Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard Preview
- December 12, 2008 16:35 PM PST
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Duke Nukem move aside. Parodying a parody, Matt Hazard is the ultimate action hero badass.
Every once in awhile a game will come along that reminds you of a game that you used to play when you were a kid. Such is the case with Eat Lead, where Matt Hazard reminds me of Duke Nukem. The witty one liners, the comedic relief, and the kickass gameplay are what made Duke Nukem a star in the 1990s. But now he's a washed-up has been. Some might say the same about Matt Hazard, but the thing is that his story is completely made up. Fabricated.
Matt's getting too old to run and gun like the old 8-bit days. Now he's resorting to blind fire from cover positions.
Killing an Ego
That's the joke about Matt Hazard, that he used to be a huge star back in the good old 8-bit days when he starred in such big hits as The Adventures of Matt in Hazard Land, A Fistfull of Hazard, and his first jump to 3D in Matt Hazard 3D. Throughout the '80s and the 90's, Hazard was a huge star with lots of money and all the babes. Then in 2000, the owners of the Matt Hazard franchise sparked the beginning to an end by branching the Matt Hazard name into other genres. Haz-Matt Carts followed by Choking Hazard: Candy Gramm destroyed Hazard's career and left him a broken man.
But sulk not or feel empathy, for Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard is the legendary comeback of the franchise and will be Hazard's first leap onto the next-generation of consoles. "It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum," right, Matt?
Someone is hacking and spawning zombies from one of Hazard's previous games. Who could be behind this hacker madness?
You Only Live 1,317 Times
Already Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard sounds like an awesome game to me. And I can guarantee that it only gets better when you see it in action. It's a third-person shooter with a cover system that looks a lot like Gears of War 2. You can aim down the sites, blind fire, and all that jazz. But the best part is the humor. For one, Matt Hazard is voiced by none other than funny-man Will Arnett from Arrested Development, and the villain is Neil Patrick Harris of Doogie Houser, M.D. fame. Secondly, one minute you're fighting black-tie mobsters and the next you're fighting zombies, or even cowboys.
Apparently, you find out that someone is hacking the game and spawning enemies from previous Matt Hazard games (which are completely fictional, remember). When the spawning occurs, you can watch the enemies assimilate through a cool Matrix-like effect.
Matt Hazard is on GamePro's radar in a big way. Hey, if we can't get our Duke Nukem fix, then we'll get it somewhere else. And so far, things look promising for the comeback of the decade. Cheers to you, Matt Hazard, may your return be even more explosive than weapons of Matt destruction. Keep your web browsers locked on GamePro.com for more Matt Hazard updates, and check out these sites for more Matt Hazard news.
http://www.weaponsofmattdestruction.com/
http://blogs.ign.com/MattHazard/
http://therealmatthazard.wordpress.com/
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- Dec 29 2008 at 05:23:59:AM PST
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looks like a good game, pitty about the duke comments........ but hey he'll come back, i know he will
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