Flashback - Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
Who’s your Daddy? His name is Glitch. One small bot. Two big nuts of steel. Seventeen enormous weapons of destruction to take out a mechanical madman and save his planet. Metal Arms flashes in the Flashback series for July. Looking back at this game makes me realize why I enjoyed the movie Wall-E so much because the two look similar. It was one of the games I felt went overlooked but was a lot of fun. Vivendi Universal & Swingin Ape Studios gave the original Xbox a small, robotic hero.
His hands could be switched with any combination of weapon attachments that you came across. Switching attachments was a lot of fun. You could even take over enemies and control them with a fancy beam gun. And there was multiplayer action as well. Who doesn’t want to see Glitch make his way to the Xbox 360? I know I’d love it.
Flashback Game: Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
Released: November 1 2003
Platform: Xbox
Next-Gen Meter: High
You can check out some screenshots here. If you can find this title, it’s even backward compatible with the Xbox 360. Not a lot of you remember, but there were some hidden gems on the original Xbox.
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July 24th, 2008 at 9:57 am
I have this game for my GameCube. It’s a GREAT game, hidden gem, flew under the radar, etc. You can get this wicked cheap in the used bin.
July 24th, 2008 at 10:03 am
I absolutely love this game. It is such a shame that a sequel never came our way. After Blizzard acquired Swingin’ Ape Studios, they got put on “clean-up” duty for Starcraft Ghost, which has been yanked. It’s a shame because a sequel to Metal Arms could have been amazing.
July 24th, 2008 at 11:01 am
@Shoe - I totally agree man!
GameSpot Review: http://tinyurl.com/6h4oym
July 24th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Yeh i would love to see a sequel for this game
July 24th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I loved this one as well. I played through it at least 4 times because it was just so funny.
July 24th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Great game Deac… About time you pick a good one
I can give some suggestions, if you want… The Xbox has many good to great games, more than the 360. :p
July 26th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Excellent choice, this truly was a hidden gem.
July 27th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Metal Arms was awesome. I think I still have the game somewhere, I think.