TeamXbox writes: "Not since Bad Day L.A. has a game disappointed me as much as Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard did. Eat Lead isn't even in the same ballpark of suck that Bad Day L.A. was, but both games were built on a really funny concept that I hoped would be fertile ground for the writers to satirize videogames themselves, and neither came anywhere close to delivering on that promise.
Unlike Bad Day L.A., Eat Lead isn't a complete waste of time. In fact, there are some very likable elements to the gameplay, namely the cover system which is well designed if slightly buggy in implementation (aren't most cover systems?). The game is very challenging, imploring you to use the cover effectively, especially in boss fights that are more complex than just simple hammering away on a larger enemy. As shooters go it's definitely B-list. By no means a must-experience, but not a completely worthless affair that will make you break out in hives."
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!
