Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard had a great concept with a flawed execution, but there was enough there to justify taking another crack at it. This is a game available for download on the stores of the respective console shops, and is scaled down budget game but I think that's a good call to make. Forsaking a semi-problamatic 3D shooter in favor of a 2D sidescroller (with 3D models) works well for functionality, and the nostalgia that comes with playing a Contra-style game.

The game's humor is directed chiefly at gamers old enough to remember the only thing memorable about Night Trap was the controversy, but there are references to modern games and a little humor from the grand American tradition of slamming Canadians. In terms of violence, it reminds me of parodies of 80s action flicks as it uses ragdoll physics. At one point in the first level, bodies pile up in the foreground and I had to laugh about how gratuitous the whole thing was, and don't get me started on Ragdoll Pachinko which uses those physics in a minigame after each level to rack up more points.

Overall, the game is like good fast food, not great but it satisfies.