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John Woo Presents Stranglehold (X360)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Shooter/Third-Person 3D Shooter

RELEASE DATE

06/SEP/07

ESRB RATING

MATURE, Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence

DEVELOPER

Tiger Hill Entertainment

PUBLISHER

Midway Home Entertainment

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

PlayStation 3, IBM PC Compatible

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

Tequilla 37
John Woo 15

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

DESCRIPTION

John Woo Presents Stranglehold stars martial arts star Chow Yun-Fat as Inspector Tequila, a detective on Hong Kong's police force in search of his kidnapped daughter. The game features a single-player story mode in which players take the role of Tequila and fight their way through cities such as Hong Kong and Chicago to locate the missing child who is held captive by mafia members and gangsters. Players will have the opportunity to earn style points by performing such moves as running up banisters while shooting, and when enough points are acquired, gamers can execute moves that include the "Tequila Bomb" or enter "Tequila Time." "Tequila Time" is a sequence during a gunfight when enemies are slowed down while players maintain their speed, making it easier to hit targets. Up to eight players can get involved in multiplayer action through the Internet, and the environments within the game are fully destructible and interactive. ~ Gracie Leach, All Game Guide

John Woo Presents Stranglehold (X360)

GENRE/STYLE:

Shooter/Third-Person 3D Shooter
RELEASE DATE:

06/SEP/07
TOP TRAITS:

Criminal Organizations, destructible environment, Tequilla
DESCRIPTION:

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amedeus8 earned achievements in John Woo Presents Stranglehold on 22/OCT/09

“Cruised up through half of the Chicago History Museum level.”

created 23/OCT/2009

amedeus8 earned achievements in John Woo Presents Stranglehold on 21/OCT/09

“Started a new game, bumping back down to Casual. Normal's good and all, but it really just all comes down to the joy of shooting through loads of guys in unique dazzling ways, not looking for a...”

created 22/OCT/2009

John Woo Presents Stranglehold (X360) by: Vice_Destroyer

“It takes a brave shooter to try and make an impact on the videogame world, a few weeks prior to Halo 3 being released into the world. Step forward Stranglehold. Before your cynicism makes you discard this game before it has even had a chance to breathe, throw away all your misgivings regarding games which have films as their source materials. Go on. Close your eyes and forget all about "The Matrix Online". Forget all about "Spiderman 3". The game and the film. If you are a PC gamer, even try and forget about the mooted, but thankfully never released desperate housewives "game".

Done that? Good. Because if the Stranglehold demo has taught me one thing, it is that I like to shoot people. With my two guns. With added "Tequila Time". Tequila time is essentially a version of bullet time, where you pick your target, shoot and the camera follows the path of your bullet. Sort of like a water-skier follows a boat. And believe me, shooting people in the nuts, in slo-mo, never gets boring.

If you are a John Woo fan, you may even be pleased to know that there are doves in this game. If you enjoy John Woo trivia, you may even be pleased to know that John Woo once directed a film which had Jackie Chan in it, before either were household names. But it is really the game that we are concentrating on and you will probably be impressed by the sheer number of destructible environments there are in this game. Fire extinguishers, propane gas tanks, even water melons follow very simple laws of physics. Click. Bang. BOOM.

And if there is a bad guy in the vicinity, the laws of physics adjust themselves. It then becomes: Click. Bang. Boom. Death. Haha.

The marketing blurb promises "a highly modified version of the Unreal 3.0 engine integrated with the Havok physics system", which basically means lots of shooting, lots of explosions and lots of colourful ways to die. You can also expect cutscenes, which should look impressive. Hopefully better than on the demo. Also, prepare yourself for a few special moves to unlock, which should make the killing even more fun. All that remains for me to say is, purchase and play.”

created 19/SEP/2009

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wastelander75 played John Woo Presents Stranglehold on 16/SEP/09

“gaaahaahahaha! I LOVE this game!!!”

created 16/SEP/2009

wastelander75 was the last to comment - 2 months ago... show previous hide previous

“chow yun fat actually doing the character voice over, Tequila mode where it let's you go into Super sniper mode, rampage mode, etc.

plus T.M. ties into your ability to heal, none of this "let me hide behind a rock and heal" The more people you kill the larger your tequila meter fills, you can use it to go into certain modes, or even bump it occasionally to heal yourself. In fact there's an achievement if you go through a level and never use any of the specials.

the environment is probably 95% destructible, it sometimes even has a cascading effect, you shoot a support beam, ceiling falls, construction poles topple over, causing the support on an air conditioner to give out, causing it to fall on some bad guys, and so on and so on.

When I first heard about it, I thought "eh. it looks ok" until I actually started playing it after I got it.

It was money well spent. ”

John Woo Presents Stranglehold (X360) by: knifetotheeye

“Dumb fun”

created 05/SEP/2009

wastelander75 played John Woo Presents Stranglehold on 01/SEP/09

“I tell you what, you give this game a few weeks off, and it just feels brand new fresh. I LOVE tihs game. ”

created 01/SEP/2009

Wingman709 earned achievements in John Woo Presents Stranglehold on 27/AUG/09

“I finally completed all the MP achievements in this game. This is hard to do since there is no online community. Thankfully I found someone who wanted to play. If I want to get the full 1,000...”

created 28/AUG/2009

Wingman709 was the last to comment - 2 months ago... show previous hide previous

“It was not fun and it was really boring work. The entire "host each map 10 times" sucked due to all the loading screens. The SP game is one of my all time favorites. But the MP was pretty sad. Felt tacked on.

I don't even know why I felt compelled to get all those stupid achievements. They don't do anything for me. Why must I play for achievements. UGGGGGHHHHH. ”

John Woo Presents Stranglehold (X360) by: crimson17

“Great action game, fast paced and fun, comical too...sometimes.”

created 17/AUG/2009

John Woo Presents Stranglehold (X360) by: wastelander75

“This game is in my top 10 favorites. If you haven't alrady tried it, trust me you will not be disappointed. If you're familiar with the movie Hard Boiled. it feels and plays just like that movie. It's awsome. Tequilla mode is the best”

created 04/AUG/2009