Matt Hazard is one of those countless Duke Nukem clones that’s recently spawned up, but unlike most other, the Matt Hazard games take it lighthearted, and most of all, make fun of the games industry. While the retail version of Matt Hazard, called Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, somewhat disappointed and didn’t live up to the hype, the Xbox Live Arcade version, Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond, is, above all, an excellent homage to the side scrolling shooters of the 80s.
The story of Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond goes as this: Matt Hazard, the video game character, goes back in time and revisits the games he was in earlier, in the 80s, in order to prevent a evil corporation to take over the establishment and delete him as a character. As far as story goes, the game at least has something interesting going for itself, and is certainly not shy of acting self-aware. Read the rest of the review






