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25 to Life: Game
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The controversial ’25 to Life’ kill-fest from Eidos is not dead after all. Eidos has announced that far from being pumped full of lead, the game will ship on January 18, despite up-tight US politicians claiming they had ‘personal assurances’ that the game would never see the light of day. It was due out last month but following the Hot Coffee ejaculation of ‘protect the children’ protests, it was quietly shelved until the loonies could find something else to wet themselves about. And the big deal is? In 25 to Life you choose to be a gangster or a cop. Then you get tooled up, get your homies together, snort some blow, get some free action from the hos on the corner, shakedown the local Vietnamese grocer for protection money, and beat some teenagers to death with baseball bats.
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Set in the heart of today's cities, 25 To Life places gamers in the gritty reality of both police task forces and hardcore street gangsters. Fighting your way up the ranks is the only way to survive on the streets. Nailing perps will get you promoted. Gamers are offered a myriad of choices along the way like busting out of prison or infiltrating the inner sanctum of a drug lord's mansion. Either way, street knowledge will be put to the test as gamers must establish and defend their turf or uphold the law.
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[A]s a game, 25 To Life isn't worth the controversy. This urban shooter plays like Max Payne without the story, the scenery, or the drama--in other words, like a tedious 3D shooting gallery. The developers cut corners everywhere, from the clunky controls to the single-player missions, which are drab and short; just as you get into the rhythm of blasting your way down the alleys of Tijuana, the level's over. Even the story is a paint-by-numbers hackwork about a drug deal gone wrong, and for no clear reason, you play it from three different perspectives, including a naïve cop, a two-bit criminal who's out for one last score, and a rip-off of Al Pacino's Scarface. Which one's the hero? The one who teaches his son how to smoke the pigs, of course.
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In 25 to Life, you can play as either a cop or a gangster. Set in the heart of today's cities, the game lets you experience the gritty lifestyles of police task forces or, as a gangster, survive the local neighborhood thugs while fighting your way up the ranks. You can even uphold the law or defend your turf with up to 16 players over the Internet. Whether you bust out of prison or infiltrate the inner sanctum of the drug lord's mansion, your knowledge of the streets will be put to the test.
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Slated for release next month, 25 to Life is staying under wraps until after the new year, according to publisher Eidos. According to Next Generation, the game pushed back to "make changes in the best interest of the business [the release calendar]." more
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"With the first half of the 25 to Life soundtrack we're laying down the law with a selection of artists that are recognized as some of the most influential in the business," says Kevin Gill, Soundtrack Supervisor at Eidos. "It's a hand picked blend of banging tracks as well as exclusively created songs, all coming together to deliver an intense audio experience that compliments the raw nature of the game."
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