# Metal Slug: Awakening-Season7 — user reviews > 993 indexed App Store user reviews of Metal Slug by HaoPlay Limited, rated 4.80/5 from 17,412 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metal-slug-awakening-season7/id6475638448/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metal-slug-awakening-season7/id6475638448.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 15,687 · 4★ 965 · 3★ 293 · 2★ 117 · 1★ 350 ## What do users think of Metal Slug? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Nostalgic and fun gameplay - 👍 Great graphics and visuals - 🚀 Quick progression and upgrades - 👍 Faithful to the original Metal Slug series **Cons** - 🐛 Server issues and connectivity problems - 🔋 High battery consumption - 🔒 Lack of controller support - 💰 Monetization and pay-to-win concerns **Commonly reported bugs** - Servers not ready at launch - Inability to aim up - Disappearing progress and account resets - Inconsistent rewards and bugs in events **Most requested features** - Controller support - More content and events - Improved customer support - Better balance between free-to-play and paid progression ## Newest reviews (10 of 993) ### 3/5 — Backbone support *2026-08-17, version 1.20.1* Just wanted to know if the backbone will ever be supported with the game ### 3/5 — No controller support *2026-06-30, version 1.20.1* Doesn’t work with a controller. Only on-screen controls. ### 3/5 — Add controller support! *2026-05-30, version 1.17.0* Love Metal Slug, would love it even more if controller support was added. ### 4/5 — Eh *2026-05-08, version 1.17.0* It’s kinda ghetto and I don’t like the graphics. I feel like a classic pixelated art style would be better ### 3/5 — Need controller support *2026-03-27, version 1.17.0* This game needs controller support would make it much better ### 1/5 — Guns *2026-03-19, version 1.17.0* I need to change my gun ### 4/5 — Controller *2026-03-18, version 1.17.0* Amazing game but it doesn’t support backbone controller , is any update for that ? ### 3/5 — No game controller options !? *2026-02-07, version 1.17.0* What do you mean I can’t use my back bone to play !!? ### 1/5 — Tons bug *2026-02-05, version 1.17.0* Timi doesn’t care about players and the community ### 1/5 — It is not compatible with the Backbone controller. *2026-02-04, version 1.17.0* Buying this game is a bad idea because it can only be played in touchscreen mode, it's not compatible with the Backbone controller, and not everyone likes playing in touchscreen mode 😔 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sucks donkey balls *2026-08-07, version 1.20.1* Was great till it wasn’t it. Got most of my guns legendary plus legendary characters and then all of a sudden it reset back to square one. So I deleted it and reinstalled it and it gave everything back. Then later on it reset again I wrote support for help and guess what they didn’t even contacted me. So ya it sucks ### 1/5 — Good game, but only on PC *2026-08-03, version 1.20.1* Y’all dropped the ball with the mobile release the touch controls being the only way to play it. This needs controller support like the PC version! Playing a run & gun game on mobile where touch controls cover the screen is a terrible idea! ### 1/5 — Cada ves el juego está más lento *2026-07-24, version 1.20.1* Arrglen el juego en cada modo está cada ves más lento es bien estresante ### 1/5 — Beyond pathetic pay to play game *2026-07-10, version 1.20.1* Truly sad to see what over a decade of an amazing game has come to be a pathetic pay to play, pay to progress, android, cheating, beyond boring, embarrassing to the label of “Metal Slug”. Your game designers should be absolutely embarrassed your project managers need to retire and never attempt to work in the video game industry ever again. ### 1/5 — 2 hours..? *2026-06-02, version 1.20.1* 2 hours for an update is insane Also the devs make you click nonsense a minimum of 10x times more than needed Definitely going to delete the app after playing for almost 2 years ### 1/5 — Regular *2026-05-21, version 1.17.0* No sirve mucho gastar ### 1/5 — Backbone controller support *2026-05-18, version 1.17.0* Please allow controller support as it’s a better way of experiencing this childhood game ### 1/5 — Avoid this game *2026-05-12, version 1.17.0* This game is not even a Pay to win. Because even if you pay, they still don’t make it worth it. ### 1/5 — Abomination *2026-04-29, version 1.17.0* This is not metal slug. It is awful and the art direction is lost to me. No pixels but the characters look like they did but smoothed out. They looked like that because of the pixels before. Now they look ridiculous. Took forever for this to install and I guess it’s because of the micro transactions menus upon menus and “lunar” new year garbage. How do you jump from burlap green fatigues to expensive silk outfits. This is an absolute disaster of a game. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-04-02, version 1.17.0* 15 minutes of repeated updates and downloads to just start playing. Not worth the time. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The best *2026-08-01, version 1.20.1* It doesn’t get much better than this honestly one of my personal favorites ### 5/5 — LA _ X *2026-07-13, version 1.20.1* LA _ _ _ _ _ QUILLO , NOS PISA ### 5/5 — Can't sign in to account by google acc a week already *2026-06-25, version 1.20.1* My acc Vip 11 is gone !??? Fix that thing ### 5/5 — Nostalgia *2026-06-12, version 1.20.1* Hay cositas interesantes 🔥🔥 ### 5/5 — Metal Slug Awakening *2026-06-10, version 1.20.1* Very addicting with awesome nostalgic graphics, Server NA 030 Euphoria we are the best clan join today!! ### 5/5 — NEW,OLD, And DIFFERENT VERSIONS *2026-06-02, version 1.20.1* My favorite game right now. ### 5/5 — Goooooood *2026-06-01, version 1.20.1* لعبة جميلة تستحق 10 نجوم ### 5/5 — Add controller support *2026-05-13, version 1.17.0* Please add controller support ### 5/5 — Amazing mate *2026-04-16, version 1.17.0* This game is so good and a definitely child hood throwback love it never leave reviews but for this game I had to ### 5/5 — Me *2026-02-16, version 1.17.0* Yes --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*