It's Hazard time... again

[Dr. Boogie]

It came out today on Live.


I like it. It plays a lot like Metal Slug, but without vehicles. Bullets are big, flashing things that move relatively slowly. When enemies get too close, you can melee them. The main addition is that you can attack enemies in the background by holding a button and moving yourself into position, at which point some minor autoaiming kicks in.

Difficulty-wise, it is pretty brutal. Even on the default difficulty, it's hard to make it through a stage without using a continue, simply because of the tricky set pieces and brand new stuff that's sprung on you from time to time.

It's still just as funny as the original, though. Tons of awful wordplay from the main character, and a host of new game parodies from more modern titles like Bioshock and Mirror's Edge. The only difference is that now, there's a decent game attached to all this comedy.