Hello Friends,

Today i will review the game METAL MAX XENO REBORN. This is a remake of a game that was released on the PlayStation 4. It also is the only Metal Max game on steam from the series. There are many games in this series. Unfortunately, they are not on steam.

This game features a hero with a metal arm that goes around in tanks to defeat giant biological weapons. After finding a base of operation, characters will join the main hero to fight giant robotic biological creatures. The settings is in a post apocalyptic world taken over by machines. There are findable weapons and tanks around the world the hero can find, including other characters that can join the fight against the machines.

One of the few jrpg's that feature modern guns and tanks. Some of the weapons and guns are sci fi though, so all of them are not realistic. Alot of people do not like this version because the original version had more storyline and interaction between the characters and the main hero. Because of this, many other steam users have given this a negative review due to the differences in versions. I personally treated this as a different game than the original one i played on ps4.

Everything in this game is moddable except the weapons characters equip while walking around. Any part on the tanks are moddable, if you have the correct parts to mod it. This includes any cannon's, engines, machine guns, and Special Cannon's. This can help make the tanks much more powerful, but the player must keep on eye on the weight and not go over the limit of weight for the tank.

There are also dungeons where you have your characters walk around and hunt monsters and items. These can be super long or super short. There are also debris blocking parts of the dungeon where the characters need a certain level of strength to destroy them. This makes multiple playthrough of the games if a person wants to fully explore a dungeon. Anyways, here is my PROS and CONS list:

PROS:

- One of the METAL MAX series games.

- A post apocalyptic JRPG that features tanks and modern day weapons.

- The ability to mod the tanks, from paint jobs to equipment strength.

- Different characters to find and rescue around the destroyed ruins of Dystokio.

- Dungeons to explore on foot can be found through the game.

- Giant enemy robots and WANTED enemies that are quite hard.

- A controller is required. This game does not allow you to play with keyboard and mouse. I used a Zen Pro Switch controller.

- Works on windows 11 operating system.





CONS:

- Some of the changes from the ps4 version made some fans of the original game very mad about the changes. I personally treated this is a new game, instead of a remake.

- There are translation errors on certain enemies that are still in Chinese, even if you have language set to English.

- The storyline in the original version of the game is more flushed out, while this one cut parts of it. They traded it off by adding a new character.




Do I recommend this game? Considering this is the only current METAL MAX game on steam, i do recommend it, at least to try it. It is unlike other jrpgs as it features alot of modern weaponry and has tanks in it that are customizable and moddable. These facts make it a unusual rpg compared to other jrpgs found on steam. Many players who played the original version should not play this remake version as it will feel like they cut alot of the original game out. I personally hope in the future more metal max games appear on steam. If your on the fence about this game, buy it when it is on sale.