Fun for about 30 minutes, luckily I only paid $15 for it at CompUSA in one of their specials, because it's not really much of a game (at least I think it's supposed to be a game). I guess this game's appeal is to duplicate the old fashioned arcade game experience at home, without having to add a quarter (or dollar nowadays) every 2 minutes to keep playing. It's one of those games that looks and sounds good, and where you run around not really sure what you are doing or how you are doing it, and it's fun for like 30 minutes, but then you want to take it out and hide it on your shelf somewhere in the back so your friends won't ask to play it. Play a game like this at the arcade, preferably one that serves beer. This type of game is a lot more fun in that setting than on your sofa in front of the TV (even with Beer at home!)
A lot of people has said the Rockstar could made State of Emergency better or that it wasn't good at all and that it was a let down. But me on the other hand I thank it was a real good game. I mean the game looks really ... Read Full Review
State of Emergency is regarded as the one failed game of Rockstar, and as such is kept quiet. An unfair treatment, perhaps, as State of Emergency is a flawed game which outweighs its disadvantages with some truly gleeful... Read Full Review