![]() ![]() There were many times where I was blasting craters of flesh out of leather jackets with the shotgun, quickly discarding it in favour for something a bit more automatic, then hitting the driving range with the old faithful crowbar while on the hunt for more lead to spend. One thing I did particularly like was how I rarely ever packed the same weapon for too long. There’s a vast amount of toys on offer too, with C4 being one of my favourites, especially when timing the detonator to set off under an aggressive dune buggy to help establish those more expressive moments. The player can hide in doorways or take shelter from gunfire behind props laid around futuristic run-down streets, making the back and forth argument of bullets seen in so many action films feel all the more authentic.Īll three controllable characters have the ability to quickly dash around the joint in a similar fashion to something like Katana ZERO, setting up some rather stylish possibilities as a result. While a simple and very vertical run-and-gun affair, the effort that has gone into setting the tone of a retro shootout has been well thought of. As for the gameplay that wraps around the characters, it generally reflects a mix between Contra and Mega Man as you move from left-to-right blasting holes into well-animated henchmen leading up towards a spectacle confrontation with the end of the level ring leader. While there’s really not a great deal of difference between how each character handles, the quick wit of one-liners that bring out their personalities will be the deciding factor of who the player will lean towards. The meanest chick in town with a sting as potent as Pam Grier’s Foxy Brown. Finally, my personal favourite, Anna Conda. Then there’s John Sawyer, the alloy-jawed Duke “Jack Burton” Nukem type fellow who’s been a man ever since he was a boy. Take Mow Man, for instance, a full-on cyborg programmed with the merciless traits of RoboCop and the table manners of C-3PO. You play as one of three badass bounty hunters with names that balance a fine line between B-movie action heroes and XXX adult film stars. Inspired by a grimy dystopian future so frequently portrayed by the world of R-Rated movies of the late ’70s to early ’90s, Trigger Easy’s Huntdown pretty much cradles every action cliché under the sun in a Moses basket full of leather, gunpowder and pixels.Īs you would expect when predicting the future through the eyes of the ’80s, the world has descended into chaos splitting a division between crooks, powerful giant enterprises, and relentless mercenaries taking the law into their own hands. Which, come to think of it, is no surprise when taking into account that many of today’s developers and filmmakers were more than likely born and raised in such an influential time for home entertainment. The VHS era has certainly become quite a common trend during the last couple of years. ![]()
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