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Written by Dr. Swank
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 |
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Ohhhhh Slashers, finally a game that breaks the mold of crappy platformers and shitty shooters. Despite the name, Slashers neither involves knives, nor does it involve swords. It’s actually a brawler in the spirit of Final Fight or Double Dragon, sans the fun, challenge, or leading hunk like that dashing Bayou Billy.
Slashers starts you off on a rooftop of a building, which by looking at the rooftop décor consisting of world’s greatest trash can trophies and smokestacks, looks to belong to a thriving car yard and/or mud farm. You’ll battle your way along the rooftop brawling with the random thugs and hookers that get in your way. Slashers may actually blow you away with its surprisingly deep combat system, which consists of a punch and a kick. While your kick is all for looks (it looks friggin’ awesome), your punch is your ace in the hole. Every enemy, from generic bald thug #1, to prostitutes, to the mulleted tall guy with the creepy child molester beard can be dealt with by letting them walk up to you and repeatedly hitting the punch button.
Your conquest of crippled fisticuffs will take you from the rooftop of the first building to the subway, then to the rooftop of the pink building, back down into the subway, then back up to the green and yellow building before reaching the magical pool ladder at the end. It’s a war waged on rooftop, underground, and nowhere in between!
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