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Stranglehold

07 September 2007
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2007 Midway Tiger Hill  
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The game is super repetitive, the way they increase difficulty later in the game is make enemies bullet sponges, bosses are also bullet sponges but you can tell they love John Woo movies and tried to make something faithful to them. It would however feel more authentic in Cantonese. The comparisons to Max Payne are inevitable but the way you can move on railings and swing from chandeliers etc. and the special abilities differentiate the gameplay.

It's too bad the coolest level comes fairly early where you go in a restaurant carrying guitar cases and a jazz band plays while you have a shoot-out. After that it feels like a bit of a slog.

Recommended for John Woo fans.
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Tequila time.. not really what you are expecting.
its basically a weak Max Payne clone. You play as a cop that does things the hard way by shooting his way up the ladders of the mafia gang. There really isnt a lot of story or emotional content to dig through here.

It plays like a third person shooter, but unfortunaly one that seems to be from the ps2 era. You can only move in 8 directions, and its a clunky game in the way that you interact with objects in the environment. The missions dont have a lot to them except defeat huge amount of waves of enemies. The gunplay is tight enough, and there are a couple of powers you can earn to make things a bit more diverse. That said, the game design is really tedius, and considering that its quite a short game i had to drag myself to beat it to the end. That said, slow motion shooting never gets old.

That said, its focus on non stop action means that its the sort of game that clearly knows what its trying to do, which is much better than the type of cutscene barrage of Max Payne 3. Its a bit clunky on the edges, but overal plays well enough to enjoy a playthrough of this short game.
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PS3
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3.5
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Content rating
ESRB: M
Player modes
1-6 players
Media
1x DVD
Multiplayer modes
Deathmatch / FFA
Multiplayer options
Online

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  • ColtXplosion 2019-11-27 18:11:49.471257+00
    aw hell yeah, this available for purchase on gog now.
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  • theaziz2001 2021-05-19 01:36:22.559411+00
    I would like to thank my uncle for showing me this game as a kid
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  • notscrumpyjack 2022-12-28 07:50:10.381689+00
    Nostalgia…. And as a game, it’s so fun. I loved it then, I love it now. Great crime / 3ps game.
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  • 4D3D3D3 2023-09-12 04:16:26.82045+00
    the collectors edition on ps3 is packaged with the film hard boiled, that has to be the best collectors edition perk
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    • to_noid_or_not_to_noid 2023-09-24 22:25:03.567026+00
      Blessed be the Wooster or whoever ok'd the idea. 'Hard Boiled' and a lot of Woo's HK movies have always been tricky to find on physical media.
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  • to_noid_or_not_to_noid 2023-09-24 22:21:55.833132+00
    aka The Game That Filled Many-a 'Used' Bins Because of Midway's Overconfidence
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