The black sheep Metal Slug, and honestly the soundtrack is way better than the game deserved. Moving to 3D meant the composers had to rethink everything, and "Weapons Free Arrange" reimagines the classic Metal Slug sound with a PS2-era fullness that actually works.
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"Desert Town" has this gritty, sun-baked tension to it, the kind of track that makes you forget you're playing a mediocre third-person shooter. "Underground Ruins" goes full ominous, ditching the series' usual funk for something genuinely eerie.
The whole thing feels like a Metal Slug score trying to grow up. If you want to hear what happens when SNK's composers get experimental with a familiar formula, this is it.