User Reviews (1 - 11 of 16)

Show these reviews first:

Highest Rated
Lowest Rated Newest
Oldest Most Helpful
Least Helpful

A COCTAIL OF Max Payne & Hitman THAT NEEDED MORE SHAKING

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a game that enjoys one of the most SOLID story-lines that came out of game developing in the last 3 years. Unfortunately, this was NOT enough.

You are Kane, an aged mercenary and former member of a criminal brotherhood known as The 7. The last heists failed, you get arrested and convicted - yet you are a traitor in The 7's books anyway. Having you for making off with the loot somehow, they send Lynch (a psychotic, easily distracted and pill-popping murderer) to first break you out of prison and then make sure he gets their money back. They are sure you will play ball: they have kidnapped your wife and daughter to ensure it.

Now this is a foundation to built a GREAT TPS game! Unfortunately KANE & LYNCH does not reach the top floor as the game demonstrates all the flaws of a rushed release.

The character movements feel too scripted and automatic at some places (a console left-over I guess) whereas they have to be spoon-fed detailed directions at some others. Since one cannot predict where the one or the other will occur, it will eventually get on your nerves.

The squad curse is not lifted for KANE & LYNCH either: the AI of your squad is infantile at best - but you will be thankful that your enemies do not demonstrate a higher one either!
Also, the game is pretty short: it shouldn't take you more than 7 hours on normal difficulty.

Graphically this is a beautiful game - notably though not at par with, say, CRYSIS. Keep in mind that the strength of KANE & LYNCH is its story.
The gameplay and the cut-scenes blend seamlessly and the story flows like an A-List movie. And you will definitely not get bored: from the inside of a prison, to rappelling from a skyscraper, to escaping a packed Tokyo dance club...

Although a well developed character story and a visually well designed game, they did NOT complete their follow through!

A disappointment...

Great game to play

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game las month and is one of the games that are very fun, I installed this game and had a lot of fun with it; however, the installtion of this game is good, but the game chrashes sometime and have e-mailed the support team at Eidos, but haven't recieved a response. There phone support is not very good, because you would have leave a message and you get a phone call back within 24Hours. I think that Eidos has created the game very nice and fun to play, but if you have Windows Vista or Windows XP it could crash at some point. I am not saying that I would recommend this game, but would just wanted let other people know that it can chrash at sometime, and would have to contact support. Finally, I whish that Eidos made the game more stable to Windows Vista or Windows XP.

Waste of Money (PC Version)

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am disappointed with the loss of my $29.99. Its hard to beleive that games are still made like this "They sold me a brick wrapped in shrinkwrap". The game is so buggy and not a patch in sight.

Do not Purchase this game!! You will be so dissapointed.

EIDOS says that it can't get every computer configuration to work. But what about when one can play Half-life, Call of Duty 4, Battlefield 2 & 2142.

The audio will not work properly

Highly underrated

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The only reason everyone is tearing this game a new one is because of the one Gamespot guy that got fired for giving this a bad review. Being a Michael Mann fan, I am the exact demographic this game was aimed at. The game consists of a bank heist similar to the movie "Heat" and a nightclub shootout similar to "Collateral". I don't know what everyone else is whining about with the game not working on their machines. It ran perfect on my rig at max quality. I've never been impressed with any of Eidos' other franchises other than Deus Ex and Timesplitters, but I would have to say this one would take 3rd place (shut up Tomb Raider fanboys, the controls in those games SUCK).

I'll give the reviewers credit that the graphics ARE dated, the AI DOES suck, and the cover system IS a train wreck, and you SHOULD buy this game at less than full retail price (otherwise yeah you are being robbed). Maybe Eidos could fix up the AI and the cover system and release a patch. It definitely would make the game more enjoyable.

If you're a casual gamer looking for something different from the "let's save the world" song and dance and/or a big Michael Mann fan like me, give this game a shot. Don't buy it at the full MSRP of $40-50 but don't pass it up either. You get to be BAD GUYS for crying out loud!

I will step out and complain that I think it's a ripoff to have to pay for an Xbox Live membership to even play multiplayer so unless I cough up $9.99 a month for a live membership for the only MS Live game I own, I'll never play the fun multiplayer.

Plenty of bad things in here.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: December 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

There isn't much on Kane and Lynch rather than the try they made on Buying their Score on Gamespot and then requesting Gamespot to fire the reviewer.

Not worth your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: December 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Not worth your money. We are living a sweet moment with so many excellent games out. It is unfortunate that badly done and badly finished games like this are being bought by people that could be playing some really sweet titles instead.

Not as good as videos/previews made it out to be

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was really hyped up for the game by the videos and previews. The actual game is glitchy and not very well optimized. I'd buy it for 20 bucks, but not full price.

An Extremely Poor Effort From IO Interactive

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: December 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This most recent game from the makers of Hitman proves to be one of the more disappointing games I have experienced in recent years. The controls are horrible, the characters are unlikeable, the AI is abysmal, and the graphics look like a first generation PS2 game. Even more perplexing is that the game is based around coop between the two title characters yet the game doesn't feature any online coop.

Also be warned that the publisher of this game, Eidos, has recently recieved a lot of bad press for trying to bribe their way to higher review scores and even using outright bogus reviews to promote their game. Anyone who does not want to encourage such behaviour should not financially support this product.

In conclusion, stay as far away from this one as you can.

A game that could have been so much more

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Man, this game is frustrating. Not because it isn't fun (because it is), but because of missed opportunities. I am a big Michael Mann fan, and as far as story/visuals go, this game delivers. Unfortunately for me, technical issues and sometimes frustrating AI ruined the overall experience.

I cannot play this game without a crash. It crashes and I see the 'send a report to MS' window. Fortunately I can alt-tab back into the game and play unhindered. I recently did a full Windows format and reinstall and still receive the error, so unless it's a random configuration problem with my machine...also, Eidos Support has no idea what is wrong and tells me to replace the media. Well, others in the official and unofficial forums have the exact same issue, and we can't figure out any commonalities. I also receive random crashes to desktop on level loading.

As far as AI, sometimes they find cover and sometimes they do not. In my experience they rarely act smart, merely adequate at best. Many times I will order someone behind cover only to see them sit NEXT to the cover out in the open. They die very quickly. And this is on medium difficulty. I don't remember having this much frustration with the AI in Freedom Fighters. No, this AI definitely needs tweaking, but it's close to what it needs to be. As it stands, seeing the AI stand out in the open while they get shot ruins the immersion.

I really wanted to love this game. Although some are bashing the graphics, I think the graphical style overall is very good. It has a gritty, hazy style that I feel fits perfectly with the overall mood and I think the textures look great. Is it as beautiful as Crysis? No, but it's still very good. The aiming is great on the PC, and the weapons feel awesome. The sound is amazing, and the voice acting and writing are great. The gameplay is overall straightforward, but that doesn't bother me. Yes, you just move from cover to cover and shoot it out with cops. That's why I bought the game.

Honestly, if the technical issues were fixed and the AI was tightened up then I would easily recommend this to everyone who would listen. The time I spent playing was overall enjoyable. As it stands, however, I can only say 'proceed with caution'.

A little more?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I had a blast anticipating this game and going along with all the hyped in the media. Although this excitement ended after the final scene in the game.

My expectations for the game were far too great for what is at hand. Don't get me wrong, the parts where you get to mow down scores of baddies in one mission is quite thrilling. Though there is no re-playability to the game as a whole! I played the game through in 6 hours, looking under every rock, tree, room, building, etc., and there's nothing for me to go back to. It's like a B movie, maybe if they have additions to this game in the future, you can see this game as a piece in the puzzle. Though for now, it is just piece #1 in a thousand.

The repetitive death audio clips can annoy you after you die 50 times because you cannot locate the baddie in time for his sniper bullet. Controls are designed for a console controller. In this game I was expecting at least a few bosses to fight against, but all in all there were none except for the ending. :/

The PLUS side to this game is that it does have a few exciting moments and the banter between Kane and Lynch is quite humorous. Also the group controlling is fun, but has been done better elsewhere. If they would have added a few more scenes and actually ended the game's storyline better, I would give it a higher score.

That's my motto for this game is: buy it, beat it, sell it. Cheers!

Review Page: 1 2 Next 

Actions