Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond is a side-scrolling shooter, and a follow up to Canuckistan favourite, Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard. Much like Eat Lead, the gameplay is not the star. It is the amazing sense of humour throughout both of these titles which makes me such a big fan.
The gameplay is rather generic, and takes inspiration from classics such as Contra and Metal Slug. Basically, you just run right & shoot enemies. This isn't a negative though, as the gameplay is both fun and challenging (the most difficult setting is called "Fuck this shit", I just play it on "Wussy"). There are alot of jokes within the game too, often with the developers making fun of their low budget title.
Just like in Eat Lead, there are many homages to classic games within this title. Games such as Bioshock, Mirrors Edge & Super Mario Brothers receive tributes throughout this game.
Here is a trailer, which doesn't show much gameplay, but definately shows off the level of humour and tongue-in-cheek tone of the game.
Matt Hazard: BBB is available on XBLA & PSN for around $15. I do think this is a little pricey, but only overpriced by a few dollars. For the people with an Xbox 360, there is a free demo for this title, and I encourage you all to give it a go.
fuck thats funny
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