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Dead Men Do Tell Tales

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 23 / 42
Date: November 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Let me just say the following, Kane & Lynch Dead Men is a fun game. I don't care what your preconceived expectations are or were, when you play the game (especially with a friend in co-op mode) you will have fun. Your weapons sound and react differently from one model to the next and the reason the bullets don't group into a perfect shots every time is because like real bullets when fired from a semi-automatic or automatic weapon, they physically don't do that. One reason why I preferred the pistol as a weapon of choice was its accuracy is greatly improved (much like the reality of a human shooting a pistol over a machine gun). There is a sense of pressure on some levels and not so much on others allowing for a fairly realistic sense of necessity and opportunity, if you play smart the game responds accordingly. Like any FPS, there is a reality that there will be a repetitive flow after awhile, but the game has an interesting plot, some very cool locations to battle through (the club scene is particularly crazy) and again, a stress on realism in terms of behaviors and weapons. I'm not a believer in a perfect game, I have a PS3 & and XBOX 360 and I have yet to experience the perfect FPS (Halo 3 is not the god game it is built up to be, but it is great). The only negative I experienced in this game was the ridiculous use of profanity. I am not a prude nor am I one to shy away from a gratuitous term, but it seems as though the game being rated mature meant that the characters say f*Y&% about every other word and its just corny. They need a better script writer and they need one yesterday. Being rated Mature doesn't mean I need my characters to leap out of Goodfellas or Scarface. Let my character sound like a human being and not a 13 year-old's stereotype of a criminal. I thought the graphics were good and I have a big HD TV. Again, I don't know what people expect in terms of graphics, its a game, not real life. The colors were clean and details were nice. I have yet to play the online multiplayer simply because I just got the game on Monday and finished it on Wednesday night. I believe we clocked in around 12 hours of game play on the hardest difficulty setting. If you want a smart and creative game that really does play like scenes from the movie HEAT (and it really does) hen I recommend this game easily. If you are expecting perfection then look elsewhere. I am giving the game 5 stars because an 2 star average by other reviewers isn't fair, especially when matched against their comments. I'd normally give a 4 star rating. Take that as you will and happy hunting.

Everyone Agrees With Everyone Else

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

When it comes to most gamers, my title is dead on. Here's what joe shmo consumer should know: Some fat guy with a bad attitude used to work at a video game site (games spot) and he got fired. This game was his most famous review because he panned it. That's really about as interesting as this story goes but for some reason, since this was brought up (his panning the game in a video review as possibly being the reason he got fired) over and over again in the gaming press, if you'll call it that since most is just blogs, a lot of jerk off with a computer have rampantly targeted the game without playing it and basically smeared its reputation.

I'm sure they can come up with the same four canned reasons they read this game suffers from being a 10/perfect game. Honestly, it's leagues ahead of Halo 3, which is just more of the same and for an additional $60 a year you can play against these same hate spewing jerks on xbox live in multiplayer. Look, it's Kane and Lynch is a good game. The story is subversive and about 90% of it risky. Will you love it? Probably not. But will it be like everything else out there? No. Look, in a time where a lot of game developers are trying to mix social commentary, subversive plot lines, unlikeable characters, and different kinds of game play together because god forbid they had something different to say... people who like more of the same will disagree.

I'm not going to bash other games. Hell, I'll even take back my Halo game. Although, I'd like Bungie, the publisher, to make a really original title and stop making sequels. I will say, try it out. If you like Reservoir Dogs or the Pusher triology or Heat or Godfellas, then you know there's going to be very unsavory characters here. That's why the game is fun because you probably are not one of these guys and you probably wouldn't let one of these guys around your wife or kids. The graphics are actually wonderful because you're playing in crowded places with innocent people. Lots of them. The sound is great and the game feels more like a movie.

Pretty much, my advice is that if you are going through reviews online, and you see one or two that drastically disagree, use that as fuel to think twice. You would in normal life so it can spill over into online judgements, too.

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

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It's awesome. The graphics are 100% better than any PS2 game. We have nothing but but fabulous things to say about it!

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.

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

GREAT GAME!! But silly ending

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: January 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The graphics, game play and plot of this game is amazing. It is one of the funnest shoot em up games I have played. The only part I hate is the ending. Kanes a traitor!!

Good gameplay, great scenarios, horrible story and transitions

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: November 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game looking for a satisfying co-op experience with my friends (and in this case, my brothers), but it fell short, and most of our time was spent mocking it instead. The actual gameplay was thoroughly enjoyable once we got familiar with the controls and knew what to expect, but other issues constantly broke our immersion in the game. Surprisingly though, the problems covered by most of the other reviews were no problems at all with us here. Graphics lacked polish and looked lower-budget, but not only did they satisfy my brothers and I-- we liked them and the feel they gave. Guns have some spray to them, and it's such a pain to lean against (some) walls for cover that it isn't worth the effort to try, but these issues are easily compensated with either skill or creativity.

The only real issue we walked away from this game with was the story. The story that I was sold (and the reason why I bought the game) was that Kane and Lynch are two good-as-dead men who have no choice but to rely on each other to survive after they escape a prison fate. The story of the game winds up entirely focused on Kane's daughter, and has you do some ridiculously complicated things (story-wise, not difficulty-wise) for what seem like silly reasons. Don't get me wrong, you do some sweet stuff. You escape police, you rob a bank, you bust back into and back out of prison, you invade Cuba, you rush a jungle hideout Bond-style, and you get to shoot down planes and helicopters. All these things are really fun, but I never felt like there was a valid reason for doing any of them. I essentially abandoned the story line altogether and just tried to enjoy the new locations and outfits we got to kill in.

The main issue my brother had with the game was a lack of stats/a score. We finished the game (co-op all the way, took three days casual playing) and the first thing he did was search the game menus for some type of tracking system to see how he and I compared in terms of how well we both did. There isn't any such system, which really robs the game of its replay value and meaning in general.

I am happy that I had a chance to play this game through and experience some delightful scenarios (for example, a shootout in a night club with a panicked mob running in all directions and bad guys seeded throughout, wading our way to come take care of bidness), but it's not something I would pay full retail price for. I'll be keeping it for awhile just because I have no other multiplayer ps3 games to offer my real life friends, but aside from that: This game is a rental, through and through.

P.S.: on the multiplayer note... there is online play and there is LAN play, but split-screen is not supported here. The only place two people can play together split-screen in this game is the Campaign; LAN requires multiple playstations.

Not as bad as everyone says

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

If you don't like crime movies with tons of swearing and blood, then you'll hate Kane and Lynch. Yes it's very violent and pretty much every other word that comes out of the character's mouths is the F-word, so if you're easily offended, stay away. Since I don't mind swearing or blood, I rented it and it wasn't AS bad as people said it was. It was still bad, though.

CONS-
poor shooting controls
bad cover system
aiming is a mess
swear words felt tacked on and unnecessary
many glitches
teammates are stupid and unresponsive

PROS-
good story
above-average graphics
good voice acting
interesting and somewhat likeable characters
gritty atmosphere and environments
makes you feel like you're in a crime movie

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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