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A game that a lot of people know about but few seem to have actually played, Alien Hominid is pretty much a Metal Slug clone with a few new abilities for your character - namely an aerial dodge, the ability to burrow under the ground to avoid attacks (and kill enemies) and, perhaps most amusing, the ability to jump on an enemy's shoulders and bite their head off (which causes all other soldiers in the vicinity to freak out momentarily, giving you a chance to blast them as well). Too bad that's all ruined by the stiff jumping controls and the fact that there's so little variety in the palette that all the bullets are barely visible against the background. Last but not least, there's also the incredibly annoying feature of giving you less than one second of grace after dying and returning, resulting in you burning through all your continues in minutes and getting you so infuriated you throw you controller through the TV.

Just grab the Metal Slug Anthology instead and skip this turd.

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