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Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (PC DVD) | 
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| From: Eidos
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
Buy New: £6.47
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 4106
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: action-games
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5021290030435
ASIN: B000NG1KOG
Release Date: November 23, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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With the Hitman series already well established, Danish developer Io Interactive are not exactly masters of the family friendly game. This latest effort is their most violent and shocking yet, as you take control of reluctant mercenary Kane and his schizophrenic partner Lynch. Neither character likes the other but for the purposes of the story they have to work together in a series of violent third person shoot outs. By default you control Kane, with the computer or another player taking on the role of Lynch. As the game progress you will also be able to recruit a team of up to eight mercenaries, with your reputation determining the quality of the personnel applying for the job. Ordering your squad around is easy enough but since any of them, particularly Lynch, can have completely different objectives to you, they won't always take orders - particularly if they've taken a dislike to you already - which is a real problem when you want them to administer some first aid.Although it is much more action packed than the Hitman games, there are obviously similarities between the two games, with highly interactive environments and multiple ways to approach any problem. One particular highlight already demonstrated involves a kidnapping at a rave with Kane & Lynch firing into the air to disperse a large crowd of dancers before engaging in a brutal gun battle with security guards, as the sound and music system continues to flash and blare. If the rest of the game is just as inventive with its scenarios then Io may well keep Kane and Lynch alive for a little longer.
HARRISON DENT
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 Don't be Put off Great game ! August 3, 2008
Kate Bonner (uk)
this game caused a bit split in the games industry hence u'll see some EXTREMELY bias reviews....one well known gamespot presenter was sacked.This said the game made by IO the makers of hitman and like that has good ai and crowds reactions....the game is a third person perspective (it would have been nice to be able to change this )following the escape of two hardened crimimals bent on revenge. The game has some great music and locations (my favorite is tokyo streets)which really enhance the gameplay.
Whilst with any game you can sit picking holes in them but on the whole this is a solid title...and at this price i would suggest picking one up :)
 AMAZING!! The best game that I have for my P.C! March 26, 2008
Mr. N. Cooper (United Kingdom)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I didn't know what to expect when I first thought about getting Kane and Lynch Dead Men. I saw the reviews for the 360 and PS3 and thought how cool they were. So, I bought it for my P.C installed it and it works perfectly, so smooth and the graphics are amazing, just like Xbox 360, well I think anyway. Don't listen to these bad reviews, try it for yourself or you could be missing out on a great game.
Anyway, bits coming of the wall, destructable environment and the best shooting game I have for my P.C and this definitely isn't going to change. If your into the gritty tales of betrayal, murder and lots of shooting, then this is a game for you!
 Co-op bad bad bad March 14, 2008
BleedingThumbs
Kane and Lynch Dead Men is advertised is a cooperative, multi-player online action game. To my disappointment the co-op is not online and will only work with an Xbox controller. In my opinion IO Interactive knew people would by the game based on the co-op feature and decided not state its limitations. Naturally, if I had an Xbox I would have bought that version rather than use my Xbox controller on the PC version. I am sure there is some lame excuse for the shody Co-op mode. I am sure the single player and the multi-player game is good but I still feel cheated and hope IO Interactive decide to release a patch to give us what we paid for and deserve.
Not bad February 19, 2008
M. Carmichael (Walsall, England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This game is pretty fun, the story is well done, but the gameplay can be a bit of a pain... You will find most the time when trying to find cover the back to wall mechanic doesn't work, it's not like Gears of War where you need to push a button to take cover this game does it automatically, which can be frustrating...
There has been some false things written about this game on a few reviews, so to correct some people. You can play Multiplayer with a silver account, host your own list server and join list servers, you cannot however join/host RANKED servers as that needs gold subscription... I have been playing the game since it came out, and I'll be honest with you, at the best of time there is no servers online for either, normal or Ranked and I'm a gold account holder, so the insinuation that you must pay 32 for Live is just silly, and would be a waste taking into consideration hardly anyone is playing anyway, the game just isn't being played.
CO-OP I can understand peoples complaints... But obviously don't realise co-op isn't online, it's offline. Yes PC has split-screen, which is why one player needs mouse and keyboard and one a 360 pad, or two 360 pads, which ever you prefer. Obviously this was a developer choice to go split screen and it stinks, especially if you have a small monitor, the other frustration you cannot get a logitech pad to work without editing the registry settings, it does work but is a pain to setup.
When you get co-op going it's pretty fun, it's a whole new story seeing the perspective of Lynch, who throughout many sections of the game is cut off, from Kane seeing his pathological episodes is pretty surreal, but fun!
Was it made with a hangover???? January 7, 2008
G. D. Symes
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This has got to be one of the biggest disappointments. I love the hitman games and also liked freedom fighters. I thought that kane and lynch could be awesome with the shootouts that come straight out of heat and collateral but it looks like it should have been released three years ago. The camera is awkward and the animation looks dodgy at times. The cover system is very erratic and the AI of the enemy and you team is very bad. Seriously, sometimes you team just stands there looking at the enemy while they take round after round.
Not tried multiplayer but I have been told that you need to subscribe to windows live. No way.
Dont bother with this game. Get crysis, unreal tournament, call of duty 4, instead.
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