The game is rated for teens, and it`s basically a watered down wannabe action, like most Van Dam movies. The sound track is okay, nothing that will be remembered, (much like the game as a whole). Voice acting is lame, and it is as though the slang has been stolen from an 80s break-dancing movie. There`s also the issue of when an enemy eventually does get a punch in - Hawk becomes dazed, which is enough time for every foe to jump in and kick the snake skin off our poor hero - there`s just no middle ground.īoss fights are equally impossible, if not more so, as most bosses can regenerate lost energy. Yay - I get to do that mission all over again, just to be killed by the same rampaging thugs, again. When the game begins, most AI stands around while Hawk beats up its partner, but as the game progressed, the AI becomes almost god-like, and Hawk narrowly escaped at almost fatal health, and sometimes met with death. The game fails to find a line between being too easy and ridiculously impossible. Well, when the dodge button actually works, that is. The best part is these weapons can be thrown at enemies, and if thrown by an enemy at Hawk, he can dodge it or deflect it. ![]() Game combat is based on grappling, dodging and striking then dodging, striking and grappling then some striking, grappling and dodging.Ī nice touch is being able to pick up pipes, bottles, axes and swords to use against enemies. General fight scenes are animated well, Hawk and his enemies have a decent amount of moves, combos and special attacks, but these are also reused and quickly become boring. Graphics and enemies are recycled - way to go on saving costs and time, Namco. It doesn`t.įorget about exploring the surroundings, as the player has to endue a cut scene a battle, a quick upgrade of certain stats, then back to a cut scene, a battle an upgrade, cut scene, battle - starting to see a pattern here?Īlthough the game has over 100 missions, the missions are over quickly. ![]() ![]() With such a weak plot I`d hoped the gameplay would make up for it. Hawk`s mission is to clear the streets of these no good troublesome punks and make it safe for old ladies to cross the street again (well, something like that). Hawk is hired by Shun Ying Lee, a fine looking Asian gang leader (who is almost bursting out of her little dress). Ready to pound bad guys into next week, watch out Chuck Norris, this guy means business (yawn). How can this all be resolved? Well there is only one solution.Ĭall in bad boy brawler extraordinaire Brad Hawk - 190 pounds of man, wrapped in snakeskin and leather! Green Harbour City has been overrun by gang wars and other "no-no" stuff.
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