Paul Kersey - a name which is synonymous with bad luck, judging by what happens to anyone who is closely associated to him - in the third instalment of its saga, has agreed to help New York City police to quench a riot
The film is rather useless and so over the top in being reactionary to become laughable in the end. The game, however, goes even further and lands right in the territory of parody - how could you explain in any other way the fierce fights between the aged women and the villains, or the long-nosed girls waving their mini-skirts, who do not appear to serve any purpose whatsoever other than bring a smile to the player?
There is nothing but "kill or get killed" and "do not hit too many cops, or they will get really pissed" here. While it lasts, however, it's a nihilistically satisfying experience. Try shooting people from the windows or keeping your finger on the machine gun trigger to see what I mean! Of course you'll love it if you are a fan of the great, late Charles Bronson.
1987 Gremlin Graphics (UK)
by Shaun Hollingworth, Ben Daglish, Chris Kerry and Peter Harrap
I bought a copy of this after reading the Your Sinclair review. They gave it a 9 and the away the photos looked I though I was beeting on a winner.
Was I wrong. The game is very boring. The main purpose of the game is to cleanup the streets of human garbage by any means, and that means shooting anything that looks suspicious.
Now it may sound nice if you were about to play 'Commando', but here you have to go and find the punks you need to erase and that means running around the city with the aid of a map and infos. The city is side viewed which turns very confusing at times meaning you will waste most of your playing time visiting and revisiting the same-looking rooms and streets.
Overall the game is well presented, with slick graphics and animations, but it gets very dull after a short while. I wish I had read Crash's reviews instead.
