Great graphics, gameplay seems great at first, but then it's repetitive. I found it full of bugs, the game crashes

User Rating: 5 | Stranglehold PC
At first, when you see John Woo on the Box, you would say "Asian hard core action", like his moves. For me, if you say so, you right, but you it's repetitive and I found it full of bugs even after installing the patch.

I think that Max Payne inspired this game, becuase of bullet time.
But Max Payne is simply better, a more stable game system, gameplay.

I suggest that one should rent it first, then buy it, becuase at first it may seem great if the bugs that I faced, aren't faced, but it sure feels like repetitive.
If you like it, I surely suggest Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, you'll simply love it, for it's the inspiration for this game becuase I think that after 4 yrs after the release of Max Payne 2 it's still highly suggested and I think that everyone suggests to play it.

The Specs that are shown, shouldn't be so problematic with my laptop, becuase my specs meet with those of the game, but still I face the bugs. I regret that I bought it for this reason becuase I got upset and uninstalled, and please, don't accept the excuse of "the latest drivers for your graphic card", becuase I played 2002 like Silent hill 2 & ominusha 3 & call of duty 2 among others and more recent than that and later games like resident evil 4, games which are the same release time of this one like Kane & Lynch and Call of duty 4, and 2008 games which are released after Stronghold, like Assasin's Creed, Quantum of Solace, Devil May Cry 4 & Alone in the Dark, in which I didn't find such bugs & problems! So if you're worried about having problems about it, like bugs rent it first, before you buy it, believe if you don't do so, you might regret it.

If I would make a suggestion to the game developers I would like to say this:
The delivery of this game isn't that great, simply try something else a bit better, with better ways and innovative ideas, for what you did in the game play is copied a great game, with better graphics becuase it's later released, diferent storyline and good envirnoment gameplay use. I think that if you keep the good environment gameplay and the graphics part, and do something less buggy (in my opinion), you would do better. This game had a great potential but didn't happen.