Wild Metal Country

Wild Metal Country
Microsoft Windows cover art
Developer(s) DMA Design
Publisher(s)
Director(s) Jim Woods
Producer(s) Chris Stamp
Designer(s) Jeff Cairns
Programmer(s) Patrick Kerr
Artist(s)
  • Darren Baines
  • Gary Thomson
Composer(s) Craig Conner
Platform(s)
Release
  • 1999 (Windows)
  • February 2000 (Dreamcast)
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Wild Metal Country (known as Wild Metal on Dreamcast) is a action video game developed by DMA Design, first published by Gremlin Interactive in Europe for Microsoft Windows in 1999, with Infogrames North America publishing it in the United States shortly after. Following the game's acquisition by Rockstar Games, it was released in Europe for the Dreamcast on 1 February 2000, with the U.S. release following in the same month. In December 2003, alongside Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2, Wild Metal Country was made available to download for free on Rockstar Games' "Rockstar Classics" free download series.[1] The series was, however, taken down in late 2014.

Gameplay

Wild Metal Country is an action game designed for single-player or multiplayer LAN play, where the player can choose different types of tanks and fight with other tanks on different planets.

Plot

The game takes place in three planets of a Theric system where machines have gone out of control. They drove out the human population and took over the planets. The humans have finally regained the strength to recover their planets. In single player, the mission is to destroy the enemy, and, more importantly, recover the stolen power cores. In multiplayer mode, all the power cores in one of the other planets have been recovered. The team of bounty hunters that recovered them are now fighting among themselves for the loot and the credit.

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
DreamcastPC
AllGame[2]
CVG5.0/10
EGM5.37/10
GameSpot3.7/10[3]9/10
PC Gamer (UK)67/100
PC Zone79/100
Aggregate score
GameRankings51.98%[4]67.60%[5]

While the original Wild Metal Country received positive reviews, the Wild Metal Dreamcast reviews were far less positive. On GameRankings, Wild Metal Country holds a score of 67.60%,[5] while Wild Metal holds a score of 51.98%.[4] The GameSpot review of the Dreamcast port concluded that "[the] game had plenty of potential, but it turned out to be a boring shooter so frustrating that it's hardly worth a rental".[3]

References

  1. ↑ Adams, David (8 January 2004). "Rockstar Offers Wild Metal Country for Free". IGN. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Smith, Nick (1999). "Wild Metal Country [European] - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 12 December 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 Stahl, Ben (2 February 2000). "Wild Metal Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Wild Metal for Dreamcast". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Wild Metal Country for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

Further reading

  • Stone, Tim (31 July 2011). "Retrospective: Wild Metal Country". Eurogamer. Gamer Network.
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