6.8 /10 1 Votes
6.4/10 GameSpot Developer Rage Software Platforms Microsoft Windows, Xbox | 7/10 Steam Initial release date June 2002 Mode Single-player video game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publishers Rage Software, Majesco, Zushi Games, Strategy First Genres Shooter game, Flight simulator Similar Rage Software games, Shooter games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gun Metal is a 3-D shooting game, released in 2002, for the Xbox and PC by the now defunct Rage Software Limited. The lead artist Nick Tipping and lead programmer Mark Featherstone on Gun Metal went on to form Moonpod.
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Gameplay
Gun Metal allows players to pilot a futuristic mech which can transform into a plane. The game is based around a war (sometime in the future) on a planet called Helios, where humans have settled. Enemy spacecraft have followed them from Earth and are attempting to exterminate the colony. Project Gunmetal is a massive operation which oversaw the creation of a supremely powerful war machine. In its primary form, a walking "humanoid" mech many dozens of feet high, it possesses a range of 12 weapons and an electronic shield. At the push of a button, it transforms into an advanced fighter jet reminiscent of a modern fighter jet. It also possesses 12 weapons, ranging from napalm, pulse cannons, harpoons and rockets.
Reception
The game received mixed reviews upon release, garnering a score of 63 out of 100 based on 17 reviews aggregated by the website Metacritic.
