He pressed the only button that worked on his emulated controller: R1 to shoot. His assault rifle chattered. The ant’s health bar ticked down by a sliver. Then another ant appeared. And another. Soon, a dozen of them were swarming his character. He died in ten seconds.
Miles laughed. It was a rusty, strange sound. He hadn’t laughed in two years. Earth Defense Force 2 for Nintendo SWITCH NSP X...
He loaded the mission again. This time, he found a second button: X to jump. He jumped onto a car. The ants couldn’t reach him. He fired until his ammo ran out. Then he found a weapon pickup: a rocket launcher. The explosion was glorious, sending ant parts flying in comical, physics-defying arcs. He pressed the only button that worked on
On his forty-seventh attempt, he did it. He killed the queen ant. The mission complete screen appeared. A cheesy, digitized voice shouted: Then another ant appeared