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Stranglehold
Published by: Midway |
Stranglehold - Game Review (PC)
By Emanuel Avram
Published: September 26, 2007
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All in all, a good game - worth having John Woo's name in its title. Too bad it's a little short. To compensate, there is an unlock shop and a multiplayer mode that will make this game last a bit longer. You can even unlock and learn how to make a paper crane as a bonus feature. That alone is worth all the money!
Gameplay: 87
Good but short gameplay. Roughly seven hours. It is however a somewhat new experience for the gaming industry, and combined with the cinematic aspect, great physics and with the fact that it teaches you how to create a paper crane...
Graphics: 88
Although not so good and stylized as Bioshock for example, it is still one of the best looking games out there. It uses the Unreal 3 Engine, and what it lacks in graphics complexity it compensates with good physics - everything can be blown out to pieces.
Multiplayer: 79
You only start with one model but you can unlock more at the shop. Stranglehold has Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch multiplayer, and can be also played online. Even if you can use Tequila's special abilities, time doesn't slow down in multiplayer, making them rather useless, and thus Stranglehold a regular 3rd person shooter, with nothing out of the ordinary but the destructible environment.
Sound: 90
Good music, good acting and real sound effects. The only problem is the lack of options in the game - not just for sound but other things, including graphics.
Hardware: 82
Stranglehold comes on 2 dual-layer DVDs and takes roughly 12 GB of your precious hard drive space. A bit too much for a seven hour singleplayer campaign. It also lacks most of the graphic and sound options - nothing much to change but the video resolution or shadows. That's probably the cost of porting it from consoles... There are some annoying moments where the game loads the next room in the middle of a level, and frame rate really drops, but only for a short period of time.
As a bonus feature, here is how you make and serve a Tequila Slammer!
Tequila Slammer is a cocktail, served in a shot glass. To make it, you need tequila (of course)(50%) and a carbonated drink(50%) - usually 7 Up, ginger ale or lemonade. You can also use champagne, but then it's called Slammer Royale. Enjoy!
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| (PS3) Midway Announces Stranglehold Has Gone Gold for the PlayStation3 in Europe December 3, 2007 Midway Games Ltd today announced that Stranglehold has shipped to
retail for the PlayStation3 computer entertainment system in Europe.
Developed by the team behind the critically acclaimed Psi-Ops: The
Mindgate Conspiracy, Stranglehold is now available for a suggested
retail price of €69.95.
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