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"It's 1873 you're the Sheriff of the wildest town west of the Pecos. Your only friend is your trusty six shooter. Can you survive long enough to be a Gun Fighter?" |
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| The spine card scan for Lethal Enforcers II was submitted by James Handford | ||
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The sequel to
Lethal Enforcers
takes you into the wild west. It's good to see that a few of the minor
flaws from the original have been fixed. There's some limited interaction
with the background in the form of breakable signs, windows, bottles and the
like, some of which reveal weapon pick-ups when destroyed. These also
stick with the western theme, though not all can be re-loaded (including the
frankly ludicrous cannon). If you just clip an enemy with your first shot
they will flinch and keep shooting, whilst head and body shots will put them
down in one go. Whilst a ranking system is still in place, shooting
innocent victims now docks your health, rather than instantly sending you back
down the ladder. Similarly, there's now no level you must reach before
taking on the next stage, meaning you won't get sent back through the same
levels over and over. Practically bullet-proof end of level bosses are
still here, in all their projectile throwing annoyance, but at least this time
there's an energy bar for them so you know how far you have to go. Bonus
stages are still present, this time taking the form of a fairground-style blast
all the bottles in 10 seconds game. Digitised speech adds atmosphere, but
hearing the same few taunts over and over - and sometimes the same one as much a
six times in a row - quickly becomes annoying. Just as the original was several times tougher without a gun, the same applies here. There is a real sticking point at the end of the third level where you are in a quick draw contest against three enemies. They can only be shot when they are firing at you, and getting the reticule across the screen in the correct, randomly determined, order is nigh on impossible and can bring an enjoyable game to a quick end. If you've got a gun then this is an excellent shooter, and once again the Mega-CD version looks and sounds better than the cartridge version. Under the blurb on the back of the box it says "If you own the previous version of "Lethal Enforcers", please buy the software only of the new version". This is very odd as I've never seen Lethal Enforcers 2 packaged with the gun - only as the standalone game. |
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| A demo disc featuring the first level was given away as Mega Power demo #12. | ||