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Kane & Lynch: Dead Men on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC
Distributed by
Eidos Interactive
Posted: December 14th, 2007.
With the Hitman series already well established, Danish developer Io Interactive are not exactly masters of the
family friendly game. This latest effort is their most violent and shocking yet, as you take control of reluctant
mercenary Kane and his schizophrenic partner Lynch. Neither character likes the other but for the purposes of the
story they have to work together in a series of violent third person shoot outs. By default you control Kane,
with the computer or another player taking on the role of Lynch.
As the game progress you will also be able
to recruit a team of up to eight mercenaries, with your reputation determining the quality of the personnel
applying for the job. Ordering your squad around is easy enough but since any of them, particularly Lynch, can
have completely different objectives to you, they won’t always take orders – particularly if they’ve taken
a dislike to you already - which is a real problem when you want them to administer some first aid.
Although it is much more action packed than the Hitman games, there are obviously similarities between the two
games, with highly interactive environments and multiple ways to approach any problem. One particular
highlight already demonstrated involves a kidnapping at a rave with Kane & Lynch firing into the air to
disperse a large crowd of dancers before engaging in a brutal gun battle with security guards, as the sound
and music system continues to flash and blare. If the rest of the game is just as inventive with its scenarios
then Io may well keep Kane and Lynch alive for a little longer.
Features:
- A tense and unpredictable experience featuring two men who hate each other but must work together to save themselves and the ones they love
- Realistic and responsive environments and crowds react when things get out of hands. Manipulate the environments and crowds strategically to complete objectives
- Wide variety of intense 3rd person gameplay: rappel from buildings, fire from moving vehicles, launch surprise attacks, lay down cover fire, and shoot blind from around corners
- Lead a crew of criminal mercenaries to increase your chance of surviving and reaching your goals, or fight alone and your crew AI will automatically draw fire, throw grenades, and engage in close combat with their own signature moves
- Innovative multiplayer levels
The game retails on the following formats at: Xbox 360 £44.99, PS3 £49.99 and PC £39.99,
and a full review will follow early in the new year.
Click on the formats above to purchase the title.
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2007.
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