Kadokawa Games·Released Mar 26, 2020·Single player
A remake of Metal Max Xeno, released on PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 in 2018, using a new engine with reworked/updated game systems. Planned for Winter 2019 in Japan on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
While it might seem like our gripes outnumber the improvements in Xeno Reborn, this is still a weird, unique, and overall enjoyable entry point into the Metal Max world. Squad-based, single-player tank-centric games (set in a post apocalyptic world) are few and far between, to put it mildly, so this is still worth your time. And to their credit, instead of simply moving on to a sequel (which they're doing as well in Metal Max: Wild West), Cattle Call and 24Frame took the time to improve on the foundation laid by Metal Max Xeno, to ambitious if flawed results in Xeno Reborn. You can't fault the teams for the effort made, and whether they were totally successful or not, the whole of Metal Max Xeno Reborn is still greater than the sum of its parts.
