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The Club (Xbox 360) | 
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| From: Sega
Category: Video Games
List Price: £44.99
Buy New: £9.90
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 2936
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: action-games
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 5.06014E+12
EAN: 5060138434004
ASIN: B000VR1RTA
Release Date: February 8, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: new and factory sealed Genuine U.K. version, sent 1st class same or next day.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 very good August 31, 2008
Lj Carter
very good attempt by sega. good graphics and game play with a good choice of weapons, characters and levels addictive online
spot on for its time August 30, 2008
Mr. Daniel S. Wilson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
brilliant online game with superb graphics and game play. how can people slag this off. every game gets repetitive but this is good because the outcomes are random and you can have a lot of different battles. this should have 5 star rating. people with shallow minds should not be able to review this
 Fun for a while but soon becomes repetitive. March 18, 2008
Mr. D. Bell (Northampton, England)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This game is great fun. However, this eventually wears thin as it soon becomes very repetitive.
The aim of the game is to kill as many people as possible, in the most stylish way, to get a high score. As I said earlier this is great, and to keep trying to beat your score is addictive at first. It soon becomes clear though, that there is a distinct lack of depth. All the "baddies" spawn at the same point. Once you have memorised this, apart from beating your own score, there is nothing left to do.
Overall this game feels more like a very polished "bonus mission" of a bigger game. It is very similar to the "mercenary's missions" which are unlockable upon completion of Resident Evil 4. What makes those more rewarding is the fact that you have had to complete 15 to 18 hours worth of game play to get there. With "The Club" you feel as though something is missing and I don't think it is any coincidence that the price for "new and used" games has dropped so dramatically. At half the rrp it is well worth spending a few hours with but definitely worth buying a brand new copy for around forty quid.
 what a load of gash February 22, 2008
Mr. Stephen Otoole (u.k)
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
this game is the worst 360game i have ever played any one remember the sega megerdrive this was alterd beast
 Brutally addictive..... February 13, 2008
PL Tuck (Guildford, UK)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Well others have outlined the gameplay elements so I won't repeat that.
What you have to realise when buying this game is that you are not paying for a 10-12 hour campaign. You are paying for a game that can be played through on easy level in a couple of hours. However, step the difficulty level up and the challenge begins to try and perfect your runs, timing your shots well so you keep your combo going to rack up high scores.
A previous reviewer said there are no tactics but I disagree, the choice between spraying your enemies with machine gun fire just to keep your combo going, or risking going more precise for a much more score worthy single headshot, at the risk of losing your combo is a constant one. Similarly, weapon choice is a constant decision.
The fact that there is no story as such and this is primarily a trip back to the good old days of gaming where the sole purpose was to beat your high score will grate some people. I find it a hugely refreshing change.
Multiplayer is good fun and lag free (though last night there were only 12 people in the world playing The Club online)
My only gripes are that the difficulty curve is quite steep. you will blast through every level on casual mode, yet put it up one level to reckless and it gets pretty tough, pretty quickly. Either Casual is slightly too easy, or reckless is slightly too hard. There are 2 further levels which seem nigh on impossible to me so why reckless has to be as difficult as it is I'm not sure. On the flipside, when you nail it and completely blow your previous high score away, it is a very, very satisfying feeling. Also I would have liked to have seen a bit more in the way of unlockable, but that's pretty minor really.
EDIT : Now I've been playing this for a week, I'm starting to really learn some of the levels and although I still havent won a tournamant on Reckless, I'm consistantly getting 2nd place over the 6 events, so it does get possible to take on the higher skill levels, (managed 4th in an Insane tounament too!) even for a shooter neanderthal like me.
PGR4 + Tony Hawks + Tekken + guns = The Club
The most enjoyable shooter for a long time.
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