414 days — That’s how long I have waited for this moment. If I were any less of a man I would have cut my arm off 78 times by now. Instead I have spent the last 13 and a half months of my life prepar­ing for this very day. For this day is the day my tor­ment ends, the day every­thing has fallen into place and I can finally play

Lethal Enforcers

I can’t put into words the over­whelm­ing sen­sa­tion of achieve­ment and sheer ela­tion that raced through my veins as I blasted an overtly 80’s bad guy in the face. It has been such a long time since I have used the Konami Justifier but its true what they say – No mat­ter what you do with your hands, they never for­get the Justifier.

Lethal Enforcers is, in my opin­ion, the best arcade shooter around. It is true that there are faster, flashier and more advanced shoot­ers out there but none quite have the same appeal and charm of Lethal Enforcers. The com­bi­na­tion of the real­is­ti­cally mod­eled Justifier and the use of images of peo­ple, instead of the arcade like fig­ures of say Time Crisis, deliver a truly gritty experience.

The ulti­mate goal is to make it to the rank of “Commander” by being accu­rate with your shots and under no cir­cum­stances can you shoot a fel­low offi­cer of the law, an inno­cent spec­ta­tor or a tramp. Shooting one of your col­leagues, or a men­tal­ist who has come out to watch the Feds in gun fight, will instantly get you demoted. This will result in you hav­ing to replay the level until you get it right.

If there is any­thing wrong with this game it is that the gun, albeit mighty, can be a bit inac­cu­rate. This cou­pled with the games unfor­giv­ing stance on lethally enforc­ing the inno­cent can result in some mild frus­tra­tion and plenty of swear­ing. However if you take away this tiny flaw you are left with an absolute gem of a game.

If you only play one light gun shooter in your entire life, make sure its this one!

EAT LEAD!!!