People pressed to play through Metal Slug for the first time will find that amazing shooter a trial, but even if you fancy yourself the most expert of sidescrolling wizards, you'll have trouble with Alien Hominid. As far as we've been able to play in a few hours time, we've encountered no less than six bosses (all completely unique in the way they act and the way they must be defeated) and have a faced a multitude of tough enemies, both ground and air-based. At times, our little alien fellow on a quest to rebuild his ship and rid the Earth of the unnecessarily aggressive men in black, will find himself fending off rappelling troops, shielded enemies, missile attacks, and a lot of typically slow moving green bullets (everyone needs some kind of a chance to survive). It gets darn crazy.
