Max Payne's shoot-dodge is customizable in Stranglehold. The Tequila bomb meter is used to fuel special abilities that recover life and help you defeat tough bosses, etc.īullet Tequila Time - Automatic VS Manual Style points are earned when killing people while time is slowed down style points in turn automatically increase the Tequila Bomb meter (the meter in the lower left corner). Since this meter regenerates, you almost always want to use any opportunity to let it recharge before moving on. Tequila time is basically the Matrix slow-down feature everyone's been trying to copy for the last 10 years. Under the life meter is the shoot-dodge meter. Although you shouldn't let it drop less than halfway, it's positively better to sacrifice a little life than lose more Tequila Bomb time.

The red life meter of course, is the most important, although you honestly only need enough of it so you don't die instantly. There are several meters you need to preserve when playing. Shoot-dodge (Tequila Time) and Style Points Use the bullet time mode (Tequila Time) to get the drop on many enemies or simply faster enemies and you should do fine. Luckily, the sheer number of enemies means you need to rely on special abilities only gunmen from the mainland have (and no G.I. If you don't understand the basic premise of that sentence, you need to spend some time in a very cold place with Cobra rejects and Sergeant Slaughter fuming on your face - just like Duke's no good, washout, loser half-brother. Naturally, the main goal of the game (just like in most games from 1984) is to kill them before they kill you. If you stand still and neglect to use the Shoot-Dodge-Matrix-Tequila-Time ability, your guy dies faster than spam becoming veal on the puree setting in a blender.

Stranglehold is at its heart a shooter in constant motion.

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