This shooter adds a fresh layer of stink to a strangely discovered series that was once bearable.
I've been traveling to Vietnam on periodic trips to see family every 3 or 4 years and every trip, I've left with a satisfying cache of pirated games to bring home, with games ranging from Half Life 2 to The Witcher 2, and including the video game franchise "Terrorist Takedown". Every trip, I've left with a copy of the latest in the series and this last trip I've come home with Terrorist Takedown 3, and boy this last one was a stinker.
I mean, seriously. I've played the first when I was really young (and stupid), which was basically an average turret shooter with some (at the time) flashy graphics. The second came a few years later and, (surprise!), gave you legs! and got you to shoot through some sub-par levels in what I considered at the time to be a relatively noble ambition that fell flat. This last one I bought hoping this time, for real development, for at most a pleasant surprise, and for its memento value, but all I got was the surprise; this entry has absolutely no redeeming qualities; it's just one hell of a bad game.
So is it unfair to say that I reviewed this game based on 10 minutes into the first mission? Even if I admit it foremost and emphasis that this is a really, really bad game?
So take this as a warning kids, if you ever travel overseas and see the once seminal shooting franchise that is 'Terrorist Takedown' with its alliterating title and awesome call of duty like cover, don't be fooled! It will suck you in, hand you its glimmers of hopes and dreams and all you get in the end is this game. Terrorist Takedown 3 =( .