Metal Max Xeno

The PS4 game is a post-apocalyptic RPG by Metal Max Xeno in the Japanese developer behind Kadokawa Games with NIS America publishing. The title is part of the long-running Metal Max series, which mixes car combat with more traditional role-playing elements. A desolate, dying world where humanity is on the verge of extinction and you have to fight brutal beasts in order to solve this planet's deepest secrets.

Gameplay and Mechanics

It will feature an open-world setting and gameplay with exploration, combat, and vehicle customization as its main theme. The game features players exploring a post-apocalyptic world with tanks they can customize, and engaging in turn-based battles against enemies. Some of the key features and mechanics include:-

Vehicles and Combat: Players can buy tanks, upgrade them with weapons and armor. Each vehicle in the game has its own strengths and customization possibilities.

Minecraft is all about exploration: the game looms with open-world promise. Hidden treasures, new vehicles and story elements are dotted around the wasteland for players to find

Strategic, Turn-Based Battles: Combat in the game is a cross between turn-based strategy and real-time action. Players shape their tanks with powerful weapons including cannon shots, secrets orders that change upcoming positioning on either team! It attunes you to challenging yourself with your approach and tools.

Party System - Group up with other players to join the same quest Every ally has abilities and background that enrich the party dynamics & battle plans.

Visuals and Sound

As a game about exploring the wasteland and launching random open-world tank battles, Metal Max Xeno knows its audience. So the environments are detailed with destroyed cities, empty deserts and provisional shelters to set this hopeless atmosphere. Though in a dark environment, the game always maintains an interesting exploration because of vibrant and different landscapes.

Extending the atmosphere to sound design, a fitting musical score plays in the background that highlights themes of isolation and survival. The voice acting is mostly Japanese, which gives you a feel of their real characters and interaction.

Reception and Community Response

There have been mixed reviews for Metal Max Xeno among reviewers and players. Critics cited the game's setting, and praised its varied vehicular customization and combat mechanics. If you were to break it all down, the game's tanks and what players are capable of doing with them might be its strongest feature.

However, criticisms include repetitive gameplay and lack of enemy variety or mission objectives. And while its story is indeed interesting, it was criticized for not being as gripping as other RPGs, and some narrative elements were condemned to be underdeveloped.

Similar Games

If this game tickles your fancy, also try:

Mad Max (PS4, Xbox One &PC): A Video Game Offering Open-world Action-adventure Gameplay In The Post-apocalyptic Environment Set On Vehicular Combat and Exploration.

Fallout 4 (PS4, Xbox One, PC): An open world post-apocalyptic RPG with focus on exploration & base building.

Wasteland 3 (PS4, Xbox One, PC): A tactical RPG where you assume control of a convoy full of the sane and seemingly insane in an attempt to hold onto hope after broadcasting for help all throughout post-apocalyptic Colorado.

Borderlands 3 (PS4, Xbox One, PC): The art style of these games is colorful and appealing but the thing that stands out about this series other than its humor in general are it's super large loot system to customize your character with.

Conclusion

If you are not aware, Metal Max Xeno is a story-driven post-apocalyptic JRPG with strategic vehicular combat and open-world exploration. But it makes up for that with its customization and moody atmosphere. Most fans of the Metal Max series and those in search for a different experience with RPGs will probably find its unique charm to be well worth playing.

If you like deep and customizable combat where your rag-tag motley crew of heroes do battle against mechanical beasts in an apocalyptic dungeon crawling metropolis...well, yeah.