Kane and Lynch: Dead Men is the new action shooter franchise by Io-Interactive, creators of the multi-million selling Hitman series. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men follows the violent and chaotic journey of two men - a flawed mercenary and a medicated psychopath - and their brutal attitude towards right an...
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men is the new action shooter franchise by Io-Interactive, creators of the multi-million selling Hitman series. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men follows the violent and chaotic journey of two men - a flawed mercenary and a medicated psychopath - and their brutal attitude towards right and wrong. This volatile partnership combined with innovative technologies allow for an unparalleled gaming experience.
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men immerses players in an emotionally intense crime drama with unflinching action. Io-Interactive's proprietary technology delivers fluid high definition graphics and lighting; highly destructible environments; massive crowd AI; single, co-op, and squad-based combat; a cinematic interface; and non-stop dialog between Kane and Lynch.
Tense and unpredictable experience - This is the violent and chaotic journey of two men: a flawed mercenary and a medicated psychopath. Each hates the other but must work together to save themselves and possibly the ones they love. Play Kane in single-player mode and either character in two-player co-op mode.
Violence erupts in meticulously created 'safe' worlds - Realistic and responsive environments and crowds react when events get of out control. Crowded nightclubs and calm bank offices become scenes of sudden terror. Manipulate the environments and crowds strategically to complete objectives.
Wide variety of intense 3rd person game play - Rappel from buildings; fire on the run or from moving vehicles; launch surprise attacks, lay down cover fire, and shoot blind from around corners; and hurl smoke, tear, and incendiary grenades.
Fast and intuitive combat - Lead a crew of criminal mercenaries to increase your chance of surviving and reaching your goals. You can also fight alone as your crew AI will automatically draw fire, throw grenades, lay down cover, and engage in close combat with their own signature moves.
Two-player co-operative game play - Team up and play the full story with a friend as either Kane or Lynch. On the big jobs, split the command of your crew. At any point in the game you can choose to play the next, or previous, levels in co-op.
The game has well-written, strong, and enigmatic main characters who are also very ruthless and brutal. The plot is like a class-B action movie but with many memorable sequences. The area where the game sucks, are the mechanics: stupid enemy and friendly AI, poorly implemented cover system, and bad shooting mechanic (for example only automatic reload, really?). Plot and characters were the only things that got me hooked and wanted to continue.If you can forgive many flaws, I still recommend it.
i loved this game on 360 wanted to experience it again its not available via backwards compat on my series so thought i would buy on pc
it loads gets as far as the level loading screen then goes back to desktop
looked up the fixes with no luck
ive updated my drivers
ive tried it in different resolutions
ive tried all different windows compatibility
glad its only cost a quid
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Kane and Lynch: Dead Men is not a great game. It's not a terrible game, either.
You'll be following the adventure of the titular Kane and Lynch - a former mercenary and his watchdog, respectively - as they become embroiled in a simple contract that gradually spins out of their control. You'll shoot things with Lynch, tell Lynch to stand somewhere and shoot things, or tell Lynch shoot the same person you're shooting at. You'll shoot cars, guys in suits, cops, more cops, Cuban soldiers, thugs, and so on. Sometimes you'll use grenades.
It's not fantastic. If you're looking for interesting mechanics, varied challenge - or just variety in general, really - you really ought to pass on this and the sequel. That being said, as a solo experience, I did feel compelled to finish it.
The story is threadbare, often jumping from location to location with just enough dialogue for the transitions make sense. Some of those locations are, admittedly, pretty interesting. Without spoiling anything, the first 2/3rds of the campaign will have you raiding nightclubs, engaging in gunfights on open streets, and besieging corporate buildings, which fits with the same sort of action-crime-movie motif the game has going for it. But then you go to Cuba and any personality the game had vanishes immediately.
You won't play for the story. I sure didn't.
Thankfully, Kane and Lynch have a lot of potential as interesting characters with a decent amount of chemistry between them, something that would be expanded on in the sequel. Kane is a cool-headed, remorseful family man while Lynch is a medicated sociopath that can't seem to stay calm at the absolute worst moments. The two play off each other decently enough throughout the adventure and thankfully don't overstay their welcome.
In short, Kane and Lynch: Dead Men is a hard sell unless you're willing to look past a few issues. I had fun, but I wouldn't highly recommend it. The sequel, Dog Days, is a more interesting game overall.
Think Hitman - aesthetic meets GTA 4 - mechanics and realism.
Story- 6/10 ; the story jumps around and doesn't really develop characters
Shooting Mechanics - 9/10 ; It's not a heroic hack & jump-shoot shooter game
Co-Op Multiplayer - 9/10 ; Awesome fun when playing alongside a friend
Design - 10/10 ; A clasic IO interactive game that feels like you are playing into the expanded universe of the Hitman titles.
Released in 2007 when the genre of shooter had gone through a renisance, this title was underlooked in a sea of COD , GOW clones.
As you can see with previous reviews, COD (low risk/high reward shooters) & Arcade shooters heavily influenced a generations perception of what a shooter should be. But don't let their bandwagon prejudices discourage you from trying out a game that was years ahead of its time.
Definitely not a bad game by any means, but is also a product of its time. A lot of nifty gameplay mechanics for sure, but some things just don't feel quite right.
Controls are decent enough but there are times when the game is trying to force you into cover mode when you might not want it. The camera, while not terrible, can get a bit finiky in some situations leaving it difficult for you to see what's going on. Sometimes your weapon's sightlines get hinder in odd ways leading to occassions where you have no choice but to expose yourself to gun fire in order to actually fire beyond your cover. Weapon accuracy is also a big problem. Your crosshairs feel more like a generalized direction of fire as opposed to actual aiming. Overall, not a bad game, but not really a great game either.
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