A Unique idea on paper, but poorly executed. What a shame.
User Rating: 6.5 | Kane & Lynch: Dead Men X360
When I first saw that game in a Game Informer, I looked on with hope that the unique game in front of me would turn out to be the next Rainbow 6 Vegas. Yet when I finally picked it up I was disappointed. The first thing that stood out as odd was at the load screen, every time it shows you a cinematic. Thats not all that annoying by its self but coupled with having to skip past it every time you exit a multiplayer! Wow thats just nasty. When I started up the single player, the first flaw I noticed was the movement, the sluggish turning, aiming, and running make playing through this game almost an impossible task. I didn't get past the second level with out giving up. Which brings me to the most disappointing aspect of Kane and Lynch, the multi player. The Idea of you and your team mates running through a bank shooting your way to the loads of cash is a fun idea. Then there's the possible chance of a team mate betraying you and stealing all your cash! SWEET THIS IS GOING TO ROCK, were my first words. That soon turned sour as the horrible controls and aiming system made it almost impossible to kill with out spraying and praying. The horrible guns make it seem like your shooting an airsoft gun at people, not an MP5. Yet I played on, in hopes that something would spark my love for this game. At the end of my first online game, I had made $800,000! Enough I thought to buy something for my char, perhaps a new shirt. To my horror I soon realised you could not customise you person! Money only adds up to the leader boards. Kane and Lynch is a game with a great unique idea that was just poorly pulled off. 
