The game takes the sandbox genre and turns it around for a whole new experience..yet it has some flaws
STORY:
The story is kinda simple you are a special agent bred for combat and part of a organization called "The Agency" and you have to clean up crime in a city and the city has 3 sections each with their own gang and the gangs really control the city and its your job to crack down on them and take out their bosses
GAMEPLAY:
The gameplay is a typical sandbox environment in a city the only difference is you have unlimited respawns and your character changes the more you play which is cool when you first play your character is this skinny looking guy who basically sucks at everything you try to do the game boasts jumping but he can't jump that high yet the more you fight and do more cool things (like jumping in the air and killing someone) your jumping and accuracy would increase the more things you do the more you level up you kill a gang member with a physical attack your melee points go up shoot someone far away your accuracy goes up etc etc another cool thing is when your driving skill is high the agency cars actually changes to your skill and trust me its a nice sight to behold and the cars are so much better
Now this leads me to the gang members they are basically a respawning nightmare yes in the beginning when you fight the gangs they basically swarm you they constantly respawn and then their hit squads come and when you first play as the weak guy you are almost over powered by the gangs who basically do nothing and wait around until you show up yet you can't get angry at the game because you have unlimited lives and respawn in certain areas that you unlock called safehouses they are houses where you store guns and ammo and usually have to fight gangs for them but once you unlock them they are yours forever and can spawn there
Yet the problem with the game is no one leads you its just okay here is an open world game for you have fun and the game walks away your whole mission is to take out 3 gangs and their 7 bosses (each gang has 7 bosses) and you get info about the boss's whereabouts at random times that make you go huh? the bosses are difficult to get to since the security is tight around them and the only reason you are attacking the bosses is to get to the gang leader where the leader is it is like a stronghold but if you take out the minor bosses the leader's position gets weaker and weaker(but is still a challenge) the only person who leads you is a announcer who has funny one-liners when you die or kill a group of enemies but they get a bit repetitive and once again the info that gets to you is always random
The game does get better the more you progress the city slowly becomes more your playground the more you play the gangs become your fodder and your character isn't a wimpy person anymore but a beefed up person with a different clothing and just looks cooler you actually feel like you have special abilities
GRAPHICS:
The graphics are nice they are almost color shaded in a way the gangs aren't that impressive and the civilians are ehh they don't really stand out the only thing cool is your character and the agency vehicles and maybe certain faction's vehicles
SOUND:
The sound is decent the guns sound like guns the gangs scream whatever in a broken accent there is a radio function with the cars but the music is nothing special you will probably ignore it the only saving grace is the announcer really
PRO's:
fun to see your character slowly change, finding the agility orbs, when you beat the game the "keys to the city" mode is a fun mode that is literally do whatever you want downgrade your agent or fully upgrade you argent bring all the gangs back or kill them all, picking up a car and throwing it at gangs is fun, a fresher experience for this genre
CON's:
The gang A.I. is bad, the music is bad, the constant respawning of enemies gets annoying, there is literally no story, the game can be over very quickly, there is very little replayability when you finish the game, the guns are nothing special, to unlock the really cool weapons and cars you have to pay real money (800-500 points not really worth it), some frustrating boss encounters
OVERALL:
Overall the game is fun if played at a decent pace you can probably beat it in a day or two and I can't really bash it for that because the whole experience just feels refreshing I like the fact I can pick up a car and fling it or jump over buildings the game just needs some polishing and maybe added some sort of story and make it a bit longer and it would have been so much better