John Woo Presents Stranglehold, that is…

Anyone give it a shot yet?

Yeah not bad, bit like dead to rights on steroides.
lots of diving and shooting, very much like a woo film.
The moment isnt as smooth as I would of liked.
love the way almost anything can be destroyed.

well worth a rent or buy it cheap.

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I tried it. It’s fun, a bit like Max Payne. Should be a decent game.

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I really did enjoy the size of this demo. I played it through a couple of times already.

My biggest complaint is that the physics are a bit wonky. They make a big deal about the destructible environment, but just walking on a box or sliding on a counter causes everything to explode into a million pieces. I really prefer the Half Life 2 version of physics, where things pretty much behave like they would in the real world.

The enemies are a bit dimwitted too, but I do love the injury and death animations, as well as that bullet-mounted camera view.

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Yeah, they’re definitely going with exaggerated physics, as opposed to the real world stuff.  I think it fits.

I didn’t care so much for the one-on-one sequences with the conveniently placed gas tanks, though.

And how about the splintering/exploding stone, brick, bone and mortar in the post-game video?  The final game is going to be just nuts.

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The video footage at the end did make the full version look pretty cool. I didn’t realize some of the cool ways to take out baddies until I watched that (like dropping signs onto their heads). I’ve got a PS3 too, so I don’t know if that version will be any better or worse than the 360 version (other than the inclusion of Hard-Boiled on Blu-ray).

Have you heard anything about the quality of the graphics/physics etc comparing the two? I’ve heard enough buzz on problems with the Unreal engine on PS3, that I might just stick with the 360 version.

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