The semi-awesome sudo-followup to freedom fighters
From a presentation standpoint, K+L is pretty decent. The character models look good and the environments are well detailed as well. There are somethings that are lacking, but nothing to serious. The audio is amazing, especially in the voice acting. But be warned, this game uses the "f-bomb" at almost every opportunity, although it works with the story, its a given that many people will be offended by this games content.
As for how it plays, i prayed it was like freedom fighters; which had excellent squad AI, and fluid controls. K+L sadly has neither. Aiming without using precision targeting is a nightmare, and you WONT hit a damn thing, and precision is bad as well, but nowhere near has horrible. The AI is broken as well, with squadmates charging blindly into combat most of the time, and just dieing, forcing you to dash to them to revive them. There is a cover system here as well, but you don't choose what to take cover against (a la rainbow six Vegas) instead, you just "snap to" a certain object. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. The rest of the gameplay works, shooting people is satisfying, squad controls are simple, and THERES NO JUMP BUTTON (minor complaint)
Although the single player is good/bad, the multiplayer is also interesting but flawed. There is no online co-op, just the "fragile alliance" mode, which one of the more unique takes on multiplayer. It starts with you and the other players fighting a group of bots, trying to collect as much money as possible then escaping alive, but theres a twist. You can KILL YOUR TEAMMATES. Thats right, you kill your teamies and steal their money. But when you die, you respawn as a cop to exact rightful vengeance against your killer. Plus all your other teammates will gun for you. Its interesting, except for that one idiot who shoots everyone at the START of a match. Then again, its people like that who ruin any multiplayer game.
Overall K+L did NOT deserve its reputation. Would it have gotten more respect if a certain incident never occured? YES. But would it have if the game was in development for just a few more months? You be the judge.
Worth a look for its unique multiplayer and cool (but short) single player, but it might only last a few playthoughs at most.