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Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (X360)

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GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Shooter/Third-Person 3D Shooter

RELEASE DATE

03/MAR/09

ESRB RATING

DEVELOPER

Vicious Cycle Software, Inc.

PUBLISHER

D3Publisher of America

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

PlayStation 3

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

Game-in-a-game 16
Multiple settings 1

PLAYING AS #USES

Matt Hazard 15
American Action Hero 2

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

Parody 20

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

DESCRIPTION

Players can blast the bad guys, score the hot chicks, and kick down the fourth wall of gaming in Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, a shooter that satirizes video game mythology and industry clichés. Matt Hazard, voiced by Arrested Development's Will Arnett, is a Duke Nukem-esque hero whose years of unemployment have him looking to reclaim his throne as the king of over-the-top action games. In reality, Eat Lead is Hazard's debut game, but developer Vicious Cycle and publisher D3 have concocted an elaborate backstory for the character, placing him in a dozen fictional games such as 1983's seminal side-scrolling shooter "The Adventures of Matt in Hazard Land," the GoldenEye 007 parody "You Only Live 1,317 Times," and "Haz-Matt Carts," Hazard's inevitable slip into kart-racing purgatory.

Unfortunately for Hazard, fictitious developer "Marathon Software" spread his character too thin, and by the time of 2002's Viva Piñata-esque children's game "Choking Hazard: Candy Gramm," he was a washed-up has-been. But Eat Lead offers redemption, as gamers help Hazard on a quest for blood and relevance in the first actual game among his 13 fictional adventures. Though primarily a third-person 3D shooter, the game's story and style are subject to dramatic graphical, sound, and gameplay changes because the comeback is not exactly what Hazard envisioned. It seems that Wallace Wellesley, a Marathon executive voiced by Neil Patrick Harris, created Eat Lead as an elaborate ruse designed to make Hazard's life even more miserable. Continuous hacking of the game causes a number of inexplicable situations, such as Hazard fending off gun-toting cowboys in a futuristic space station, and only gamers can help the gruff protagonist make sense of the chaos and resurrect his career. ~ Christopher Brown, All Game Guide

Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (X360)

GENRE/STYLE:

Shooter/Third-Person 3D Shooter
RELEASE DATE:

03/MAR/09
TOP TRAITS:

humorous, Game-in-a-game, Matt Hazard
DESCRIPTION:

Players can blast the bad guys, score the hot chicks, and kick down the fourth wall of gaming in Eat Lead: The Return... more

players 518

followers 0

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POPULARITY: X360 PLATFORM

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Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (X360) by: cluskevird

“A goofy little game with some of the dialog. The interesting thing with this game is the anachronisms that pop up. I mean where else are you gonna find WWII soldiers in a dance club? Probably not the best put together game, but the novelty is...”

created 10/OCT/2009

rawkr earned achievements in Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard on 05/OCT/09

“Got some achievements for getting headshots, killing enemies, etc. Then the game crashed and fried my memory card. So I won't be playing that one for a while.”

created 06/OCT/2009

rawkr was the last to comment - about 1 month ago... show previous hide previous

“The aiming is very tedious. I like the reflexivity though, things like the destroyed cover de-rezzing and leaving holes in the environmen. But the overall game is a pain in the ass to play. For an action parody, there needed to be more explosions.”

MrVista360 earned achievements in Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard on 09/SEP/09

“Although this game if fun and entertaining, the controls still take away a lot from it. What is with the damn floating sideways thing when you stand up out of the broken cover system around objects? ”

created 10/SEP/2009

MrVista360 earned achievements in Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard on 02/SEP/09

colliny2k was the last to comment - 2 months ago... show previous hide previous

“Yea, when I saw you on I was thinking of sending you an invite. Then I decided not to since I wanted to hear your opinion of Eat Lead today, haha selfish me. :p”

created 03/SEP/2009

Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (X360) by: Flonaldinho

“A promising concept- self-aware FPS star resists attempts to replace him by shooting through hacked levels- and some funny in-jokes for gamers, but the one thing that can't be joked about is generic repetitive levels, spawning enemies and clunky...”

created 31/AUG/2009

Stefanovich666 played Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard on 23/JUL/09

“I was laughing so hard after earning achievement "Meet Quentin" xD . Seriously that was such a silly achievement :D”

created 23/JUL/2009

Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (X360) by: Stefanovich666

“Awesome! The game itself is one big parody , with enjoyable gameplay...”

created 23/JUL/2009

colliny2k earned achievements in Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard on 17/JUL/09

“Took a few minutes and just finished up some of the really easy achievements like destroying 30 potted plants and 30 fire extinguishers. All done with the game now.”

created 18/JUL/2009

Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (X360) by: colliny2k

“A game not to be taken too seriously. It's fun and humorous, but with slightly lacking controls. I'd give it 3 to 4 stars out of 5. A good rental or bargain bin buy. Lots of references to new and old FPS games that give it a unique quality.”

created 17/JUL/2009

colliny2k earned achievements in Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard on 16/JUL/09

“I finished busting out this game last night. The final boss (CEO) was a pain in the butt. He spawned so many guys consistently and they all did crazy damage. Actually, it wasn't so much that they...”

created 17/JUL/2009

colliny2k earned achievements in Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard on 15/JUL/09

“Played this for a few hours last night. Finished beating the tentacle boss...still hard, but I did much better this time around than the other day. I had a clear mind and better understanding of...”

created 16/JUL/2009

colliny2k played Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard on 14/JUL/09

“Still enjoying the game overall, but I've hit my first really frustrating moment. I'm at the Tentacle Beast of Tramm (a boss) and he is really hard. I've died way too many times (20-30?) trying to...”

created 15/JUL/2009

RyGuy314 earned achievements in Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard on 09/JUL/09

“45 out of 50 achievements aint bad. Too bad the game pissed me off to no end.”

created 10/JUL/2009

colliny2k earned achievements in Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard on 09/JUL/09

“The game continues to be obnoxious with how it spawns enemies...but I'm still having fun with it.”

created 10/JUL/2009

KrazyKain was the last to comment - 4 months ago...

“I loved the concept of the game and it seemed to have good humour in it, the reviews really beat on it, but i never pay much attention to reviews... if i had a 360 i'd probably get this”

Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (X360) by: SimulatedScholar

“This game is a delightful little gem for those who are fans of the shooter genres. The controls are a bit klunky however. It is a 3rd person shooter that is an homage to shooters (1st, 3rd, & arcade) through out the generations.”

created 09/JUL/2009