Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Game #1351: Deathwish Enforcers

 No sunsets here, just hookers and pimps.

 I loved Sunset Rider, and the developers of Deathwish Enforcers did too because this is a clone through and through.

 It's a very simple and somewhat slow-paced, you can't dash and walking speed is very slow, side-scrolling shoot-em up that trades cowboys and horses for a very 70's pulpy Miami Vice vibe, full of 2-D nudity, hookers, pimps, drugs and... even zombies. No, really, the game tries very hard to be edgy, it's filled with 2-D bare boobs and jiggling boobs, and loads and loads of 69's written all over the place.

 Edge aside, the game is very brutal, you carry your power ups, including your screen-clearing bombs until you get hit and lose a life. You can change the amount of continues and lives in the options menu, but the game is hardcore!

 For the most part it's pretty competent, but it has a few oversights. For instances, beams you can cross overhead are sometimes obscured by the health-bars. Or when you are on a high level than ground, shooting while crouching will have you aim downwards instead of shooting in front of you, which is very annoying, sliding is disabled too in this instances. Some parts of the stages don't make it clear enough that you can jump upwards or below

 It's no Sunset Riders, that's for sure, but it's fun for how little it lasts.

6.5

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