VGChartz's Evan Norris: "Rarely will a banner image tell you exactly what to expect from a video game. In the case of Metal Wolf Chaos XD, everything you need to know is right there—a mech holding a mini-gun, posed heroically against the United States flag. It's a perfect visual metaphor for a third-person mech shooting game with a huge arsenal of weapons and an over-the-top, satirical take on American jingoism. It's also an image that's probably unfamiliar to most, as Metal Wolf Chaos XD, an updated re-release of Metal Wolf Chaos, released exclusively in Japan in 2004 on Xbox, marks the first time the title has hit non-Japanese shores. Thanks to publisher Devolver Digital, porting company General Arcade, and original developer From Software, the game has arrived almost completely unaltered—minus some audiovisual touch-ups—which means players can experience the incendiary action, hilariously cheesy storyline, and uneven difficulty of the original game."