Terrorists beware

Volume 48, No. 6, April 20, 2006

24 - The Game
PS2

24: Very explosive

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 storyline 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 mini-games 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 used for searching for 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.

- SQNLDR Nick Hogan

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