Furthermore, multiple game features point back at that key challenge of taking cover, making the whole experience coherent and consistent: Shields that let you plant a cover where needed, enemy to be used as meat shield, invulnerable rock worms to hide behind as they move which let you access a vantage point... All contribute in and deepen the concept of cover, lending a symbolic nature to gameplay that make it a focused learning experience. (gamewhispering.com)
From using her son as a human meat shield to employing dirty tactics to try and beat him in a jousting competition, Hahn's performance ensures that even Carla's more predictable antics are funnier than they have any right to be. (ign.com)
They are able to gun down some police in a firefight, which is nice, and serve as decent meat shields, but after that they're about as useful as a toaster made of chocolate. (wolfsgamingblog.com)