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Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
- Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
- Price: $59.99
- Genre: Third-person shooter
Common Sense Media says
Vicious, violent, seedy shooter is poorly done.
Parents say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this game embraces the criminal world and vicious violence. Since you're on the wrong side of the law, your enemies are often cops, whom you kill. Attacks are pretty bloody, employing a variety of guns and grenades, and you can sneak up behind enemies and break their neck or kill them with a punch. A heavy drug presence permeates a story littered with excessively profane language.
What's it about?
Hitman developer Io Interactive departs the world of stealth-based action for in-your-face crime drama with KANE & LYNCH: DEAD MEN, a very violent and unoriginal escapade. You control Kane, a lifelong criminal accused of betraying a mercenary group called The 7. The organization abducts his wife and children, threatening to kill them if he doesn't retrieve money they believe Kane stole. To ensure you finish the job, you're escorted by Lynch, a heavily-medicated psychotic.
Is it any good?
Kane & Lynch easily earns its mature rating, with ferocious, bloody attacks and an excessive use of swear words. Essentially a third-person shooter with some simple squad commands, it is an uninspired, frustrating action experience. For example, to jump into cover, you simply run up to an obstacle. Sounds easy enough, except you have to run into a wall or obstacle a couple times before you "click" into cover.
Targeting is just as irritating. Gunshots seem a hair off almost every time. Computer-controlled players prefer to play hide-and-seek rather than to engage in heated battles. Kane & Lynch showed promise with a strong story, but after a few levels it turns up dead on arrival.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the game's mature themes. What makes crime-based action titles so appealing? Is the excessive use of foul language necessary? Are violent games simple fantasy or do they desensitize players to levels of brutality? Kane eventually seeks revenge for the death of his wife. Is vengeance the answer when wronged?
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Tsk Tsk
All Xbox360 and PS3 have are first person shooters, while the Wii is the only console with originality. This game is an example of what I mean.
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Bad language is very frequent.
Kane & Lynch is a pretty bad game. About a three star rating. But then what brings it down... Is the swearing. I understand having a bit of swearing in battle. But this is stupid. Everything that comes out of Kane or Lynch's mouth is a swear word. F this, F that and it spoils it. Its also a very violent game. You run round shooting police and enemies with plenty of blood. Its a rubbish game really.
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Language is worst point.
Its a good game, But its really spoilt by a flurry of swearing. Non Stop. Every sentance is at least one swear word. Using whatever swear words exist. Played for 20 minutes and heard about 30 f words and some other profanity. Violence is not too bad but the role models are terrible because you are killing police. You have to inject someone to revive them.
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Bad language and violence can be viewd in this intellectual movie-like action crime game
This game is done in a movie style fashion, very easy to die, when you are shot to much you become wounded and while dieing you here voices of family (as if remembering your tragic life) f-words and be heard in these flashbacks and in comabat and in cinematics, the swearing can noot be turned of like in some games. The blood can be turned off though, there is intense criminal violence where blood pools under bodies. Like I was sayingearlier, it's like a movie. I find this better and more interesting than a normal strategic, third person shooter. Some tactics are envolved in this game, you will have to command your group of criminals and jump from cover to cover. Compared to gears of was or ghost recon, this isn't the best. But it's defintley worth a buy or at least a rent. Overall, the blod can be diabled, swearing is at the max, and there is some thinking envolved in this movie-like video game. I would recommend it to 14+. simply cause if there are young children and they hear the bad language, it can influence them to use it.
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kane and lynch for 16 year persons
A hilarious but bloody video game with good plot but not suitable for guys aged under 16
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This could be a pretty good game if u have Xbox live
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great game
kids should be able to play what games they want.there is violence but that does not matter to me.yes it is an FPS
[first person shooter] but i think your kids will enjoy it very much.i did.
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Good game, but Very Inapropriate
Let me just say that this game is VERY underrated, with people giving it a 1 out of 10. The game is actually pretty good, People! To start out, The Violence gets Brutal. You kill cops, can torture your Partner, can kill Inoccent people, ETC.
This game must have set a new record for swearing. You fail a Mission, You swear, You die, you and your Partner Swear, You- Well, you get the Picture. This game has alot of Drugs too. Your Partner is a Drug Addict, And instead of having lives or Checkpoints, you have a drug that brings you back. Once you're out of it, you Reset the Level. The story is Pretty good, Until the stupid Multipul Ending, where both endings suck!
Overall, It's a good game, BUT BE 18+ BEFORE PLAYING IT!!!
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| Platforms: | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 |
| Available online? | Available online |
| Genre: | Third-person shooter |
| Developer: | Eidos Interactive |
| Release date: | November 14, 2007 |
| Price: | $59.99 |
| ESRB rating: | M for Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Strong Language |
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