On this Day in Metal Max Xeno...

Michael Baker

I just picked this one up, and I haven't had a chance to mess with it yet, but I wanted get this blog started.

So, like I threatened to do in Q&A Quest #70, I'll be posting one item or event that happens during my playthrough every day, with as little context provided as possible. Absurdity is one of the goals here.

#1 - On this day in Metal Max Xeno... I opened the box and found that it actually has a real, on-paper game manual that isn't simply a single folded sheet. It's been a long time since I've seen a new game with one of these...

Michael Baker

#2 - On this day in Metal Max Xeno....

"Loading greeting protocol.... Greetings, human. And. Good death to you. *beep*"

"May the Tank be with you."

Slayer

I'm so glad you are doing this. I will check this often. Tanks a million!

Michael Baker

#3 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

I gave up on big-game hunting for the time being.

I met a girl who was hanging out by the skyscrapers.

Michael Baker

#4 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

I discussed certain moral quandaries not unrelated to the difficulty of getting bloodstains out of carpet.

Michael Baker

#5 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

I stood face-to-toenail with the great Saurus, and said "Nope, nuh-uh, not going to even try..."

Michael Baker

#6 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

Sewer rats and gators and fish men, oh my...

Michael Baker

#7 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

Dude looks like a lady.

Shaymin

So given the amount of drugs this game appears to be taking, should we pencil in a trip to rehab by day 23?

Michael Baker

Oh, so far it's not nearly so groovy or trippy as MM4 turned out to be. I think I have the weirdness tolerance to survive to the end.

Michael Baker

#8 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

My protagonist got a lesson in lip-reading at the library.

Michael Baker

#9 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

My mechanic got shot down, brutally.

Michael Baker

#10 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

The Extinction Quotient went up 10 points. X_X;

Michael Baker

#11 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

We have met the enemy, and he is monkey. With flamethrowers.

Michael Baker

#12 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

I went fishing for sharks in the sands near Roppongi, and caught myself a Mechalodon.

Michael Baker

#13 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

Oh, hey, a turtle! BOOM!
Oh, hey, another turtle! ZAP!
Oh, hey... oh... that's... one big turtle... BOOMZAPBANGPOWCRAPZINGBOOMWAAAAAAAAAH!

Don't mess with turtle power.

Michael Baker

#14 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

I faked out a shapeshifter.

Michael Baker

#15 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

In the grim, dark underbelly of the post-apocalyptic realms, sauruses travel in herds.

Michael Baker

#16 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

It's interesting to see how many Wanted monsters from previous games show up as regular, if difficult, encounters in this game.

Michael Baker

#17 On this day in Metal Max Xeno...

I had to put down a dog. He was a real helihound.

Cassandra Ramos

You killed Dogcopter?

Michael Baker

Hovering Nora, but close enough

Michael Baker

#18 This week in Metal Max Xeno...

I've made it to, and been wiped out by, the final boss, but the ongoing analog control stick problems I've been having are now progressed to the point that almost everything is unplayable. Until I finish exploring avenues to rectify this (apparently common) issue with my PS Vita slim, I'm afraid the game's getting shelved.

Slayer

Thank you for all your updates, Mr. B.