Genre Machine Hunter is an action packed top-down perspective shooter style game. Your view is from a top down perspective with several camera angles to choose from such as rotating, fixed and tilted with some combinations of each. The details of the environments are quite stunning to the eyes. Extensive, and I do mean extensive use of light sourcing is used throughout the game. Vapor weapons used by some of the creatures slowly dissolve as it tracks down a corridorhuge chunks of flaming molten lava spit up from a lava bed and then rain down on the screen and all of the walls are appropriately done with light and shadowing effects.
Large explosions are also nicely done and are followed with a neat little rippling effect.
Excellent scrolling techniques are used to move all of the action around effortlessly with minimal slowdown. Only on some very busy screens with loads of characters and weapons firing simultaneously did I notice even a hint of sluggishness. Character definition is done pretty good for a top down shooter as well. Hostages are easily distinguishable from the enemy, and the animation of the characters is quite unique. Shooting an enemy is greatas you hit one, they tend to stumble backwards and ultimately crumble to the floor with a puddle of blood forming around them.