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 24:
The Game is a spin off from the hit TV series 24. It is
said to be set between season 2 and 3 and will hopefully fill in
some of the blanks left by the show. From what was seen in the
Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) there will be lots of
first-person shooting, mixed with driving missions and smaller
mini-games for you to complete within the game.
As
with the TV series, the game details 24 hours in Jack Bauers’
hectic life and it is up to you to get your objectives done within
a specific time limit. The time you have left comes up on screen at
intermittent intervals giving the impression that you really are on
a tight time frame. Presumably you will have 24 hours in which to
complete the game, which makes one wonder what happens if you
don’t manage to complete it within these 24 hours. I would be
very annoyed if I had to play the whole game through again, but to
not do so would kind of make the idea of having 24 hours to
complete it redundant.
 The
main part I played was a first person shooting section where you
had to search for a person hidden in a building and get to him
after defeating his cronies. You could use walls and such like as
cover, which worked quite well, you could clearly see around the
corner so you can see what is going on. There was also a locking on
system, which I found hard to use because by the time you had got a
clear shot, they had already shot you a couple of times. You could
adjust this though, which allowed you to get a head shot in, but I
still found it less than intuitive to say the least.
The
graphics weren’t the best I’ve seen, even for PlayStation 2,
but you could tell Bauer was played by Kiefer Sutherland,
apparently there are other talents from the series too, which
should have fans wetting themselves in anticipation.
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