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Fast,frenetic,acrobatic gunplay on steroids...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

....can best describe Stranglehold. A third person shooter that looks and plays like a blockbuster asian themed action film. While the cutscenes at first are somewhat jaggy, they get better towards the 2nd 3rd levels. But really who cares about cutscenes, for me its about gameplay and Stranglehold is hitting the action dept. on all cylinders.Only tequila mode slows down the pace and you'll need to use it to stay alive. Luckily it automaticly refills so you'll be in constant use of it. The bullet trails are quite well done ,as you can dodge bullets (slow mo tequila time) in 'stand off' mode , its like wild west duel ONLY with 5-10 against you..simply awesome. And sniper tequila mode d-pad up aim fire and you follow the bullet like a bullet cam and wil get a unique cinematic kill or not if you missed ,which is unique every time, not the same cutscene over and over, Very cool. The graphics are quite nice and cinematicly done, not the best textures but still very very nicely drawn and detailed,lots of asian themed art, very visually stunning in some areas ,in short, a very pretty game. And you can destroy just about anything you shoot like stone carvings of chinese dragons 6+ feet high etc. Sometimes the action is so intense I have to take a break . While the constant shooting can get repetetive ..the tequila time and the acrobatic movement make up for the simple game mechanics, which is shoot everything and shoot it again. You'll slide across a counter while shooting,jump onto a push cart on your belly while shooting, hop up to a railing banister,slide down banister shooting, hop through a window shooting, kick over a table for cover while shooting,all in one continuous smooth motion. WOW simply stunning shooter gameplay. The controls are smooth and easy to master. The use of the LT is what causes you to do all those acrobatics..and tequila time (auto-enters) while aimimg at an enemy. Also you can manually turn it on with RB . Alternately in options menu you can turn off (auto-enter) tequila time while aiming at enemy, if you want complete manual control of tequila time. If your a fan of shooters ..or fan of Maxx Payne and Matrix games ... Stranglehold its simply awesome and much better IMO. Something to hold you over until HALO3 is out or if you need a change of pace from (equally awesome) Bioshock... Stranglehold's only (7) levels being the one negative thing, the levels are pretty big mostly linear , still Stranglehold is just so intense, what it lacks, it makes up for in fantastic shooter gameplay which it has in spades. Dont miss Stranglehold.

Stranglehold chokes.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: September 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Stranglehold is the single worst multiplayer game ever created. These guys took a lunch break and decided to add some net-code. You have a game where you can shoot someone point-blank half a dozen times and still get nothing on them unless you have run around some box of a level and picked up a bunch of paper cranes to pull off some real trite power moves. Bullet time? Again?!?

Single-play in Stranglehold has the occasional fun part but nothing at all original about it. The level designs range from boxes to bigger boxes. The programmers seem to think intriguing level design is secondary to throwing half the Chinese army at you at any given time. The destructive environments will keep you interested for about five seconds.
Rent this game if you want, just don't buy it and feel like you wasted your precious money like I did.

nice

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this game is really nice.now when i first started playing it i thinken oh no not another max payne game.but its so much better.the story line is really simple but good.its like non-stop action through the whole game.now the only downfall 2 this game is that its only betwenn 7-10 hours long.but i would still say it was worth my $60 dollars.other than the short time span u should go buy the game

Crotch Shot!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I went into this game thinking, slow mo ninja cop third person shooter. And its good, not the best but if you are in to the whole John Woo dove thing it would be great. Graphics could be better but gameplay makes up for it. I mean, they have a cutscene for shooting someone in the crotch. How could you go wrong with that?

Be ready to bring it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: September 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Intense is the best word to describe Stranglehold,yes it is like Max Payne I'm sure you've heard but its so much more to.Its row after row of bad guys and many different ways to put them down.They did a good job of using John Woo's action style into the game.The game is short about 7 hours but it sure is one crazy ride,enjoy.

Chow WOULD Be Proud ...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I discovered the films THE KILLER and HARD BOILED back in '93 and always admired the hypnotic gunplay and the charisma of Chow Yun Fat as he dispatched hordes of neverending thugs.
This title is the game equivelent of those movies and then some ! It's like a dream come true !
Can't wait for a sequel !

Good not great, but still one helluva ride!!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Stranglehold is basically Max Payne meets, well, John Woo. This game is action packed from start to finish, although it is on the short side. The graphics are nice, and they get much better on the later levels. Controls are what you expect for a Max Payne rip-off, plus a few John Woo signature specials moves. The multi-player isn't too deep, but still fun. If you are a fan of Chow Yun-Fat/John Woo movies and/or Max Payne then you will probably dig this.

That said, this game could have been a lot better. First off, its rather short. There are 7 levels, each one takes about an hour or so. Luckily it is challenging and you will find yourself dying a bunch so don't expect to finish this in one sitting. The game also could have used more guns. Its got the dual pistols, assault rifle, shotgun, mp5, machine gun, nades and a rocket launcher. There was no sniper rifle or uzi-type weapon. You also could only have dual pistols. No dual automatics, which would have been fun. Lastly, there is some serious compression going on in the cutscenes. The voice-overs are top-notch, but I was expecting a lot more from the cinematics. The real-time cut-scenes look much better IMO. The AI is also pretty dumb, most of the time they either hold a position or run straight at you, nothing new here.

Overall this is a fun but shallow game. If you are a big Hong Kong action movie-buff, then this is the game for you. Otherwise its a solid rental because you can probably beat it in a couple of days.

Lousy 3rd person shooter

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I like 3rd person shooters but this game is terrible... Bad graphics, horrible playability... DO NOT BUY. Rent if you want to try it... you will get tired of it soon...

Empty box

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: January 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Box was received empty!! After contacting customer service it as replaced in record time-thanks for great customer service.

Stranglehold

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is amazing - one of the few games where my wife actually sat down next to me and wanted a go at it. I had to pull myself away from it to go to work today, and 1 hour later my wife calls me to tell me she's playing it... aaarrghhhh!

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