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A great game with some problems

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 20 / 26
Date: November 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you're into the John Woo "Hard Boiled" shoot-em-up movies, then this is for you. You play Jack, a cop accused of murder and out to prove his innocence with blazing guns and flying fists. The controls here are fairly easy to learn and the disarming of a criminal is what you really want to work at. Not only does it give you life, but it's probably the coolest thing in a video game ever! No longer do you just take the gun, now you can flip over them and break their neck on the way down, twist their arm behind them (still holding their own gun) and blow them away, and dozens of other amazing moves! Add to that the ability to target multiple enemies while rolling (via Max Payne's bullet-time) and you get a very visual and fun game. Now on to the bad parts: first, about 5 minutes into the game you suddenly find yourself playing a female exotic dancer who has to distract bouncers so Jack can get by them. It's a mini-game, but it's unnecessary and stupid. It takes roughly 15 seconds AT THE MOST to complete each section of the mini-game, but the lady dances probably a total of 5 minutes on the screen. It's unnecessary and a waste of time when you're ready to go blow away some bad guys. Oh yeah, and it's not something you want to be playing while your wife and kids are wandering through the room, so I took off a star for that one. Also, you have the ability to turn off the blood, so cheers for that - but why not give us the option to turn off the profanity too? At least with GTA 3 you could read the subtitles and mute the tv when necessary. Here you just cross your fingers and hope for the best. Loss of half a star for that one. Still, this game has a lot of good points, so I still say it would make a good rental for a weekend.

this is best shooter you will find

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: November 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game is one of the best that namco has developed in he last year. It's awsome storyline and tense playing makes it a perfct gae for all you action/shooter lovers out there...It has over 20 different weapons to hose from... It is a game that you could never put down...It's slow mo action feature makes it all the better. Just imagein you dodgeing a bullet by millimeters and laughing at he fact the(opponent) shooting you has missed...you'll enjy this game for weeks or months to come.

Fast-paced action and lots of variety

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The number of different things you can do is amazing. The number of bad guys is insane. Total John Woo feel.

best gane ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: November 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

well i can start by telling that this iz the best gane ever not even socom comes close to it true the graphics are alil better on socom but the action and fighting on the game are the best.i can tell u this much u even got a dog to help u out the dog attacts and brings u the gun of ur enemy.. So overall this iz a game like noother just 4get about socom and get in to this u wont regreit.....

a great rental,but not one to buy

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: December 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I had alot of fun when I rented this game,however I just can't see why anyone would want to throw down $50 and buy it.

Although sicking your gaurd dog on bad guys was fun,I was annoyed at how few times you could use it in a level.This also adds to the point of getting extremely tired of being shot at with uzis and automatic rifles from 6 to 8 people!(The graveyard level with the clowns!!!!)

As for the mini games you unlock as you progress through the game,well they aren't really games so much.You just end up playing the exact same part that you did in a certain area of the game,and then that's it...all done!No harder levels are added to the mini games,no high scores to beat,and more importantly nothing rewarded for beating the mini-game.The lockpick game for instance lasts under a minute if you complete it correctly!
The only mini-game that I'd imagine anyone would replay is the heidi dances game(a stripper dancing to which you must push the correct buttons to create her moves)Actualy,I REALLY like that mini-game...but why not add more to it,say more moves,faster pace and even a bonus "cinema" for completing it.

Again,I had ALOT of fun with this game;but after about five or six days it just gets old...

Dead to Rights by Namco

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this is the greatest game ever. Namco really came through with this game. With your dog and disarming the enemy it is the best;better than max payne easily. All the enemys and weapons makes it fun and challenging. Mini games and hand to hand combat intensifies almost all fighting areas. Superb graphics and animations sequences are one of the many good parts.

Awesome Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: December 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game has excellent storyline which some game lack.The weapon selection is out of this world -- disarming bad guys is another feature that make this game so awesome. The mini-movie are really realistic and is an added bonus to a remarkable game.If you like Grand Theft Auto 3 you will love this game.

very juvenile

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game starts out really cool - the controls are good and the takedowns are wild. this is where you disarm an enemy and blow his head off in one move. but then things start to slide very quickly. the game is punctuated by puzzles which are extremely annoying and not at all fun. the worst of which is the bomb disarming where you run a ball through a maze and if you touch the edges the bomb explodes. this reminds me of a very stupid game that must have been around in the 70s or 80s. why namco would resurrect this ridiculous concept as part of dead to rights is beyond me!!! the action is also soooooo arcade - enemies pour onto screen so you can blow them away with auto-aim. this is fun for about 5 minutes but the game never develops beyond this. it's like time crisis without the piece. if your under 12 this game may be for you but even kids these days are sophisticated gamers so I don't know.

Mixed bag of tricks.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The reviewer who compared this game to Time Crisis without the gun is right on. When you shoot enemies, despite the options available to you, the best way to get through them all is to mash the buttons as quickly as you can. The lock-on feature is handy, but it makes it too easy to target enemies and the big colorful triangles zooming everywhere take away from the setting of the game. You may be in a nightclub or in a dark tunnel but you'll still have bright red and green targeting reticules zipping everywhere.

If that's all there was to it I would have given the name 2 stars. The shooting is fun, and there are lots of different weapons and a slow motion feature stolen from Max Payne. Unfortunately the slow motion is only activated when you dive, and stops as soon as you hit the floor. This means the uses are limited, because it's hard to aim at lots of enemies when you can only shoot in one direction. Max Payne is far more fluid.

Yet the game has lots of little additions. The disarms are one of the best, and really the big attraction for me. What that says about my state of mind I don't know, but I have never seen a game where you were able to take an enemy's gun away and break some bones in the process. The only problem is, this makes the game a little too easy. Why bother shooting a bad guy five times when you can just saunter up to him and press O? This is even possible in large groups because during the disarm process you are invulnerable.

However, the game also contains a pretty nice combat system. Combos are possible, using the X and [] buttons, and you can also dodge and throw enemies. They will try to throw you as well, and it's possible to break their through. This beats Max Payne's flailing-the-baseball-bat by far. In fact, it's so fun that I often ignore the guns and just run around taking everyone on without weapons.

Being able to control the dog adds another element, although these are limited. The sub-games are an interesting addition. Most of them are quite easy, although I became very frustrated with the prison gym games until I realised it wasn't necessary to complete every one of them to continue. I couldn't beat the weight-lifting challenge and swore at the screen for some time before I decided to give it up and go explore the prison some more...

All in all, though Max Payne is far better than this game.. It has enough things going on, and the graphics are very smooth and detailed.

Good game- with a few problems

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I recently got this game for christmas and I have to say when i turned it on I didn't put it down for two hours. The weapons and disarms are awesome, and the amount of bad guys won't leave you dissatisfied. I played it on the rookie level and though it is possible to die it's easy enough to stay alive and not get frustrated. Now for the problems. I have not beaten the game yet, but i'm almost on the last chapter and i must say it is a bit repititious. The plot skips around sometimes, and it's the same story, u go into a room and blast the bad guys until you can move on. I think it would have been more fun if u could go about the game being stealthy like Metal Gear Solid, but it's not like that. There are a few instances though where you can sneak up behind some people but they are rare, but exciting when they occur. The last complaint i have is that there is a part of the game where you are tortured and it is almost impossible to pass i literally got blisters on my fingers from doing it but I did get past that part eventually. So, all in all it is a pretty good game with a few problems.

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