Difficulty:

Easy

Time Spent:

10 Hours or Less

The Bottom Line:

"Just plain fun"

First of all, Made Man was supposedly to be released in 2004 but the game discontinued when Acclaim ceased and therefore its release data was canceled. Afterwards, the project was again started by Acclaim former crew and then it was released in 2007.

Made Man, this game has one of the best story lines ever, it is so well done and in the game it fits perfectly. The game's storyline is certainly a great aspect of Made Man. The game consists of Joey Verola talking with a friend in a car about his life, the game storyline starts great, continues great and finishes great. The game uses flashbacks such as Vietnam era, so well done. I was amazed the way they made the flash backs occur with the storyline. Pretty well done.

The gameplay of Made Man is rather simple, it tends to be a shoot anything that moves game. In the game you can use an ability Kill Rush which consists as the name suggests killing many enemies. Also there is a feature which is an animation to kill a dying enemy, where the screen splits into two and you see Joey Verola kill the dying joe with one single bullet. The game offers a cover system, its very useful and judging by 2004 it would have been original, innovative and great. Controls were good, camera movement was also good, simple and fine.

The graphics for 2004 were fine, nothing that good nothing that bad, but for a 2007 the graphics weren't even a competition.

The sound of the game was not bad, the voice acting during the cutscenes was great but during gameplay it felt a little bit fake and awkward. The game offers good weapon sound and good explosion sounds.

The A.I. of the game could have been much better, the enemies tend to just stand and shoot at you, they move around but nothing that fancy. But again this game was circa 2004 so it was not that bad.

Closing Comments:

Remarkable game which would have been great in 2004. Sadly being released in 2007, with the competition and all, led the game to a downfall. At least Silverback Ent. did not hide this gem, and in my opinion they made a smart move in continuing the game.. Made Man deserved it.