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ESWAT is amazing, and not at all a Mega Man clone. Funky tunes and tight controls make this a digestible arcade-y action platformer worth revisiting. It doesn't overstay its welcome, and there is a pleasant ramp-up in complexity as the stages go on -- with the addition of the mech suit thing mechanic -- that changes the way you traverse levels and combat enemies.
Love it or hate it, Mortal Kombat has become a household name since its release in 1991. A fighting game that utilized digitized actors depicting acts of gratuitous violence certainly caused a stir amongst critics, and received fairly widespread backlash from politicians. This was a dark yet exciting time for game players, as they got to lavish in a fight to the death—courtesy of their local arcade. But it wasn't…
Believe it or not, stealth action games haven’t always been around. Not until 1998 would the gaming world be set ablaze, with the now infamous Metal Gear Solid. The series itself spans the course of decades, and has since received both the praise and ridicule of many, due to its dialogue-heavy storyline. And just five years after its initial release, someone at Konami apparently thought it was a good time to release…
