Experience the excitement of true next-gen action as you take on the role of Inspector Tequila from John Woo’s influential action film, Hard Boiled starring Chow Yun-Fat. Ensnared by a crime boss with a gripping secret, Inspector Tequila is forced to cross the line from sworn duty to bloody revenge. Engage your enemies with intense cinematic gun battles and cause massive environmental damage in real-time or revolutionary slow-motion Tequila Time.
Something really different and refreshing I came across this game quite late, and primarily bought it because it seemed similar to the Max Payne series, which was itself inspired by Woo's films. When I started playing, however, the game far surpassed any max payne game, or any action game for that matter.
The audio is SUPERB (though a bit too loud sometimes), you can hear all kinds of stuff - explosions, guns, rubble falling, objects breaking, what not. The graphics are just okay by today's standards but some of the shaders are really cool (rain effects are great). The gameplay is just totally different and highly entertaining and refreshing. Chow Yun Fat delivers his stuff well, and so does everyone else for that matter. It plays out like a big movie and doesn't let up on the action for even a minute.
Even more interesting are the physics - massive D. The amount of rubble you will see after a firefight is simply awesome. I haven't seen stuff like this in a lot of games.
On the flip side, the game does get repetitive sometimes (so play in short bursts) and the regular slow-mo might prove irritating sometimes. But overall, this game is one of the most refreshing high-adrenaline shooters I've played in the past few years.
A decent 3rd Person Shooter.. John Woo Presents Stranglehold is a fairly decent 3rd person shoot-em-up game. Produced using the Unreal Engine, so the graphics and presentation are not bad, although look a little dated now.. This game almost reminds of a arcade shooter, with very little plot aside from 'kill all the bad-guys to progress to the next section of the stage'.
I enjoyed the gimic of slow motion 'tequila-time', although it wears a little thin eventually. Also, there is very little range of weapons or enemies. It does have fairly easy achievements too, which is a plus for those chasing Gamerscore
Overall, Id say this is not a bad game for a Sunday afternoon brainless shoot-em-up session. I give it 7/10.
