Terrorists beware
24 - The Game
PS2

The game: Set between the second and third season of 24, you are Jack Bauer, the front man of a crack counter-terrorist unit fighting hard core terrorists at every turn.

The play: The game sprints through the story-line of a single day in around eight hours of gameplay. The characters generally have the same moves as the enemy, who like to be targets a good deal of the time. There’s a good choice of weapons and I never ran short of ammo, and there are a lot of minigames along the way.

The terrain: The camera is very annoying especially if you’re close to an enemy and worse still, the same button you use for close-quarter attack is the same as searching your dead guys. The character rendering is very good and the scene depiction is excellent.

The experience: If you’re a 24 fan then this will satiate – if you’re hungry for a decent first-person-shooter then it will leave you wanting.

– Sqn-Ldr Nick Hogan

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