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METAL SLUG 3
SNK CORPORATION · 870 ratings · ★ 3.5
3.5
★★★★★
870 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 59 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
1
"game"
29 negative reviews mention this · 49% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Metal slug 3. The game is good but the controls are bad I had a hard time moving my character around" - Mo457$$
2
"controls"
21 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Metal slug 3. The game is good but the controls are bad I had a hard time moving my character around" - Mo457$$
3
"control"
12 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Metal slug 3. The game is good but the controls are bad I had a hard time moving my character around" - Mo457$$
4
"play"
11 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unplayable Controls. Controls are so clunky this game is impossible to control effectively. Wish I could get a refund here." - Milesnbond
5
"doesn"
11 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Controls make it unplayable. I was stoked to play the game, but it is indeed unplayable with the control system. It needs to - at least - not stop reading your finger and operate by floating. Ofc this could not replace the stick but it would make it playable. However t…" - Cro0kD_T
6
"work"
11 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Joystick doesn’t work. C button does work basically grenadeless" - somberlink
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"update"
11 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Save your money unless you’re very bored. Good lord I saw people complain about the controls but I didn’t think they would be this bad.. the game doesn’t register a lot of the button taps and don’t even bother trying to have a fair game with the games analog stick, please for all t…" - MetaMikeG
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"joystick"
8 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "El joystick no sirve. El joystick se traba y no se puede jugar,te matan muy rápido porque no te puedes mover" - Danny_luk4
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"button"
8 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Joystick doesn’t work. C button does work basically grenadeless" - somberlink
10
"unplayable"
7 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unplayable Controls. Controls are so clunky this game is impossible to control effectively. Wish I could get a refund here." - Milesnbond
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"doesn work"
7 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
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"controller"
7 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No controller compatibility. A few minor issues with the playability, very fun game, the bigger is no compatibility with any controller on the market, tried a few but not success, such a quick fix wouldn’t have to take so long to get if" - Xavo4all
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El joystick no sirve
El joystick se traba y no se puede jugar,te matan muy rápido porque no te puedes mover
Unplayable Controls
Controls are so clunky this game is impossible to control effectively. Wish I could get a refund here.
Controls
Game is great but controls are terrible. Makes the game unplayable.
bad controls
bad controls
Yet again amazing game trash port unplayable
Scam likely
Queja
Son los peores controles que e jugado en toda mi vida
Terrible Controls
The controls are terrible. My guy will constantly stop and would kill me. It happens so much…. Please fix this..
Game is great but the controls are garbage
The control pad is small and hard to maneuver. You’ll end up dying every time even on easy mode. Fix it you lazy sack of air
Cuando entro a metal slug 3 y le doy Arcade la app se cierra por completo
Pesimo!!
No good
Game has not sound , volume doesn’t work 👎
Horrible.
Absolutely horrible. I LOVED metal slug X as a kid. The controls were literally the dumbest idea possible. If you move outside of the control stick area, it does not continue moving. Would have been wholly prevented, and would have likely made this game a 5 star game, had they made it a hold and drag controller that actually worked no matter how far you moved your thumb from the “joystick” area. It’s almost like 6 year olds set this up for mobile.
Problem connecting to multiplayer with iPhone and android
How do I play in multi player mode? I have an iPhone and it tells me to turn off Bluetooth. And my friend has an android and says to turn off wifi. We can’t seem to connect.
Needs an update, don’t buy it
Needs an update, don’t buy it
This game needs to be updated immediately
I’ve been running into a problem when I reset the virtual joysticks. I clicked reset and now the joysticks are way smaller than before and they’re stuck like that. This is the worsts glitch ever, click reset and now you can’t play because the size of the joystick won’t go back to normal.
Can’t throw bombs with wireless controllers?
DO IT RIGHT OR DON’T DO IT!
Horrible game don’t download
The controllers do not work right. You literally cannot enjoy playing the game because you cannot fully control the character with the horrible pad design they added to the game.
Rip off since I can’t play it on iPhone 12 Pro
Can you please update it
Can’t even play it on iPhone 12 Pro and I love this game !!!
Can’t even play it on iPhone 12 Pro and I love this game !!!
Not fully compatible with controllers
They should warn people that this game is not compatible with controllers, they shouldn’t be selling this game if you can’t use controllers with it.
fix it
It doesn’t work on my iphone 13 pro max. Please update the game
When connected to controller via Bluetooth there is no bomb button
Title says it all don’t buy unless you plan on playing with the touch controls and even then it’s a big pain
Plz fix
Grande button doesn’t work with mfi controllers.
it's a spectacular game
everything works fine all you have to do is fix the motion control I can't move properly
A let down
This game is good. However, no matter how hard I try, I can never get pass the third level. After passing that level, the game freezes and does not allow me to move forward. I have tried deleting and re-downloading the game but it just won’t work. I’ve also tried using other devices but it continues to fail. I don’t think it’s worth the money
Big bug
I can’t play anymore! YES LITERALLY CAN’T PLAY,
The controls are so big and I can’t move that’s socks because I pay for this game and now I can’t play? How I get my money back? I wish I can send a picture in this plataforma so y’all can see what I’m talking about.
The controls are so big and I can’t move that’s socks because I pay for this game and now I can’t play? How I get my money back? I wish I can send a picture in this plataforma so y’all can see what I’m talking about.
Controls
Fix the controls,put a joystick
Don’t buy it
Don’t waste ur money
Won’t be able to play it
Configuration sucksss
Won’t be able to play it
Configuration sucksss
Button layout Not working
Button layout is not working, cant play the game the buttons are too big please fix this already! Why did I pay for this?
Can’t play cause of the controls
The controls aren’t good!!!! It’s been a while they haven’t fixed yet !!!!!
Question
It has a problem controlling in this game. Pls fix it out
No lo compren ni pidan reembolso!!!
Gracias Apple por dejar que estas apps basura se encuentren en la app store. Vergüenza!!! Ni pidan reembolso porque estos idiotas de apple no te lo darán
Controls ?!?
I can no longer play the game button icons are gigantic and they can not be changed or edited?
iPhone XS ?
iPhone XS ?
Malos controles
No funcionan bien los controles no lo aconsejo
CONTROLS
Awful controls either I pay attention to game or to controls.
Always loved the game but these controls just made me give it a one star. Glad I only bought one game instead of the bundle.
Always loved the game but these controls just made me give it a one star. Glad I only bought one game instead of the bundle.
Mfi control user, no grenade button
Please~
Impossible to control
I love this game so much, but this port is an utter disappointment. It’s impossible to control the character’s movement, which is pretty important. If you don’t have a controller to plug in, forget about it.
This game doesn’t saves I was excited in 5e final stage and I lost doesn’t safes map
I hate this game doesn’t safes the map what I really really wanted pls fix this game and it never fix it the developer needs to fix this game the developer never fix it before PLS. If you fix it devekepri I will say it is awesome and rate it five star
Joystick doesnt work.
Plz fix it
Doesn’t work with ios 11
Doesn’t work anymore
Dont work
UPDATE TO SUPPORT IOS 11!!!!!
UPDATE
You guys need to update this
Individual downloads too costly for SNK apparently
Not sure why I am still unable to download this on iOS 11 since I have purchased it already, thanks SNK I guess you are just that cheap 👎
😡😡😡
Doesn’t work with latest iOS update. Needs to be updated.
Great! Well....at first
App is no longer supported and hasn’t been for a while. Doesn’t run at all on ios11. A real shame.
Love the game but no update
I buy the game and now doesn’t work with iOS 11.2 so now I cannot play it this needs to be addressed
Metal slug 3
The game is good but the controls are bad I had a hard time moving my character around
Controls make it unplayable
I was stoked to play the game, but it is indeed unplayable with the control system. It needs to - at least - not stop reading your finger and operate by floating. Ofc this could not replace the stick but it would make it playable. However the app doesn’t seem to be changing any of the faults that users experience.
Joystick doesn’t work
C button does work basically grenadeless
No controller compatibility
A few minor issues with the playability, very fun game, the bigger is no compatibility with any controller on the market, tried a few but not success, such a quick fix wouldn’t have to take so long to get if
Save your money unless you’re very bored
Good lord I saw people complain about the controls but I didn’t think they would be this bad.. the game doesn’t register a lot of the button taps and don’t even bother trying to have a fair game with the games analog stick, please for all that is holy update the joy stick and make it bigger and more responsive. This game lives and dies by how well you can control your character and when the joy stick is this bad.. it just makes it unplayable. The port itself is fine, only crashed once on me so far. But yeah, please make the touch controls better.
Incomplete Controller Support
I was excited to relive this game on my iPad using my Xbox controller, but none of the buttons are mapped to throwing a bomb. Hoping they fix this, I hate using on screen controls.
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Sentiment summary
59%
Positive (4-5★)
8%
Neutral (3★)
33%
Negative (1-2★)