Hi. Sorry for the first post, I'm desperate...
So I'm looking for a PC game, a 2D platformer shooter, I played somewhere between 2000/2004 I guess. It's beginning with a bad guy coming, kinda destroying the main character's home (he blows it up perhaps?), enters his fish-like vehicle (ship?) and escapes (later on that level he has to be defeated in boss fight.)
Also, There were some kind of balls/grenades/idk what, that thrown at an enemies(which were soldiers i guess) were turning them into friends, they lined up behind, following you. Every one from the 'team' formed could be controlled, he just standed first in the line, and the rest was following.
When it somes to weapons, i remember a flamethrower, (regular) grenades, pistols & stuff...
Okay, thats all I can tell... Quite a good riddle, huh??
Please, halp me, soon I won't be able to sleep as I keep thinking of it!