This is only a personal review after having played the demo. This review is not from any magazine or game review website.
After having played Stranglehold for a few minutes my first question to myself was "how can such a generic shooter be just now coming out on next gen game systems?"
I started out shooting a couple enemies by running around and pointing the gun at them and shooting. I then tried out the "special slow mo tequila mode" where you get skill points for killing people while doing "skill" things such as sliding accross a table or jumping. You then use your tequila points to regain health.
As far as sliding across tables its as "easy" as standing next to a table and pressing the direction pad toward the table. "frustrating" could be substituted for "easy" because your character has a tendancy of sliding back and forth over tables like its a freaking slip and slide.This feature seems to have been added to the game as a great idea but left in the game with not much of a thought as to how to make it cool.
As far as slow motion is concerned, its not a new feature at all and has already been used better back in the game F.E.A.R. This feature does not do anything to add to the game.
In final conclusion about this game I would guess it will get a 5 out 10. Its an ultra generic shooter style game with nothing new added in the way of gameplay. I would rather play a crappy port of sonic the hedgehog then subject myself to this game. I would recommend nobody buy this game, and i wouldn't even recommend renting it.
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