Metal Wolf Chaos

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Metal Wolf Chaos
Developer(s)	From Software
Publisher(s)	Microsoft
Platform(s)	Xbox
Release date	2004
Genre(s)	Third-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single player

Metal Wolf Chaos is a third-person shooter video game for the Microsoft Xbox that was released only in Japan. It was developed by From Software, who are responsible for Chromehounds and the Armored Core series of mecha games.

The game revolves around a fictitious President of the United States named Michael Wilson. Using a suit of powered armor, he battles forces who have taken over his country in a coup d'état, including his arch nemesis, Vice President Richard Hawk.

Unlike most games that are released exclusive to Japan, Metal Wolf Chaos has full English voice acting.

1 Plot
2 Demo
3 Reception
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Michael Wilson is the President of The United States of America. Vice President Richard Hawk decides to usurp Wilson's Presidency, and shifts the armed forces' loyalty to him and attacks Wilson with their support.

However, Wilson escapes from the White House in his powered armor, and after reaching Air Force One flies to the west coast of the United States. He then starts to take America back by liberating cities and outposts going from west to east.

When Wilson returns to the White House, Hawk isn't there. Wilson discovers that he's in Las Vegas and goes there to fight his usurper, but he escapes in a rocket and goes to a space station. Wilson and Hawk battle in space, with the President ultimately saving the United States of America from nuclear destruction and destroying his enemy.

[edit] Demo

The Official Xbox Magazine's Holiday 2004 issue's game disc (issue #39) has a hidden demo of the game. On the main screen of the demo disc, holding the left trigger and pressing left, X, Y, up, A, Y, B, up, down, down, Y, right, right, right, and then the Back button will unlock the demo. The directional pad should be used for all direction inputs, as the thumbsticks will not work. Once the code has been entered by pressing "Back", the left trigger can be released. All of the instructions for the control layout are in Japanese, but are not difficult to work out from the diagram and in-game context.

Weapons in the game demo include a cluster missile launcher, a dumb-fire rocket launcher, an M134, a SPAS-12 shotgun (double-size), and an M79 grenade launcher (also double-size). The powered armour that the President uses contains all of these weapons in shoulder pods. The President stands at approximately 10-12 feet high (based on the approximation of the enemy soldiers' heights to be 6 feet, and the armor's height to be just a few feet above that).

[edit] Reception

Despite not receiving a Western release, Metal Wolf Chaos has gained cult status in North America after a series of YouTube videos depicting the game's cheesy voice acting, nonsensical plot, and engrish quotes were released.