Kane and Lynch, good or complete crap?
Kane and Lynch isn't an ugly, ugly game, in fact it’s incredibly under-rated. The hate surrounding this game has shunned it when it has done nothing wrong, that would be EDIOS and C|NET that have caused issues, not Kane and Lynch. When you play this game you have to keep a straight face and an open mind, and you will find a burred gem with a lot of problems.
Kane and Lynch starts off with you breaking out of jail. Kane is on death row for killing twenty-five people in , and Lynch is on death row for the murder of his wife, which he may or may not have killed. Kane is a mercenary and Lynch is a medicated sociopath. After you break out of jail you’re taken to the The7 who Kane thought were dead and made off with all their loot from . The7 threaten Kane to give them back their money or they would kill his family. So the story kinda faults there as it turns into a revenge saga and after the eleventh or so mission you really forgot that you’re the bad guys which is the games main problem, is you truly never feel like convicted murder. There is some character development between Kane and Lynch but it is little and mostly comes at the ending, which there are two endings, none of which end happily, and ultimately set up for a sequel.
Now the graphics in Kane and Lynch aren’t great but they aren’t horrible. Character models and reflections are especial nice. Textures are lacking and this ultimately looks like a game that could have been done on the original Xbox.
However the pacing and level design in Kane and Lynch is spot on throw challenges at you at the right times and your always going to be busy shooting cops. Squad commands are fairly easy to use and for the majority of the time your squad mates do listen to you. The AI in Kane and Lynch is about the same as Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, but that is no compliment by any means, the AI are just plain stupid, but what they lack in brain power they make for with fire power and numbers. A few well placed shots and you will be downed, and when that happens one of your crew members will come over and inject you with adrenaline which will bring you back to full health and you can continue fighting. But if you take to much adrenaline in a scene you will overdose and die. This does carry over to your crew mates except you’re the only person that can heal your team-mates and if they die its mission over, thankfully they can’t overdose. The gun play is awesome, aiming can be a little tricky and weapons have major recoil. You can carry one main weapon and one side arm with two types of grenades. Another thing that Kane and Lynch does differently is it puts you in crowds of people, luckily if you kill any of them it doesn’t affect whether you complete a mission or not. There is a cover system in Kane and Lynch but it isn’t button activated its automatic which does lead to a few problems but generally it works about 85% of the time. The cover is only really for the ends of walls, tables, and pillars’, you can’t be on the middle of wall in cover; you just have to play that like its Army of Two. Now you can blind fire by just pressing fire when you’re in and out of cover, or you can aim by pressing the left trigger.
Now the multiplayer of Kane and Lynch is truly something special. The best way I can describe it is Counter-Strike meets Cop’s and Robber’s . Everyone starts off as a robber and tries to rob a bank or steal some drugs enemy AI (the cops) try and kill you. Now at anyone point a robber can turn traitor and try to make off with all the loot. Dead robbers respawn as cops. Now with your money you can pick three kits of weapons, armor, and grenades. Your bandaclave also changes color based on if you turned traitor, and how much money you have/got away with. Its extremely fun and really complex, in fact it may be one of the most addictive and greatest multiplayer game mode made recently.
Kane and Lynch has some really great ideas but they all don’t come out an the game does have some problems but if you can look past them and the single-players short campaign and enjoy the ride your going to have mega fun with Kane and Lynch especially in the multiplayer if you can still find people playing it, and for $24 used you can’t go wrong for a new game to try out.
