Some games give you a slender amount of HP and a lot of weapons and ammo to offset that fact. Sometimes other games will give you a lot of health and a lot of guns and just let you run wild. Mega City Force instead takes the interesting angle of 1) killing your character in two hits + 2) making you beg the ghosts of your ancestors to find another weapon while the boss chases you around the map and the starter pistol is empty and the other gun hasn't been replaced since no more weapons were found and it's also out of ammo. And then when you do pick up a new weapon, they make sure that is has a curiously low ammo count as well.

The art and music is great but I'm not sure I've ever seen a game try so hard to prevent me from having a good time. It's still an no-brainer positive recommendache and maybe I'm just bad at it. I haven't tried casual mode yet but life's too short for casual mode.

It just seems odd to scrounge for weapons this hard in a game where you can get killed in a matter of seconds if not careful. I really like the game but seriously dayum.

Some games give you a slender amount of HP and a lot of weapons and ammo to offset that fact. Sometimes other games will give you a lot of health and a lot of guns and just let you run wild. Mega City Force instead takes the interesting angle of 1) killing your character in two hits + 2) making you beg the ghosts of your ancestors to find another weapon while the boss chases you around the map and the starter pistol is empty and the other gun hasn't been replaced since no more weapons were found and it's also out of ammo. And then when you do pick up a new weapon, they make sure that is has a curiously low ammo count as well. The art and music is great but I'm not sure I've ever seen a game try so hard to prevent me from having a good time. It's still an no-brainer positive recommendache and maybe I'm just bad at it. I haven't tried casual mode yet but life's too short for casual mode. It just seems odd to scrounge for weapons this hard in a game where you can get killed in a matter of seconds if not careful. I really like the game but seriously dayum.