Wild Metal Country

Wild Metal Country is an action video game developed by DMA Design. The game was published by Gremlin Interactive and released for Microsoft Windows in May 1999. A Dreamcast port, known as Wild Metal, was released in February 2000 by Rockstar Games, which later also re-released the Windows version.

Wild Metal Country
Microsoft Windows cover art
Developer(s)DMA Design
Publisher(s)
Producer(s)Chris Stamp
Designer(s)Jeff Cairns
Programmer(s)Patrick Kerr
Artist(s)Jeff Cairns
Composer(s)Craig Conner
Platform(s)
Release
  • Microsoft Windows
    • EU: 15 May 1999
    • WW: 6 January 2004 (digital)
  • Dreamcast
  • 1 February 2000
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay
Two tanks engaged in combat

Wild Metal Country is an action game designed for single-player or multiplayer 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.

Release

Wild Metal Country was released for Microsoft Windows by Gremlin Interactive in Europe on 15 May 1999.[1][2] In co-operation with Matrox, subsequent releases of the game added bump mapping to enhance the game's graphical fidelity.[3] A Dreamcast port, under the name Wild Metal, was released by Rockstar Games on 1 February 2000.[4] In January 2004, the Windows version of the game, enhanced with compatibility for modern hardware, was re-released as part of Rockstar Games' "Rockstar Classics" series of freeware games, which had already included 1997's Grand Theft Auto and was available on the company's website.[5][6] Alongside Rockstar Games' entire catalogue of Windows games, Wild Metal Country was also released on digital distribution platform Steam in January 2008.[7][8]

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
DreamcastPC
AllGame[9][10]
EdgeN/A7/10[11]
EGM5.375/10[12]N/A
Game Informer3/10[13]N/A
GamePro[14]N/A
GameSpot3.7/10[15]N/A
GameSpy1.5/10[16]N/A
IGN8.3/10[17]N/A
Jeuxvideo.com6/20[18]11/20[19]
Next Generation[20]N/A
PC Gamer (UK)N/A67%[21]
Aggregate score
GameRankings52%[22]68%[23]

Greg Orlando reviewed the Dreamcast version of the game for Next Generation, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "War is hell, kid, and sometimes it's pretty darn ugly, too. But we sort of enjoy the smell of Wild Metal in the morning."[20]

Wild Metal Country and Wild Metal both received mixed reviews.[22][23] Writing for games website GameSpot, Ben Stahl concluded his review of the Dreamcast version with "this game had plenty of potential, but it turned out to be a boring shooter so frustrating that it's hardly worth a rental".[15]

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References
  1. Brooker, Charlie (May 1999). "Wild Metal Country". PC Zone. No. 76. Dennis Publishing. pp. 56–57.
  2. "Wild Metal Country sur PC" [Wild Metal Country on PC]. Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. "Supporting the G400". Edge. No. 78. Future Publishing. November 1999. p. 67.
  4. White, Matt (1 February 2000). "Wild Metal Deployed". IGN. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. Calvert, Justin (6 January 2004). "Wild Metal Country now free". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. Bramwell, Tom (7 January 2004). "Wild Metal joins Rockstar Classics". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. Bergfeld, Carlos (4 January 2008). "Rockstar Games' Entire PC Catalog Arrives on Steam". Shacknews. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  8. Bramwell, Tom (6 January 2008). "Rockstar's games on Steam". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  9. Licata, Jonathan. "Wild Metal: Reclaim the Future". AllGame. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  10. Smith, Nick. "Wild Metal Country [European]". AllGame. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  11. Edge staff (March 1999). "Wild Metal Country". Edge. No. 70. Future Publishing.
  12. EGM staff (2000). "Wild Metal". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis.
  13. "Wild Metal". Game Informer. No. 85. FuncoLand. May 2000.
  14. iBot (3 February 2000). "Wild Metal Review for Dreamcast on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  15. Stahl, Ben (28 April 2000). "Wild Metal Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  16. Subskin (13 February 2000). "Wild Metal". PlanetDreamcast. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2008.
  17. White, Matt (31 January 2000). "Wild Metal". IGN. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  18. la_redaction (17 March 2000). "Test de Wild Metal sur DCAST" [Review of Wild Metal on DCAST]. Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  19. lightman (10 June 1999). "Test de Wild Metal Country sur PC" [Review of Wild Metal Country on PC]. Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  20. Orlando, Greg (April 2000). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 3 no. 4. Imagine Media. p. 82.
  21. "Wild Metal Country". PC Gamer (UK). Future Publishing. 1999.
  22. "Wild Metal for Dreamcast". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  23. "Wild Metal Country for PC". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

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