Gun Metal (video game)

Gun Metal is a shooting video game released in 2002 for the Xbox and Microsoft Windows. The player pilots a transformable prototype combat vehicle. The game was developed by Rage Games, a studio that is now closed.

The story takes place during a future war on the human colony planet Helios. Enemy spacecraft from Earth have pursued the colonists and are trying to wipe them out.

The Project Gunmetal initiative created a powerful war machine. In its primary form, it is a walking humanoid mech dozens of feet tall, equipped with 24 weapons and an electronic shield. With a button press, it transforms into an advanced fighter jet.

In gameplay, the player controls this vehicle, called the Havoc Suit in mech form and the Havoc Jet in plane form. Each form can independently use about four weapons from a total arsenal of 24, which includes napalm, pulse cannons, harpoons, and rockets. The game has 14 missions, each with objectives to complete. As the player progresses, new weapons unlock, allowing different loadouts and increasing replayability.

According to the review aggregation website Metacritic, the Xbox version received "mixed" reviews.