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Taken elements from Capcom's previous arcade brawlers Power Stone, Power Stone 2, Spawn: in the Demon Hand merges them into a sexy-frantic-explosive-extravaganza of a multiplayer title for the late Sega Dreamcast.
Based on the Comic / Movie series Heavy Metal set with actual Heavy Metal soundtrack to boot. Comes the sexually charged artwork derived with all the elements to accompany Teenagers in there adolescence years - with one fighter resembling actress Angelna Jolie.
Take Cyber Troopers Virtual-On controls with auto-lock on enemies and air-dashes, and toss around large explosives set in a large arena you have HeavyMetal: Geomatrix. With the controls of Cyber Troopers Virtual-On and Spawn, with crates and items from Power Stone series. Each fighter has a special weapon initially.
Game modes include single player, team mode, Co-up single player, and versus. The controls are relatively simple, and only consist of two attack buttons - and a jump (one camera maneuver) But if you think for a second this is going simple to defeat: It took me two hours to complete single player mode!
It's ridiculously difficult (set on medium) when the PC pits you against two fighters at the same time with no one else on your team. The gameplay is a bit unbalanced with certain weapons, and there is the occasional delay when attacking as well.
Far from a polished product, Capcom rushed its deal with Heavy Metal and brought over a half-assed title - the worst part having zero features to unlock. That is right, no gallery, hidden characters etc.
The soundtrack composed of actual Metal tunes that is worth listening to.
Model, level, item designs were amazing. Only fault would be the water reflections that were clearly past-gen techniques.
Again, fun little button-masher brawler that has its errors (delay, unbalanced gameplay) Although single play will not let you down in difficulty. The controls overall are unresponsive, slow, and muggy.
Since this was released as a budget title, I would still recommend it for its multiplayer mode. By far it is not as smooth as Capcom's counterparts (Power Stone, or Spawn for that matter) but it does bring the fun, once your multiplayer craving comes back.
6/10
