this is the review to a game i have been anticipating for quite awhile,does it live up to the hype? we will find out
THE STORY
the story is about a roid cop named jack slade,he falls down from a boat and his arm is broken,two gang thugs come uo and they start teasing him,shadow (his dog) jumps and bites the chest of the first guy,the second guy flees and he is taken down fast when you start the game,at first you dont know whats going on,after you play as shadow,escorting jack to a bar,some girl named faith comes in and jack tells the story what happened to everything,at first it starts in a big building,where some gang named the union captured some hostages and they are trying to kill a guy named temple,who is a lead in a tv show,and he was going to talk about anti-crime,but a guy named riggs and his thugs attack the building and jack kills everyone but riggs flees from a big armored plane,after that,he trains with his dad,(his dad is a detective btw) and he got a lead where the union is hiding and they go to find answers leading to the attack in the building,he has a friend named redwater,who is the leader of the swat forces,and helps jack and his father later,but his dad gets shot and he doesnt know who did it,after that,he has to chase a chinese gang named triad who is connected to rigs and to find the killer of his dad,its a preety interesting story,with a lot of twists and plot holes and i found the best part of the game
so for the story
9.0
THE GRAPHICS
the graphics are not that good i must say,the animations really suck and it looks really bad,the character models look okay and the enviroment is decent,the graphics are decent and it doesnt do anything much,the art style is good,and it has variety of weapons,but the animations look like its a ps2 game and that sucks,the enviroments are different in every level but they dont look anything special and i dont have much to say,just the graphics in this game are really decent
so for the graphics
7.0
THE GAMEPLAY
the gameplay is both good and bad,first when you play as jack,he runs really good,but when he fights is just retarded,its like a ps2 game,he doesnt really nail the punches and it looks horrible,the shooting is decent,and i have a really big problem,if you play gears,when you run to a crouching wall,you get to cover right? in this game,if you run,jack jumps from the cover and doesnt get in it,it really sucks,and it also has a focus mode,its not really necessary,because it slows the time and you still get shot and its faster to kill the enemies but its not really useful,this game also has executions,some look really awesome,others look like something chuck norris will do,HOW THE FUCK can you twist a neck and then when you twist it harder,the whole body filed 5 meters in the air *sigh* its really bad,thats bassicly for jack,when you play as shadow (his dog) the gameplay becoems kinda like batman,just with chewing...shadow is probably the most scariest and more horrifying dog i have seen,the dog is big and it can rip balls,rip necks,rip heads,devouring the chest and all sorts of fucked up stuff,he can also hide bodies,like splinter cell and the dog sections are really fun,but there are like 5-6 times when you play with him.this game also has boss battles,you fight with the triad boss named tseng,then you fight with riggs,then with the big gunship you see when riggs flee and the last boss is the most epic but i wont tell who is it
so for the gameplay
8.0
FUN FACTOR
well the first levels are really boring and later the levels are a bit more fun,but they arent groundbreaking,this game doesnt have replay value,except for achievements (if you are a achievements whore) but still,this game is a dissapointment to me,i expected more,i didnt expected a lot from it,but still this game is still better than dead to rights 2 and the psp game,dead to rights 1 is still the best dead to rights game,but this one is not really that amazing,if you want to get it..get it,but if you want a third person shooter,i suggest rent it...if you are a dead to rights fan,i suggest its a rent..in the end,this game is nothing special,except the story,and thats it,when you play through a level,you are playing it for the story,but its not that grounbreaking as in gears or uncharted or mass effect,those games are fun,but this one is half-boring except the boss fights and the shadow parts
so for the fun factor 7.0
FINAL SCORE:DEAD TO RIGHTS:RETRIBUTION GETS...
7.5