Experience the excitement of the true next-gen action while continuing the story of John Woo's influential action film, "Hard Boiled" starring Chow Yun-Fat. Ensnared by a crime boss with a gripping secret, Inspector Tequila is forced to cross the line from sworn duty to bloody revenge. Engage your enemies with intense cinematic gun battles in Tequila Time by targeting and firing in real-time while the world dramatically slows and enjoy the exhilaration of running up railings, swinging from chandeliers, and leaping onto moving objects - all without complex controls. Using the Massive D physics engine, bring the world down on your enemies, carve your own realistic path of destruction through environments and maneuver through unique piles of debris which persist in the environment. In the only video game to offer the authentic Woo experience, John Woo partners with Midway to create the ultimate action video game with all of the director's signature cinematic action, character focused storytelling, and revolutionary directing style. Prove you are the ultimate renegade cop as players from around the world show off their gunplay skill and compete online in the most realistic next-gen environments.
Features:
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Poetry in Slow Motion - Behind the scenes documentary on Midway bringing the style of John Woo to video games
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Extended Cinematic Sequences - Extended scenes which didn't make it into the final game
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MTV Studio Visit - Follow MTV visit with the game team during crunch time
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The Vision of Stranglehold - See the progression from concept art to final game
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The Sound of Stranglehold - An insiders look at sound design
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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
It gets old fastNov 27, 2007
By Chris Pedigo
"Chris"
The demo on Xbox Live was awesome, the demo included the entire first level, and was very fun.
The actual game really held to the demo in quality for the first couple levels, but slowly petered out. They stopped adding convenient lethal environmental factors that you could destroy.
Basically if you loved the demo, you will enjoy the game, if you just though the demo was fun but not spectacular don't bother.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Bronze Medal, Good "Filling" GameSep 20, 2009
By E. Larson
"Vatti"
Stranglehold is fun, yet flawed. It's a flashy action game in which you leap through the air, guns akimbo and blazing, killing 5 enemies with a well-placed bullet in a propane tank.
The slow-motion shooting is great fun, but the little gimmicks: running on railings, swinging from chandeliers, rolling on trolleys, diving through windows, get old after repetition; never un-fun, mind you, just old. The first few levels are truly magnificent, but it seems to run out of ideas in the second half, mainly focusing on the gun play rather than the environmental kill factors, and the last level in particular is a test of everyone's patience. Throw nigh-invincible bosses into the mix, a rail shooter segment, and the aforementioned running out of steam in the second half into the mix... Well, It's no Mona Lisa.
I can't really think of worse things to say about it than "It gets a bit old" and "The second half kinda sucks". Overall, it's a solid game, like a dependable Labrador retriever, or macaroni and cheese. Don't expect much meat, but if you're looking for a good starchy game, you can't go wrong.
Ok game but nothing to write home aboutJan 23, 2012
By Tee The magnificent Was expecting a very good game but it is an ok game,it is better shooters out there with better stories(Black Ops-SR1-3 and etc)
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Great Value GameJun 02, 2009
By B. C. White Stranglehold is a great game that takes a good while to beat. The environments are totally destructible and the action is top notch!
1 of 6 found the following review helpful:
3hr game not my cup of teaAug 28, 2008
By Jack A. Lana I bought this the same time I bought Hard Boiled. And Like the movie I thought it had too much and way too much action no story what so ever. This game is just like that but it has horrid voice acting I've every seen and Heard.
The only good thing about this game you play one of my fav actors Chow-Yun-Fat. But that's about it. If you had Max Payne and this next to each other, Max Payne is way more better.
I strongly recommend you don't buy this game along with The Sum of All Fears. Stranglehold will not make an imprint in my book.
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