TVGB writes: "Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, the upcoming third-person shooter from Vicious Cycle Software and D3 Publisher, is a game for gamers. That may sound retardo to you because who else are games for? What I mean is it's loaded with references and in-jokes that only seasoned, hardcore gamers will fully understand and appreciate. Finally, 20+ years of useless knowledge will prove to be of use in something other than Trivial Pursuit at drunken gatherings.
To start my hands-on, I was shown the opening cinematic with Matt Hazard (voiced by Will Arnett) giving his life story about the meteoric rise in videogames he made from the 8-bit days into the world of 3D shooters and subsequently his downward spiral of shovelware, kart racing and crappy, non-violent water gun-based affairs. It's full of references to games like Duke Nukem, GoldenEye and Mario Kart that perfectly sets the tone for what's ahead and shows it's as serious as a bear riding a tricycle. For the record, bears riding trikes are awesome."
Can you judge a video game by its bad, sometimes bonkers box art? More often than not.
The Phalanx cover I do remember well, to be fair it did show a star ship on the cover too.
The worst box art in recent memory was the Doom 2016 one. That cover was depressingly generic.
We groan at the cheese. Also, The Master of Disguise.
One of our newest writers Ewan takes a look at the gaming past and with that we present to you, Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard – Forgotten But Not Gone!
The gameplay is good enough to make the funny stuff worth while.