Metallic Child

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  • Summary: METALLIC CHILD is a rogue-lite, core-action game, featuring Rona, an android known as "Metallic Child," taking place in a space laboratory in the latter part of the 20th century.

    A large-scale rebellion has taken place in the space laboratory Life Stream. All robots aboard, with the    METALLIC CHILD is a rogue-lite, core-action game, featuring Rona, an android known as "Metallic Child," taking place in a space laboratory in the latter part of the 20th century.

    A large-scale rebellion has taken place in the space laboratory Life Stream.

    All robots aboard, with the exception of Rona and Pan, are conspiring to crash Life Stream into planet Earth.

    Rona has stood up to stop this plot, and you will be the one to guide Rona by remotely operating her through this "game."    … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Digital Chumps
    Oct 4, 2021
    80
    Metallic Child doesn’t really suffer from anything aside from its lengthy dungeon crawls. Even then, the frenetic melee combat and constantly shifting nature of its core mechanic provide many avenues for players to maximize their time. Compact rooms mean that challenges are never too difficult and can be cleared rapidly. Mostly, though, I was surprised by the game’s charming take on narrative perspective and the colorful worlds that really popped on the Nintendo Switch. It might not be the most traditional spin on a roguelike but Metallic Child offers enough action and bosses to entertain you for quite some time.
  2. Nintendo Life
    Sep 20, 2021
    80
    Metallic Child delivers a compelling, dialogue-packed and seemingly fully-voiced quasi-roguelite anime adventure with quite some aplomb, and is certainly an impressive achievement from apparent solo dev Studio HG. The price is right and it's only some issues with repetitive gameplay that bring the title down a little. There's plenty to see and do and a meaty adventure to get stuck into, with "achievements" to unlock and permanent incremental upgrades to purchase with dropped currency as you smash your enemies to pieces. An impressive debut that's very clearly made by someone who understands how important feedback is to a game like this; it's a slick, exciting robot-smashing fest for your Switch.
  3. Hey Poor Player
    Sep 20, 2021
    70
    I really was hoping to score METALLIC CHILD more highly. It’s a fun and challenging game full of heart and creativity. But ultimately, the various poor design choices and outright glitches I encountered kept if from a better score. That said, the game is still well worth the price of admission and has plenty to keep you coming back for more. If you’re a fan of rogue-likes and want something new to spend some time with, I’d check METALLIC CHILD out.
  4. TouchArcade
    Sep 29, 2021
    70
    There is a lot of potential here and despite the glitches and bugs I encountered, Metallic Child is worth getting if you’re a fan of action games and are after something new on Nintendo Switch. After a few updates addressing these issues, Studio HG’s newest release will be an essential for fans of action games and roguelites.
  5. GamingTrend
    Oct 5, 2021
    65
    I can’t pretend like I didn’t have any fun with Metallic Child and honestly I should probably give it more credit for getting me to play it to its conclusion, even though I usually skip games of this genre. But it has a repetitive nature, game breaking bugs, and heavy handed poorly paced story.

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  1. NindieSpotlight
    Dec 17, 2021
    8
    OK, so to start I’ll admit that just on paper I was already rooting for Metallic Child a bit. An anime-style roguelike beat-em-up brawler?OK, so to start I’ll admit that just on paper I was already rooting for Metallic Child a bit. An anime-style roguelike beat-em-up brawler? Yes, please! OK, so the story feels a bit to filler-y and getting down to business took longer than I would have preferred. Add to that the fact that the style is more grindy than technique-driven and the tendency to get down to button mashing in places feels a bit inevitable. To boot, I’ll admit that in order to maintain the hectic pacing of things I didn’t usually do much thinking when encountering power cores and upgrades, rolling with my gut and letting the chips fall as they may. The thing is, even with those observations and criticisms it’s still a damned fun time and will keep you challenged to refine your techniques with the different weapons and equipment you can find to stay alive and keep going. It may be a bit on the chaotic side, even among its brethren in the roguelike action space, but it still delivers some intense fun if you’re game for it.

    https://www.nindiespotlight.com/2021/10/mini-reviews-october-7th-edition.html    … Expand
  2. Apolidix
    Jun 27, 2023
    8
    Satisfying combat although sometimes overwhelming but challenging at the same time. Too short and too predicted a story but also simple enoughSatisfying combat although sometimes overwhelming but challenging at the same time. Too short and too predicted a story but also simple enough to make sense and enjoy the gameplay.… Expand