Combine this concept with any of dozens of cool moves, especially in slow-motion, and you have some super-satisfying gameplay. You’ll move around using the left stick while aiming with the right, but the genius part is when dual wielding you can lock one gun on a fixed target while free aiming at a second. Of course all of this is secondary to unleashing a barrage of bullets using one of the best twin-stick shooter designs I’ve played in the genre. You can swing across cables, smash through windows, ride up and down elevators, ride a motorcycle, roll barrels into enemies, and make use of explosives lying around to light up the enemies in style. It has all the flair and finesse of performing insane gun-fu action in slow motion, twisting and tumbling in midair, rolling across the floor only to kick an enemy off a ledge or into a wall. My Friend Pedro reminded me of the Max Payne games. Seriously, the shotgun will cut bodies in half and send charred severed heads rolling across the floor. Things start off easy enough with randomly spaced henchmen, but all too soon the game will put six or more guys in a room then give you dual pistols, then dual Uzis, and eventually a shotgun for close quarters dismemberment and splatter. The goal is simple kill everything that moves between you and the end of each level as quickly and efficiently as possible while adding as much style and flair as humanly possible. I won’t bore you with the story frankly I’m not entirely sure I understand it or even care. He will teach you all the basic moves in the opening tutorial as well as provide additional hints as needed throughout the game. The game wastes no time in getting you up to speed as you wake up in the basement of some abandoned building greeted by Pedro, your potassium-enriched partner for the rest of the story. ![]() Toss in a talking banana and a whole lot of firearms and you have everything you need for hours of violent entertainment. My Friend Pedro has just become my BFF when it comes to retro, arcade, action games with dynamic twin-stick shooter mechanics and a classic side-scrolling presentation ripped straight from the 80’s arcade scene. Is that a banana in your pocket or are you just here to kill me?
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