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Here is whats right with Kane & Lynch

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First lets start with what is wrong. Yeah the game play is a little laggy, I personally hate the controls, and I thought the story play was totally unbelievable. One second your in a prison, then to a bank, then to amazon rain forest. Seriously?! The aiming is messy, and I found the zoom on most weapons to be sub-par. I also personally had trouble aiming while in cover, or getting into cover for the matter as well. But I do love this genre of game. So onward -
I played most of this game on the split screen co-op mode, on Aspirin setting. I found it a little hard in some parts.
But its not all bad, here is what I really liked about the game. First off, its violent, and the cursing is fine with me. But What I really liked which I found to be unique to this game was when you play on co-op Lynch and Kane sometimes have different missions to complete on story mode, they can't help each other, and if one dies the mission is over. I thought that was pretty unique and cool. I also like that the game has two endings, based on what Lynch picks. Sure, maybe the game was slightly a let down, OK fine I'll give you that. But at the same time, I still think it's a decent game.

Massively underrated

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My title says it all. This is the first game I got with my PlayStation 3, and originally, I was very apprehensive after reading all the reviews circulating the Internet. But really...I fail to see what everyone is complaining about.

STORYLINE: Very different and unique from what we've seen before in video games. You play as Kane, a former mercenary and member of The7, who (believing the other members to have been dead) stashed some money away. They bust him out of jail with the help of Lynch and will kill Kane's family if Kane doesn't get them their money. So basically, you kinda play the bad guy. Well, not really. In the grand scheme of things, Kane is the "good" guy, but in relative terms. Many people criticize the game for not having any "good" or "sympathetic" characters, someone to root for. Kane as a protagonist is a strong character - no, he isn't the flawless hero, but he's a man tormented by his past and trying desperately to save his wife and daughter, even though they hate him. This is a much more fascinating protagonist to have than some goody two-shoes, if you ask me. And the story allows for really terrific missions, such as making your way through a crowded Tokyo nightclub to abduct the owner, and then escape with her. Or busting into prison to break out your old crew. One of my personal favorites is making your way from a Tokyo business building to the streets to your van, fighting off the police, using cars for cover.

GRAPHICS/ANIMATION: Admittedly, I've only had my PS3 for a week now, so I'm no expert, but the animation is pretty solid to me. Sometimes the character models (especially their skin) look too..."shiny". But otherwise, everyone moves well, things look realistic. And while a small thing - but it adds to the ambience so well - is that nearly everything in the environment is totally destructable. Lemme tell ya, there's something cool about being in a shoot-out and seeing the bank lobby fall apart around you.

CONTROLS: Another complaint people have made is regarding the controls, such as the aiming isn't accurate, and that it's difficult to take cover. Unlike most shooting games where you press a button to take cover, if you walk up to or crouch down to a corner, you will automatically assume cover, and can then blind-fire or aim around and fire. And I've read some criticisms that you need to sometimes shoot a person in the head six or seven times to kill them...never happened to me yet. I've had no problem aiming, and usually one good headshot will take someone down.

My only real criticisms: 1) The last act of the game deviates from this "criminal" feel, and it basically becomes a "Freedom Fighters" clone. 2) The ending is a bit abrupt. I don't care much that the endings are "downers", but they just end very...quickly.

Other than that, "Kane & Lynch" is a thrilling, exciting game, and I hope that IO/Eidos build this into a franchise, which they're (reportedly) planning.

Don't buy this game. Rent it... AT BEST!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Quite possibly ONE OF THE WORSE GAMES ever released for the playstation 3, considering the price point charged to its gamers. I gave this the benefit of the doubt, after reading many negative reviews. I should've listened. TRULY AWFUL GAME for a nextgen console, like the PS3.

Disaster

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 17
Date: December 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Disaster Indeed, an unmitigated disaster. Please do yourself a favor and stay away from this one

Horrible AI

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 28
Date: December 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Please do not buy this product, you will be disappointed and out money.

The A.I. is the usual, around corners and the rest. Don't buy this product or any other Eidos product.

This is what your looking at

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I played this game with my brother i look at it and i have to say i prob. wouldnt do much with this game in single played but the story lines cool there some humor and the game is hard in parts the only thin i didnt like is there are two really hard parts that have like a 1 min video then your start to play and you can skip them other then that loved this game just wished it was longer

"Kane & Lynch - Dead BORED Men" is more like it.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

In all fairness, I really wanted to like this game. I gave it a fair shot and rented it out. After completing it, I've decided that Kane & Lynch had a lot of potential that got turned into a 16-level rehash of Michael Mann's bank robbery scene from the movie Heat.

The game description tells us:

"This is a violent and chaotic journey of two men - a flawed mercenary and a medicated psychopath. Each hates the other but must work together to save themselves. Play Kane in single-player mode and either character in two-player co-op mode."

The reality is: Yes, two men who hate each other are teamed up - but they should direct their hate towards the game control system. We can only change two buttons in the options screen, so if you don't like the layout of the controls, you've got to suck it up.
Passing a weapon to another character is not fluid - holding the R3 button and using the D-Pad to choose a weapon is simply not possible in a heated firefight.
In single-player mode, Kane shows up to the left of the screen, not centered, as one would expect. If you play as Lynch (which can only be done in co-op mode), he's on the right side of the screen.
It's usually standard for games to offer playability as either of the protagonists, but that wasn't done here.

The game description tells us:
"Violence Erupts in Meticulously Created Safe Worlds: Realistic and responsive environments and crowds react when events get of out control. Manipulate the environments and crowds strategically to complete objectives."

The reality is: Yes, if you fire a bullet in a crowded dance hall, the characters start screaming like an 8-year-old girl who saw Michael Jackson in 1983. However, the crowd movement is totally inaccurate. Everyone is able to make it outside but mysteriously, no patrons are trampled to death, as one would expect.
I don't know what it means to use the crowds to complete objectives, as the crowds in this game act like medicated sheep that don't react to much other than gunfire.

The game description tells us:

"Wide Variety of Intense 3rd Person Game Play: Rappel from buildings, firing on the run or from moving vehicles, launch surprise attacks, lay down cover fire, and shoot blind from around corners, hurl smoke, tear, and incendiary grenades."

The reality is: You can do all these things, and the variety of weapons is impressive. However, Lynch usually starts every level with the shotgun as his primary weapon. In a game where most of your adversaries are firing from afar with rifles, Lynch's shotgun is virtually useless. Sure, you can change the weapon out with a better one, but why is the crappy weapon always the default?
Also, the camera angles in single-player mode are agonizing. Since the camera has Kane left of center, if you're behind an object and try to do a close-up aim on Kane's enemies, you'll get a screen full of Kane's bald spot instead. It doesn't help that the targeting reticule is the size of the period at the end of this sentence.

The game description tells us:

"Fast and Intuitive Combat: Lead a crew of criminal mercenaries to increase your chance of survival. You can also fight alone, you will automatically draw fire, throw grenades, lay down cover, and engage in close combat with their own signature moves."

The reality is: The description doesn't mention that the criminal mercenaries have no survival instincts whatsoever. If you don't keep them on a tight leash, they'll walk right into a heated firefight and try to stop their enemies with a devious trick: jumping in front of the bullets they shoot.
You will typically do most of the work yourself, while the mercenaries pick off the leftovers. As far as signature moves, once you've seen Kane break someone's neck for the 79th time, it gets boring.

The game description tells us:

"Two-player Co-operative Game Play: Team up and play the full story with a friend as either Kane or Lynch. At any point in the game you can choose to play the next, or previous, levels in co-op. Innovative Multi-player Levels: Up to 8 players."

The reality is: I don't see what they mean by playing the full story in co-op mode - the only real difference between single player and co-op mode is seeing some events from Lynch's perspective, which we can already deduce from Kane's reactions in single player mode.
Playing previous levels or present levels is a standard feature, so there's nothing innovative here.
I haven't come across 8 players who want to tackle Kane & Lynch, let alone 8 people who want to play it at the same time.

Kane & Lynch is entertaining for a little bit, but the gameplay degenerates quickly into a repeating loop of showing a major gunfight - then another - then another - and then another. Excessive gunfights and generous heapings of cursing can't save this game. I wouldn't recommend Kane & Lynch for anything other than a rental.

FUN!! NO WAY DESERVING THE HARSH REVIEWS IN HERE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First off, before I purchase a game I always seek a dozen reviews before making the trip to the nearest game store.(games are just too expensive to purchase blindly)

After the overwhelmingly bad reviews this game had been receiving I stayed away and borrowed it from a friend. Sure this game is not as good as the hitman series but I must say I definitely found it entertaining(I do agree with the overuse of the F word; don't get me wrong I love it when it's used - even alot - only if it's used right: The Getaway for instance is an example of the F word being used alot but used properly)

I've only played this game about 3or4 hours but that's more than enough time to determine whether you'll like a game or not.(In fact you know within the first 20 minutes.) I found the gameplay to be fun, the one thing that cannot be overlooked, even if the other elements can be (like the story, dialog,etc..)

Bottom line, if you're looking for a fun shoot'em up look no further...

Just don't miss out like I almost did because of the bad reviews, you might like it. To be safe, rent it.

I'm giving this a five star review as another reviewer did to bring up the 2 star average it doesn't deserve.

Fun factor: I it give 3&1/2 stars out of 5

Pretty Poor

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty bad. Story is cliché. Game play is one notch above unplayable. AI is atrocious. Some scenes are unnecessarily difficult.

I was really looking forward to this game for some reason and while it's more or less what I expected premise-wise, they simply did nothing right.

Also - profanity doesn't offend me whatsoever, so if you're going to write dialogue that uses F-bombs as punctuation - please make it believable. Profanity shock value is just so laaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmme.

GG Kane and Lynch. GFY.

thougt was better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i own this game and i've played a lot... is good. but not great. it doesn't have a good story. is just killing killing and more killing... i don't like it very much.

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