Metal Eden — Pre-Launch Mastery Guide, Demo Walkthrough & Lore Codex

Metal Eden is the kind of shooter that thinks gravity is a cute suggestion. You’re ASKA, a Hyper Unit built from digitized human psyche, speed-running the orbital city Moebius to rip enemy cores, clap armored heavies with Super Punch, and style on physics with wall-runs, ziplines, hover jets, and an “I’m-a-wrecking-ball” transformation. The full game lands September 2, 2025; the free demo gives you Mission 0 + Mission 1 to lab the flow now.

Don’t touch the floor—fly, rip, explode, repeat.

Movement Masterclass

Your fuel meter is a rhythm, not a bar. Spend it to hover, recharge with wall-runs, and route arenas using jump pads, grapples, and ziplines. Unlockable Combat Slow-Mo lets you take precision shots mid-run without killing speed.

• Dash → Wall-run → Hover is the holy trinity. Drill it.
• Vertical first: grab high ground, then sweep laterally; walls refuel, ziplines reset pressure.
• Don’t dodge off pads: ride the arc; save dodge for bullets, not boredom.

Core-Ripping 201

Core-ripping is your chaos engine. On unarmored targets, yank the core and decide:

• Rip → Throw: AOE boom for clusters/chokes.
• Rip → Consume → Super Punch: shreds armor and punts elites off catwalks.
• Magnetic & Eruption modules: vacuum multiple cores, then chain detonate for room deletes.

Build Paths You Should Try

• Iron Fist + Double Punch: melee bully — big radius, double-tap punches after one consume.
• Combat Focus + Synaptic Suppression: slow-mo sharpshooter with damage mitigation while time is soup.
• Magnetic Field + Core Eruption: core gremlin — pull many, pop many.

Weapons get spicy. The sidearm can evolve into homing for aerial chaos or a laser that melts plating.

Demo Walkthrough (Spoiler-Light)

Mission 0 — Boot Sequence

Practice pad → wall → grapple chains. Use basic Cleaners as core fuel. Try a zipline slow-mo burst to land mid-air triples. End with a consume → Super Punch on a plated brute to internalize the “armor answer.”

Mission 1 — Moebius Starts Biting

Find the shielder first. Throw a ripped core to thin the crowd, consume one for a Super Punch to strip the anchor, then route high and reset. When overwhelmed, vertical reset beats backpedal panic.

Ten Pro Tips That Actually Matter

1. Route like a speedrunner, brawl like a tank. Pick a loop and orbit it.
2. AOE for crowds, Super Punch for bullies. Don’t hoard cores; throw first, flex later.
3. Shoot while moving—toggle slow-mo on walls/zips, not on safe ground.
4. Use micro-landings to tick refuel without dropping momentum.
5. Spec the pistol to homing while learning movement; switch to laser once tracking is comfy.
6. Elites resisting extraction? Consume→Punch, then go back to detonation duty.
7. Run your loop backward once per arena. Mirrors hide crazy flanks.
8. Don’t dodge off launch pads; it bleeds speed.
9. Practice “no-floor clears.” Your instincts evolve.
10. In the demo, do one full run per build path to feel the difference.

World Lore: The Moebius Problem

Humanity didn’t just travel; we translated. Long-haul colonization meant storing minds as CORES — durable vaults for the psyche. One ark was Moebius, a mining citadel in orbit above the furnace world Vulcan. The Internal Defence Corps turned paradise to killbox; the Engineers now rule the ruins. You are ASKA, a Hyper Unit tuned by NEXUS to yank people out of the machine’s mouth.

Metal Eden — FAQ

Release, Platforms & Demo

Release: September 2, 2025 • Platforms: PC (Steam), PS5, Xbox Series X|S • Demo: Free on all three (includes Missions 0–1). Links below.