Product Description

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is a violent and chaotic journey of two supposedly dead men - a flawed mercenary and a medicated psychopath ? and their brutal attitude towards right and wrong. Kane and Lynch's volatile partnership combined with innovative technologies allows Kane & Lynch: Dead Man to be an unparalleled gaming experience.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #441 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Eidos
• Released on: 2007-11-23
• Platform: Xbox 360

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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

Manufacturer's Description
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men follows the violent and chaotic journey of two men - a flawed mercenary and a medicated psychopath â€" and their brutal attitude towards right and wrong. This volatile partnership combined with innovative technologies allow for an unparalleled gaming experience.

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men will immerse players into an emotionally intense crime drama with unflinching action. Proprietary technology will deliver fluid high definition graphics and lighting, highly destructible environments, massive crowd AI, single, cooperative and squad-based combat, a cinematic interface, and non-stop dialog between Kane and Lynch. The title also features innovative two-player cooperative and groundbreaking online game play.

Customer Reviews

Don't believe the snipes
You know i was seriously reluctant to try this baby out after reading some of the negative reviews. People snipin' cheap shots from all sides. But after finding a tenner in the mrs purse i decided to give it a go. What a result. It's brutal, and for all the right reasons. It's a real tear up, blood, violence, gore and showin' no respect for the law (normal weekend for Russell Crowe). No but seriously it's a real fun game to play and the guy that mentioned the bank heist being like a scene from heat is spot on. Yeah the controls aren't perfect and the graphics aren't of a "wow" status but who cares. When it's this much fun with great and differing level design, it's easy to forgive minor problems. Now prudes, be warned this game is of a serious adult nature, if you've got morales leave em in bed with your wife's sister and then go and enjoy the brilliant but not perfect "Kane and Lynch".

What are you really expecting from this game?
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men 'does what it says on the tin'. Its OK, nothing more, nothing less. Guns go bang and men go splat.
Did you expect anything else? No? Then good- you will like it, and be glad you spent £40 of your money on this.

But the question I have is- why do so many games involve running around shooting people? Surely its better to spend your hard-earned money on a game that simulates something far more relaxing and enjoyable that a person might want to do as a fantasy, such as for example: being able to swim like a dolphin across the world, or paint like Michaelangelo? or set up a business on the planet Mars after colonisation, or go around seducing fantasy women.
Anything other than shooting and all that dreadful noise.

Graphics: Good 8/10
Story: Generic 6/10
Sound: Good 8/10
Theme: Poor 2/10

Kane and Lynch awful
Kane and lynch was a huge let down! The cover system is unresponsive and a bit dodgy there needs to be a greater variety of weapons and the storyline is a bit shallow and not thoughtout properly. There are games which are loads better than this. Kane and lynch:Dead men is not worth the money you pay!!
Unlike other games!!