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Classic rock star game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really liked this game fun and awesome interaction with tons of people at once! it take a lot of balls to realease a game like this. but i really like it. no it's not gta but it's as original as it gets!

Deffiently worth buying

Not fun

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Mindless repetitive missions and lackluster gameplay. Just isn't fun, even for the couple bucks I paid for it.

Only fun if you like repitition

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: September 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Here are two reasons why you shouldn't buy this game:

1. Mercenaries

2. Any Grand Theft Auto Game after GTA2

repeative but ok

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Title basically said it all. This game was ok at first but it got old quick. Every level acts and looks the same. I found it more fun just running around shooting people, not going with any story line but that got old quick. This game is worth renting, playing two or three times but that's about it.

Extremely Repetitive

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: May 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

State of Emergency was released the spring after Grand Theft Auto III became a national obsession. Published by the same company (Rockstar - but developed by now out-of-business developer VIS) the game successfully cashed-in on Grand Theft Auto's success. Featuring similar ultra-violent, mission based gameplay, State of Emergency actually plays nothing like GTA.
The game takes place during massive riots, (the game's claim to fame being the more than one hundred characters on screen at once), and you play as one of a number of characters rebelling against The Corporation. There are three levels each featuring about fifty missions to complete amidst the chaos. Trouble is, the missions are all mindless and repetitive, and are virtually all just a slight variation on a basic formula: you'll either be sent to kill a target, sent to protect a target and/or escort him or her somewhere else, or you'll be sent to destroy a building, car, or area. The missions are fun for a short while, but once you realize you're just performing the same task over and over again, it quickly grows tired.
Some of the minigames are fun, however, and rather than being mission based, they are generally based on time and points - you'll kill people or destroy property while collecting extra time from downed enemies while racing against the clock, and you'll keep coming back for more trying to beat your best score.
The gameplay, however, is still simple and boring; just a 3-D beat-em-up, with a few attack buttons and a handful of weapons to wield (though the ability to pick up some smaller objects floating around each level, like benches, is a welcome feature). And yes, it is an ultraviolent game, despite the cartoonish visuals. Blood sprays realistically as you fire in to crowds, taking down innocent civilians; pink blobs (guts) pop out when people are shot, limbs and heads come off (you can wield them as weapons, in fact)... it's all mindless and gimmicky.
Sure, it's really cheap these days, and if you're really interetsed I'd say go for it, but it really isn't even worth a rental.

Here is the goriest games ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 15
Date: February 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Manhunt, State Of Emergency, GTA series, Resident Evil, Bloodrayne.

Rockstar Does it Again!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a cool game.The only bad part is,NO MULTIPLAYER.Still, ya need ta get dis game mon. Peace.

State of Enjoyment

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I think that Rockstar is the best and most honest game publisher out there. I'm sorry, but if you've had a long day and are angry at everyone, than playing a game like Grand Theft Auto (III, Vice City, and San Andreas), Manhunt, or State of Emergency will ease your pain. State of Emergency can have something like 250 people at the max on screen at one time, which helps create the extreme sence of dread caused by the intense riots taking place. Of course this many people on screen at once mean alot of carnage in Chaos mode. Sure you can kill thousands of people, but there's usually a civillian casualty penalty which drains points, making it more challenging. The Revolution missions are pretty challenging, they really push you to your limit. Close minded adults think it's right to outlaw these types of games and take away the free enterprise that Rockstar deserves and has earned. Another thing: people often think that if you kill someone in a Rockstar game like GTA or State of Emergency that you'll be praised and glorified, WRONG. The GTA atmosphere is realistic. If you ruthlessly kill someone in public you will be punished by law enforecment foreces. Likewise in State of Emergency if you do decide to gun down thousands of people than special enforcment SWAT type soldiers will come afteryou, surround you, and beat the living **** out of you. Enjoy!

Is the low price making you think twice about owning this??

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Rockstar was the king of the moment with their huge success with Grand Theft Auto 3 for the Playstation 2. People were hoping for the same quality game when they heard about State of Emergency...

Unfortunatly, the quality was alot less...

Instead of a realistic cartoon world of violence, State of Emergency gave people a horrible anime cheap arcade game. To compare this game to Grand Theft Auto is to compare need for speed with crazy taxi.

Sure a game like Crazy Taxi is fun, but after 5 minutes you realize how cheap the game is and how repetative it becomes. The same is true for State of Emergency.

Graphics=2
Sound and music=2
Control=3.75
Fun Factor=3.5
Replay value=3

Total=2.85

You might not regret owning it for about 5 dollars. I feel bad for the people who paid full price.

Don't they test and play games before they sell them??? geez!

Nothing like a good old fashioned riot

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I don't know what to make of this game. I think the idea is for it to be serious, but I wound up laughing at this game while playing it. You are going against the corporation and all h*ll breaks loose. For that matter, everything breaks loose. The crowd is all rioting by breaking into stores and stealling. You go around with your trusty baseball bat and club people to a nice pulp. But wait till the cops get a hold of you. You won't be a happy camper for long. Basically, the idea is interesting, if not a little warped. But the final verdict is that it is boring to play and has very little story line, if any, to keep you wanting more. I would say I got a few good laughs out of it. You haven't lived until you have seen a town go on a riot rampage. Speaks volumes about how RockStar sees society. Lots of people were looking forward to this game. It is luck that there wasn't a riot after they found out how poor the game was. Good thing I only borrowed the game.

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