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it looks awwwsome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 15
Date: October 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

in predator cj you have a big problem with the mafia and as predator you have to kill them in the 1930s and then the 2030s this game looks awsome

DUDE, it's awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: December 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Being a huge predator fan, I found out everything I could about this game. The game follows you from 1930 through 2030. You hunt the mafia because they try to expose your race and start a universal war.The game brings all the old and new weapons and vision modes. But, since the game is in 3rd person, I don't know how you use them.

PREDATOR : CONCRETE BUNGLES

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: May 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

PLAYSTATION 2: This review is mostly for fans of the Predator franchise and not particularly to hardcore gamers who find this stuff a breeze. I bought this because a few people said there was a roaming feature which I wanted to just wizz away the time with one of my favorite monsters. I'm not a serious gamer, so I had hoped this sucker would be fun yet still challenging on easy/'unblooded' on the game. HELLO creators...some of us don't want to make a career out of playing these things, we just want to have a little fun, thank you very not. Anyhow, I can't seem to find a roaming feature yet...lol. But lotsa frustration came free of charge.

...Casual gamers take note. I'm literally stuck towards the last quarter of levels at "Ten Thousand Ways To Die" right before the you're sposed to kill the Hooker Boss Lady (Yes, you heard right)....where you start off with full health & energy and *some* weapons. But must progress through, oh five-ish sub-levels with mobs of soldiers with devastating firepower....Police Craft and hidden rocket launching Soldiers shooting at you on each....with only ONE power up (that I've been able to find so far before dying) and near impossible weapons upgrades that you can get to (tucked high up or near a pack of soldiers) if you plan your strategy right...if not...you get mobbed by bullets and die rather quickly. You'll find it takes little firepower from your enemies to bring you down. And as an added frustration: Your enemies many times when it's crucial, can see you WITH your Stealth camo on. That, plus it takes YOU...the Predator, what seems an INSANE amount of wacks to kill your opponents (those who watch the movies will quickly see *this* aspect is nearly ridiculous)...and this doesn't include the Bosses (remember: attack from behind;-)...plus your weapons are useless at the worst times. For example...you can shove your spear thru a person twice, whack them a few times with your arm blades, they'll fall and will soon get up (so don't walk off from Prey until their blip disappears or you'll be sorry). In many instances I'd wondered why the creators of this game made the Predator this weak in comparison to foes. For the challenge, I spose...but sometimes it seemed a bit overkill and really not fun after awhile. Really. And there's NO checkpoints...I haven't seen one yet through this game (nor can you save til a level completes). Plan on redoing a number of levels several times until you figure out how they're laid out. You'll need to especially take note of where the cameras are you're trying to avoid or you'll be redoing things quite often...so get used to using the green colored visor sensor thingy often or else...lol
On a good note...some levels are remarkably easy. Seriously....you'll be saying...'uh...that's it?' Then proceed onto the next level and be stuck there until you're ready to smash the disc into pieces (which is why I gave up for today and decided to write this review:-)
DIALOGUE: At some point your going to think some of the lines are incredibly stupid the fifteenth time around...wait til you here "Sacrifice my Bruddah" over and over in the Voodoo Posse part. You'll be repeating it in your sleep. In the Old Church-Goth-Punk-Concert level (yes, again, you heard right), wait til you hear the Boss dudes endlessly try their best Trent Reznor/Marilyn Manson lines on you. You'll be wanting to 'Kill the Pain (or whatever those lame laments were)" and slit *someone's* wrists if you don't die laughing first. The biggest beef with the dialogue is the amount of profanity. I have no problem with cussing. But on the Hooker/Porno Star-weapons dealer level (Yes...I'm not lying)....I think the schoolgirl looking gunwomen said f** more times than I've said it in my life! And that's pretty impressive cuz me and the F' word are nearly married.
TIMED MISSIONS: Oh...forgot about those. I also forgot about the jumping. Yes...jump around, jump around, jump up and up to get down . Really....it's endless. And I thought American McGee's Alice was a pain. PCJ makes her jumps seem like hopscotch. Remember: If you find you can't figure out where to go...look up...you'll probably hafta jump to get there (*if* you can see...yes...it's also a dark game...lol). If you like lotsa jumping, this is for you. If you're looking for lotsa combat....well...if you like to jump lots to engage in combat...this is for you.
Well...this sounds like such a ragfest on this game. But I like alot of it, but think it's so inconsistant. With no checkpoints, the levels just drag insanely, though many times you can breeze quickly thru them once they're mentally mapped out. The graphics are gorgeous by the way. The cutscenes are very well done.The Pred never looked better in a game. If you were looking for more free roaming/killing/hunting (the timed Bonus 'Rituals' don't count, as those are basically dash here/dash there before time runs out), then be warned. It's pretty linear so far.
OVERALL: Beautiful looking game. Some levels too easy. Some too hard and too long. And I haven't found a level yet that I'm just dying to replay. Which is sad for a Pred game......but I've replayed Return Of The King and Two Towers mega times....but all this jumping junk just seems to outweigh the combat options so far (Hello creators....Preds don't just jump and stalk for days.....eeeergh!) So dunno once done, how much replay value *this* bugger will have.
So that's it. If you've read this entire manifesto, I hope it's helped.

Lame, could and should have been better

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 10 / 18
Date: May 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The idea of playing as the modern day classic movie monster the Predator in a sprawling urban landscape is enough to entice any gamer into playing Predator: Concrete Jungle, whether they be a fan of the character or not. However, as promising as this game may appear, it is sadly disappointing. A choppy frame rate, muddy graphics, clumsy controls, and migraine inducing camera angles really ruin what could have been a great gaming experience, and the usage of the Predator's various abilities doesn't go as well as one might hope. Not to mention that once upon completion, there is practically no replay value whatsoever, and the game's story doesn't delve into the Predator mythology as much as it proclaims to. All in all, for Predator fans this game is worth a rental at best, but for the rest of us this is better left on the shelf.

Sadly to say, a dud

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 14
Date: May 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I think I'm pretty much gonna give up on any game that is based off of anything from a movie. It seems like no one can do it right. Awesome ideas for most of the games, just bad execution of them. Predator: Concrete Jungle joins the many bad-games-based-off-movies-that-could've-been-really-cool-but-sucked list. Other games on this list include Fight Club and The Thing.
The only real reason I gave this game 2 stars was that at first, I thought it was really cool using the Predator's cloaking devices, his different visualizations and his shoulder cannon. But these cool things rapidly diminished. The biggest drawback for me in this game was the controls. They just sucked. Not easy to get down at all and very inefficient for the game.
Another thing lacking in the game was the story line which wasn't as great as it sounded and the graphics were nothing to get your panties up in a twist for.
A thing they could've done better was to make the city enviornment more open (as well as a better city) and give the player more freedom to roam around to give him more an actual "hunting" feeling. I never felt like I was hunting anything in this game at all. This was your standard objective level third person action game in a limited environment. It would've been so much cooler to be able to roam the city at will and find missions as well as being able to just about whatever you wanted inbetween. I guess a kind of a Grand Theft Auto game only Predator style. That would've been sweet. Too bad, so sad.

Predator - Concrete Crap

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: May 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is, by far, one of the worst games I've ever played. For one, there's no excuse for the sorry graphics on a PS2. They would've been acceptable on the first Playstation, but its downright terrible. The camera angles are not your friend. Everything else about this game is just stupid.

But what do I know? I only played it for five minutes before I quit because I couldn't take it anymore. I drove all the way back to the video store and returned it within a half hour of renting it. Even if I didn't have the car, I would've walked the two miles just to get it out of my house. That's how bad this game sucks.

A complicated "Pred" review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: June 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I figured I would just put in my 2 cents worth on this one. I am a very big fan of the Predator & Alien series. I was impressed with this game from the start. The Narration is beautifully done. I am not a huge hardcore gamer, I have my collection of PS2 games and this one is a keeper. The graphics are pretty good(the Predator is well detailed, especially in his different array of costumes to choose from.)But the rest of the game is somewhat marred( I did like the nice touch of blood splashing realistically on the camera when you get to flay someone.)I was kinda of hoping the graphics would be a little better in the other environments though.
Game play is neat but lacks reality. The Pred is a powerful beast, but when you get to the later chapters, it seems that the soldiers are impossibly tough(even after taking 5 shots from your plasmacaster.) The bosses are pretty tough but not unbeatable. The chapters range from very easy to ungodly hard. I had to use a cheat code on my Action replay Max just to unlock the beginning of some of these chapters. I still haven't beaten every chapter. The chapter entitled "if it bleeds we can kill it," is an extremely hard level, but for all you Alien fans, they make a cameo appearance. THEY JUST KEEP COMING!!! So plan on doing this level a few times.HINT: use your mines sparingly!!
Dialogue is interesting,but repeats itself constantly. ALOT OF SWEARING! For me, the dialogue was good for a Pred game(Mature rating).Being that I am currently starting preproduction on a independant film, I found some of the dialogue great for certain parts. EXAMPLE: when in a "certain" chapter and confronting a certain boss, She cleverly retorts " say hello to my little FRIENDS."
Overall it is a fairly well done game, but not evened out enough to make it fair to your Predator( reminds me of that D**** AVP movie.) Game play is good in some parts but horrible in others. The controls I thought were good, but could of made it a little more player friendly in first person mode. The camera angles were just plain BAD. They need to work on those for future Pred games. Replay value is moderate, unless you like going around the city and beating up the Jamaican Vodoo Posse all day. It is fun but tires quickly.

ARE YOU PEOPLE CRAZY!?!?!? THIS GAME ROCKS!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: June 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i'm a huge pred fan and an alien fan. the camra is 1 of the camra styles i have ever got 2 use. 5 stars. graphics coud have ben a little better but overall thay are good.4 1/2 stars. ther is a lot of cussing but there a lot of cool sfx. sound 4 stars.gameplay. it rocks it gets better when you get your first skull game. gameplay gets 5 stars.over all a 5 star game get it o and for the record i'm a hard core gamer and i love it get it it rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GREAT game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Evrybody who says this game Isn't fun WAS LYING this game is VERY VERY fun maybe hard on the later levels I was stuck on where you have to destroy the robot guys I just quit and restarted and started killing people It's SUPER FUN you just mimicry then jump down and melee people then jump back up grab some spear gun ammo and shoot people throw some fire bombs then go back to melee you get so many honorable kills it just ain't funny.well thats all I've got to say about this game.

Something so cool turned into something so cruel

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: June 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

To make this quick, I will use a rating scale.

Graphics: 3/5
Sound: 4/5
Voiceovers: 1/5 (It's so funny at first how lame the voices are, then it gets boring)
Controls: 4/5
Gameplay: 3/5
Overall: 3/5

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