here without having played the first three games. On the Game Boy Advance the original 6502 game code runs on a small CPU and SID sound emulator written for it, while the GBA side draws the graphics and loads the levels.

    Made by
    Lasse Öörni (Covert Bitops), concept with Lionel Gendre, music by Harri Ahola, Lionel Gendre and others
    Released
    2006

    Controls guide

    Moving

    Button and keyAction
    Left / RightWalk; hold Up while walking to take stairs up instead of down
    UpClimb up
    DownCrouch, climb down, pick up the item you stand at; walking crouched is silent
    AX + Left / RightJump, also away from a ladder; press it against your motion as you hit a wall to wall-flip

    Fighting and items

    Button and keyAction
    BZ + D-padArrowsAttack left, right or diagonally; not every weapon reaches behind or diagonally
    BZ + Down / LAUse the selected item: first aid, armor recharger, upgrades; reloads a firearm
    BZ + Up / RSHold briefly to talk, open a door, work a switch, terminal or elevator; hold 1 second to drop the selected item
    StartEnterOpen the menu, and close it again

    Menus and talking

    Button and keyAction
    Left / RightSwitch between Game menu, Inventory and Status
    Up / DownMove in a menu, or look through your reply choices
    AXChoose
    BZ / StartEnterGo back, or return to the game
    AX / BZ / LA / RSNext line of a conversation

    Cheatsheet

    Difficulty

    Easy
    Less damage to you, fewer enemies, carry up to 25 kg
    Medium
    Normal damage and enemies, carry up to 20 kg
    Hard
    More damage and enemies, carry up to 15 kg

    Screen and status

    H
    Health; at zero the game is over. After near-fatal damage it refills to a third by itself
    A
    Armor power; works once you use your Agent gear, and takes most damage while it lasts
    Bottom left
    Score, selected item, and ammo as rounds in the magazine and magazines left
    VIT
    Vitality: health drains slower
    STR
    Strength: more carrying capacity and harder melee and thrown attacks
    ARMOR
    Armor class: more damage stopped before a recharge

    Ammunition

    9mm
    Pistols, submachine gun
    .44
    .44 Magnum
    5.56
    Automatic rifles
    7.62
    Sniper rifle
    12 gauge
    Shotguns
    Darts
    Dart gun
    Batteries
    Electronic stun gun

    In the world

    Flashing arrow
    Something you can use is under your feet
    Surgical unit
    Heal fully, or install vitality and strength upgrades
    Elevator
    Interact on its left half to go up, on its right half to go down
    Closet or shelf
    Holds one dropped item that stays when you leave; items dropped elsewhere vanish
    Save game
    Slots 1 to 6, plus an autosave at every level change

    Tips

    1. Fists, the baton, the dart gun and the stun gun don't kill, and a non-lethal takedown scores double.
    2. Hit guards from behind: surprise attacks get a damage bonus, and a baton can drop a guard in one blow.
    3. Reload before a fight with B + Down or L instead of in the middle of one.
    4. Dart wounds keep draining health through your armor and make you flash; a first aid kit stops it.
    5. Picking up every gun fills your weight limit fast; check Status for what you carry and drop what you don't use.
    6. Turn the music off in the Game menu to hear more sound effects, footsteps included.
    7. A new game overwrites the autosave, so save to a numbered slot as well.
    8. To return to an enemy installation from the map, first find and use its exit at ground level.