This game, in my opinion, is intensely inappropriate for children and I think that if you were to let your children play it they should AT LEAST know that this behavior that our main character Wesley Gibson is doing is Detestable to alot of people.
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Wanted: Weapons of Fate
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Shallow third-person shooter extends film Wanted.
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This review of Wanted: Weapons of Fate was written by Brett Molina
Parents need to know this is a bloody action shooter. Players use handguns and knives to shoot enemies or slit throats. The deaths involve lots of blood splattering on the screen. The plot is also littered with profane language.
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What’s the Story?
WANTED: WEAPONS OF FATE is the third-person shooter based on the action film Wanted, starring Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman. Picking up where the movie left off, Weapons of Fate follows Wesley Gibson, an assassin working for a secret society called "The Loom of Fate." Wesley sets out on a mission to find out more about his family, particularly the death of his mother. Players view the story through the eyes of both Wesley and, in some levels, his father.
The game plays a lot like Microsoft third-person shooter Gears of War, implementing a cover mechanic to allow players to hop between obstacles and fire at foes. Wanted introduces a cover chain feature, where players blindly fire to distract enemies, then quickly sneak to another area of the environment to catch enemies off-guard. Wesley and his father are only armed with pistols and a knife, but have special abilities to give them a significant edge. When players kill someone, their character earns adrenaline they can use to access these powers. Each of them can curve bullets or slow down time to quickly kill multiple enemies at once. Anytime an enemy gets too close, players can slit their throats or jab them in the gut with a knife. Close
The game plays a lot like Microsoft third-person shooter Gears of War, implementing a cover mechanic to allow players to hop between obstacles and fire at foes. Wanted introduces a cover chain feature, where players blindly fire to distract enemies, then quickly sneak to another area of the environment to catch enemies off-guard. Wesley and his father are only armed with pistols and a knife, but have special abilities to give them a significant edge. When players kill someone, their character earns adrenaline they can use to access these powers. Each of them can curve bullets or slow down time to quickly kill multiple enemies at once. Anytime an enemy gets too close, players can slit their throats or jab them in the gut with a knife. Close
Is It Any Good?
Like most video games based on a movie license, Wanted is full of flash and low on substance. Initially, playing as Wesley is entertaining. The controls feel comfortable, especially for those well-versed in Gears of War. Each of the abilities are fun to use as well. The first few kills notched with a curved bullet should make players feel like skilled marksmen.
Wanted falls short in the single-player experience because it is one-dimensional and shallow. Nothing Wanted accomplishes is original or clever. Players only have access to handguns for the majority of the game, with the exception of a couple of uninteresting moments involving a turret or sniper rifle. Players encounter the same handful of enemies repeatedly, each of which are easily dispatched thanks to the refillable adrenaline meter and constant use of the slow-motion attacks. Add to that a short story and the lack of multiplayer and you've got a shooter that's not above average.
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Released on 3/24/2009, price $59.99, not online enabled
ESRB rating: M (for Intense violence, Blood and gore, Strong language)
ESRB rating: M (for Intense violence, Blood and gore, Strong language)
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- I rate this title off for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
- Easy to play
- I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
Good at first
The only thing good about this game is curving bullets,and the airplane level. Beside that the game is the same thruout. It was a major dissapointment. There is a lot of blood and strong language
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
now you to can curve bullets
this game is fun but not overly fun but still fun. the game lets you curve bullets in an easily fun ability. the game can get gory only if you do melee attacks and by the way sometimes you don't stab enemies you break their necks. the cross levels somehow seem more entertaning than wesleys maybe because of the dialogue that wesely has which is constanly annoying
- I rate this title on for age 17 and give it
so bad
this game is discusting and it made me puke because of language and blood, nasty.
- I rate this title on for age 17 and give it
so bad
this game is discusting and it made me puke because of language and blood, nasty.
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