Wow, it's so awesome playing another one man army shooting game, yes this is exactly what I want to play...NOT!!!!!!!!!!
Despite its Max Payne nature, there are a few add-ins that round out the gameplay to fit Dead to Rights' level designs, Jack has the ability to grab people and use them as a shield while he blasts caps all over the place. Another cool feature that Dead to Rights has is the ability to do special moves on your enemies, which there are some awesome ones; even if the graphics screw up every once in awhile during them. The other feature that makes Dead to Rights stand out above Max Payne, is the constant spray of bullets that fill the screen most of the time, which makes the slow-motion lunge a useful tool for shooting at hordes of enemies at a time.
There are a few gripes that make Dead to Rights overall a game that is short lived and not even worth your time, especially since Max Payne 1 and 2 are much better games. First off, the voice acting in Dead to Rights is absolutely the worst I've heard. The cg scenes aren't anything to get excited about; they don't seem to pull off anything that makes me want to watch them again. There's one really unrealistic scene where an airliner sized plane starts moving down a runway, so Jack (needing to get on that plane) jumps and kicks a guy off of a motor cycle, now using the motor cycle, Jack races after the plane, but the plane takes off. So Jack (being so smart) jumps off of the bike, turns around, shoots the gas tank, using this explosion to propel him forward like a human rocket, he starts catching up to the plane flying through the air with two guns drawn, then two baddies open up the cargo bay from behind the plane, so Jack becomes involved in a gun fight, while being propelled through the air. Some how Jack manages to kill both the guys and catch up to the plane and land in the open cargo bay, talk about retarded. Sometimes it's okay, but other times you just ask yourself why? And then laugh. Another would be the repetitiveness that this game has; it's basically just your objective to shoot everything in your path while occasionally solving a puzzle or two. There are also little graphical mess-ups that don't bring the game down by any means, but just seem weird, like the fact that when you're auto aiming on a guy while in slow-mo lunge mode, your gun won't even be pointed at them and the bullets will still be hitting them anyway, or during some special attacks the enemy will be offset, so Jack won't be touching the enemy when the enemy gets punched or gets his neck snapped (the specials are still the most original feature about this game). Don't get me wrong about Dead to Rights, it's overall enjoyable, but it's definitely very short lived, there's about 7 to 8 hours of play your first time through the game, and that's the game's main downfall, plus the game just gets old fast, so if it was longer, you'd probably get sick of it.
An enjoyable experienced that just lacks replay value, polish, or an enthralling story and is practically copied with no innovations accept for the special moves. I don't buy that crap, if you want to impress this gamer, come up with something new and innovative, don't just put your hands out for the gravy train.