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I died

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It was too hard on easy mode. It's a first-person shooter with the combat engine geared towards martial arts... but in such a way that guns are still the most lethal, and most logical, option.

The concept is interesting, but the playability is close to nil, and winds up having an "overdone" feeling. Objects are hard to use... you have to stand *just right*, and you have to press once to pick up, once again to accept, and once more to use any object. I'm sure there's a compelling conspiracy story in there somewhere... there almost always is with the Archetypal Amnesiac Adventure Hero made popular in the early 90's by "Total Recall," but the white-on-white text makes it very difficult to read what it is.

I really wouldn't recommend this game to anyone, but enough people seem to like it that it may be worth a shot.

The ultamate mix of new and old!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

At first I saw this game to preorder and it looked like some average fps,but it isnt.Like I said the mix of old and new.Everything is in first person EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awsome sci fi WITH SHOOTING ACTION.You get to use these rad punch and kick combos.Trust me tou will most likely love this.When I played the demo,I knew this would be cool and couldnt wait to buy the real game!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The story line is original while the gameplay is awesome.
MUST HAVE for any XBOX owners out there. Simply Amazing!

great innovative game.

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

this game is a breath of fresh air to the FPS genre. Its actually more fun to punch someone than to shoot them!! and the story and effects are above average too.
My only gripe is that the game starts out a little slow and some sections of the game seem unecessarilly tedious. no game is perfect though, even games like halo and grand theft auto have a few imperfections.
If you want to try something different this is highly recommended.

it is the best game i have played

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: May 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

it is the best game in the wrold my frinds like it too.

How counterintuitive can you get?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: May 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The first moment i realized i wasn't going to like this game was the first time i tried to pick up an extra clip of ammo. While i am being shot at, my character calmly picks up the clip and proceeds to stare at it and examine it in his hand, WHILE I AM BEING SHOT AT. Its the general counterintuitive nature of things like that in this game that really bothered me, moreso than anything else. Why would they institute an overly complicated mess of auto targeting with weaponry instead of having your normal point and fire crosshairs? Why why why?!? Yes this game has a few 'immersive' moments, and yes it COULD have been something great, but quite frankly i couldnt get beyond the rank stupidity of the way shooting is done, and the frustration caused when you die because your character seems to be oh so much more interested in looking at an extra clip of ammo than the fact that he is getting shot.

Welcome Surprise!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

After reciving this game in the mail and nearly beating it after a straight week of play I really think this first person puncher could start a new trend for the better! The controols though sticky at first get much easier to use as new abilities are granted to you.
The graphics are top of the line and suttle details like rusteling leaves under your feet and nearly perfect shading for all objects give a sence that you are really inside of the head of the character.
The story is enticing and compeling and comes at you from no where. The game seems dull and acts like a normal game untill your execution is upon you then out of no where your partner Alex some how jumps out of thin air, saves you, then vanishes again! Though it has no multiplayer ability, this game just might pave to way for more hand to hand FPS games...It is a very exciting game that I highly recomed to all people who like Halo, Final Fantasy, and Resident Evil.

Banging my head against the wall is as much fun

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 17
Date: November 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is too long. Just when you think that you've beat it, another 10 to 20 hrs of play is added. Fighting umpteen monsters in first person is rather tiresome and when you are able to defeat them all, you know that it is luck. I must say this is about the worst game i've ever played

Gonna hate it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 20
Date: April 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Dis game is uuuuuuurting. fin you go play and its over like dat. No funnies and no hottie gurls. would rather spent my money on other stuff.

Trespasser Revisited

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a reivew i'm going to have my spline ripped out for, but BREAKDOWN is NOT That original or impressive. What it does get credit for, is reintroducing Trespasser.

Four years ago a game was released for the PC called Jurassic Park Trespasser. It was hailed as one of the worst games of all times because instead of the run and gun FPS that we were all used to, it offered a clunky and slow going First person experiance game. And it is also no secret that most people's rigs could no where NEAR handle the wattage this baby was pumping. Trespasser though, was a very good game. It was deep, immersive, and has more SQ Milage than EQ did at that time. Plus the usage of dinosaurs with the JP license was brilliant.

So we now have BREAKDOWN. Tespasser mixed with HalfLife and FF The movie. Is it good? Graphically, yes. It's immersive and makes you feel as though you are in the action. The generic Soda for health being one thing. But if these years since TR have come out have taught us ANYTHING, is that adventure gameplay is best in 3rd person views due to being able to see your hole body. Also, the game does not really leave the main complex unless you're headed towards Nexus. So over all, rent this first to see if you'll like it. Then by all means buy it.

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