Stranglehold

Awful, just awful....

User Rating: 3 | Stranglehold X360

By olrion | Review Date: September 1, 2009

I bought Stranglehold after finding it online for under a tenner so I thought it could turn out to be a bargain, however that was before I played it. I managed to play this title for at least ten minutes before the terrible grahics, woeful animations, the clunky and uninteresting gameplay left me regretting the fact that I wasted an hour of my life earning the money to pay for this game.

Graphics
Simply terrible. For an Xbox 360 title Stranglehold looks more like emulated PS2 wannabe. Graphics are not the be all and end all but it's nice to see that the developers have made an effort.....clearly they didn't!

Sound
I don't recall playing for long enough to test out the soundtrack but I'm sure what I heard was unremarkable!

Playability
Leaping over tables and dodgy enemies bullets seemed like it would be fun. Oh, how I was wrong.

Lastability
If this game has an end, I don't ever want to see it.

Overall
A fine example of a game that is made on a tight budget or made in someones a basement.

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