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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

There is no reason that you wouldn't want to buy this game now. The graphics are stunningly beautiful. The sound is powerful. The gameplay is fast and challenging. There are plenty of masterfully-rendered cut scenes.

The game is somewhere in between Halo and Ghost Recon. You have the action approaching Halo, but with the need for squad-based strategy. Is it as good as Halo? Well, no. But is the best game I have played for the Xbox since Halo. It lacks some of the smoothness of Halo (e.g., the character movement can have a jerkiness to it at times), and the storyline isn't as polished.

The gameplay DOES have a depth, though, that Halo doesn't. This is because of the different weapons and abilities of the squad. This adds considerable enjoyment and replay value to the game. Brute Force is designed so you will need to use the different squad characters to do well.

Buy it. You won't be disappointed!

Great game! Dont listen to the bad reviews

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is an excellent game! Great graphics and sound and a blast to play. Good control too. First off do not compare this to Halo!! Get Halo out of your head!! Too many people are expecting Halo and Halo this is not. I'm sure you already know about the characters and the game and are just looking to see if people like the game and I love the game! Have been playing for 3 days and love it. Just please don't compare it to halo. I would give it 5 stars if you could play it on live so that's why it gets 4.

It's still not Halo

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Microsoft made a big mistake when it launched the XBox with Halo. You just can't beat that game!!! Every game I've purchased for the XBox, there just seems to be something missing.

The graphics in this game are top notch. Great, large environments that really showcase what the XBox can do. The sounds are amazing, the explosions are cool. But, it's that third person perspective I don't like. If you're running straight ahead, and someone is hiding on your left or right, you swing to shoot so your targeting rectical is on the target, but your body is still swinging around. You will still be shooting in the other direction for a moment until your body catches up. It's just not responsive enough.

What really drew me into Halo was the online part. Me and a friend tried Brute Force on XBConnect.com using the System Link part, and just couldn't get it too work. I still play AT LEAST 10 hours of Halo online per week, so I know it's set up correctly. Why they came out with XBox Live I'll never know. They still are not supporting a lot of their OWN games with it. Even though we couldn't get it to work, they had a good idea with it. You can have a person join up through System Link and play through the campaign. I love that idea. You can have up to 4 players playing through the story mode, one for each character. We went ahead and played just against ourselves in a 1on 1, and it's still not Halo. Small levels with no inspiration. Players are not evenly matched so you know you won because you were the better shot, not just because you had more armor to begin with.

Knowing what I do now, I would've waited until the price dropped down on this title a little. If there had been no Halo, I would have enjoyed it:o(

Fun Strategy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've already played this game through once on easy mode, and it was okay. Basically, I didn't really use all the manuevers at my command. I all did with it was run and shoot. Now, I'm playing through Brutal Mode, and trying to use complete stategy while playing. Hawks invisibility helps locate where the enemy's are giving early intel. Brutus allows for seeing further in the darkness or mist, allowing Flint to stand next to him and shoot what he sees. Tex is more of a fall back character for me though, he's tough, but in Brutal mode, he's sorta the last resort guy. The ability to place your squad where you want them can become really advantageous. Flint snipes from a high position, while Brutus and Tex surround the opening, and then Hawk lures the enemies into the open. It has really cool graphics, and if played strategically, it can be quite a challenge.

Some things are hard to find though, but once all the enemy have been destroyed, you can generally go back and look for whatever to achieve your secondary objectives.

It can be played as either a shooter game, or a strategy game. Your choice. I love it. Brutal Mode is hard though.

Brute Force...ya it's pretty fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I decided to buy it after I played this game at my friends once. IF YOU DON'T ALREADY OWN THIS GAME, BUY IT!!!!

UPSIDE: it's cool when you get the multiplayer characters, there's a big variety; I like the squad deathmatch where you can command a group of people( not only Brute Force, but other squads like rebels too) into battle and blow the....out of other people. Each person has a unique ability, dual wielding, invisibility, etc. the graphics are really good, and the gameplay is pretty darn good too if you ask me. though it's really fun when you use cheats, not to beat the game but to have some fun whether before or after game completion.

DOWNSIDE: It's really fun untill you get to the lava levels, very boring and very hard to beat, not to mention really long(the first one is 6 chapters!).And honestly the multiplayer maps get real boring, real fast. it's also a pain having to get DNA canisters to unlock characters, some are really hard 2 find, also if you don't have all the DNA's in a squad, you can't play that squad(e.g. in the Feral squad there's the Feral Outcast, Feral Shaman, and two other feral dudes and unless you unlock all four of them you can't play their squad!). it can be a pain to find all the things for objectives A.K.A. the suitcases!!! And certain characters can pick up certain weapons, Hawk, the small girl with invisibility, can only pick up a handgun and a medium sized gun!

NOTE:the next paragraph is optional reading.

CHEATS: some cheats i can't get to work though. create a new profile and type the cheat as it's name. HVYMTL changes the graphics to an almost 2d state, it's cool. some cheats you have to beat the game, amd get all the DNA canisters with a non cheat profile, but i just beat the game, without getting ALL the DNA canisters and some of them worked.the wierd part about the cheats is that some of the cheats like VENGAR and GARVEN are sapposed to effect Brutus, one of the main characters,like make him more powerful and change his appearance, but they don't.

And that's why i gave it a 4.7/5 but we can round to 5/5. Either way it's a good game and all of you should buy it.

Brute Force is a good game by most standards, but too many flaws make Brute Force seem like a missed opportunity

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When I first bought Halo 1 and watched the stunningly amazing trailer for this game, I had long anticipated the release of Brute Force. On release day, I bought this game without hesitation. But I wish I would have waited to read reviews. As I said, this game definately had potential; but it just seems unpolished and definately didn't live up to the high expectations I had set for this game.

The core gameplay consists of controlling four elite supercommandos, each with their own unique special abilities. Tex is a tough soldier whose specialty is using dual weapons. Brutus, an alien creature, is the toughest soldier and his special ability is thermal vision, which enables him to see enemies in the dark. He also has the ability to charge enemies, which has a fatal effect. Flint is a long-range sniper whose speciality is target-locking. Hawk is a small, but tough soldier who can become invisible and sneak up on enemies and offer a silent, but deadly kill with her powerblade. The squad command system is easy to use and it enables you to instantly switch between soldiers in your squad and also allows you to issue commands to your squadmates. This makes the game seem like it would be tactical like Rainbow Six. But it definately is not; it is much more of a run and gun shooter where you run through the levels shooting at anything that moves.

The graphics in the game are very good and definately get the job done, especially in HD. Each member of your squad is very detailed and definately give them a life-like look. The environments also look good and make each level seem unique and different. The enemies are sort of hit and miss. Sometimes close up they will look stunning; other times they will look blotchy and unpolished. But overall, the visuals are pretty good.

The sound is good, but not great. The weapons sound good for the most part, but they will occasionally sound flat and unrealistic. Explosions and grenades look pretty good, but they sound unconvincing. Overall, the sound gets the job done, but it doesn't really draw you in like it should.

The value of this game is decent. The single player doesn't really offer much replayability, but the multiplayer is fun & the Xbox Live action can be exciting. For the bargain price of $10 - $15 that this game sells for, it is probably worth your money; but the game is definately not worth any more than $20.

Now, with all the good things I have mentioned above, you are probably wondering why I gave this game a lower score. For the most part, it is because of the combined overall experience of this game. The storyline is pretty lame and boring, and it doesn't really pull you into the action. All you will find yourself doing is not even paying attention to the story and simply running through the levels with your guns blazing. And without a good story at the core of a game, it definately brings down the overall experience of it. It also makes the game not very intriguing and it won't have you running back for more. Also, the missions don't have a lot of variability and will get repetitive, bringing down what could have been a much better game.

Bottomline: Brute Force is a suitable shooter on most counts, offering exciting action and a very good shooting experience; but with a disappointing storyline and an overall mediocre experience, it simply seems like a missed opportunity.

good overall

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The first thing I have to say about this game is: This is not a first person shooter. It is a third person shooter like GTA. This game can get boring a little fast, but it has some cool features: Two different types of multiplayer; one you can go against a friend and you would each have a squadron and the other is just a head-to-head match. Each character has a special ability. Tex can take out two weapons, Flint has a auto aim, Brutus has this weird heat-sensing thing and Hawk has a stealth mode. Each person can only take two guns. There is also a co-op mode aswell.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Get ready to see the greatest game ever(after Halo or Halo2).
This game looks real,good sound.Anybody who has X-box should
get this game!

brute force is awesome!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 14
Date: September 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

brute force kicks ... baby.and probably is better than halo.even though halo 2 it may be better that it.house of the dead almost exceeds the graphics of halo and brute force.unreal championship
almost meets the rank of halo 2 and brute force.all these games are awesome and i reconmend them to all mature game players to buy them.even if your parents say no sneak out and buy this awesome game!!
xbox is awesome!!!

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has great gameplay. The sound and graphics are great. It is worth every penny. I got it yesterday and I can't stop playing it.

P.S. People should not review the game before they have played it.

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