Kane and Lynch: Dead Men, Live demo

Spoiler: Kane and Lynch are dead men.

There's a PS3 demo?
...is it on PSN? :o

I grabbed it from the EU PSN store because I couldn't find it on the US store (probably where Vidi got it too). I didn't like how I had to basically let go of both sticks to take cover or that you wouldn't take cover behind something low unless you ducked, then moved up to it, THEN did the same don't-touch-the-sticks thing so the game would recognize you weren't aiming or something and move you into "don't get raped" mode.

In a nutshell, I guess other than the primary gameplay mechanic, the game isn't /that/ bad... can't even try to make that sound better.

Somewhat related, I've heard Army of Two also sucks so hard its going to be hard to get the case open. Damn. I wanted ONE of the buddy-shooters to be good.

Yeah, I think I got it from the EU store. I check the stores in several regions every week and sometimes forget which one I got stuff from. The EU store also has several themes that aren't available on the US store yet.

I played it in co-op with my brother and we enjoyed it. The main problem, as I stated before, is I couldn't invert the y-axis so I spent most of the time fighting the controls... so I can't really give a completely accurate assessment. But from I played I would certainly consider renting the game just to play through co-op... not sure if I would actually purchase it though.

there's still mercs 2 coming out in a few months

The AI has its moments. I have noticed on some levels it is just easier to tell them to stay hidden, clean an area alone, then call them in to cover you and mop up any remains.

Any AI that doesn't have the common sense to scatter and find cover when you are being strafed by an attack helicopter kinda fails in my book.

The combat on the other hand is fairly good outside of the horrible spread on the weapons. I mean, here you are a trained soldier, with an assault rifle, and you can't keep the spread under the size of a human being when crouched, sighted, and firing single rounds... at 30 yards or so.

On the PC it flips from ranged to melee fairly easily since one key is "Melee" and it is always a one shot kill that seems to make you invincible while it is going on. Which is nice because it takes a couple seconds. However as soon as it is over the hail of bullets usually puts you down.

Like Dr said, "it certainly isn't terrible." 6.5 - 7.0, rental for the console units imo.

I had to +1 you just for the avatar. Kane with what might be googgly eyes made me lol @ work...

Er damnit, Lynch >.< wtb edit function.

No worries. Just remember- he is a DEAD MAN.

God I hope that isn't some sort of horrible M. Night twist that is going to make me scream in utter disgust.

OMG! Lynch was dead the entire time! Kane has multiple personalities and sees dead people while swimming in a pool in a village of people who are actually aliens!

Seeing Trev's comments from his reply above, I'm curious are the controls bad on the PS3 (like his comment), 360, or just because it is K&L and long live Mr. 8.8?

Graphics are pretty nice when I crank em up all the way on my PC, they aren't Crysis, but then again the story in K&L is leagues ahead of that pile, which is saying quite a bit since the story in K&L isn't the strongest I have seen. Controls on the PC are great and pretty intuitive. Everything is done with one hand and key combinations for only a couple things like "Cycle backwards through the team."

Well my brother picked this game up the day it was released. We played through MOST of the game, so I didn't get to see the ending, but it just wasn't much fun. He bought the 360 version, and it just looked bad. I don't really care about the Gamespot nonsense, I just care about whether or not a game is fun. Uncharted is fun. Gears of War is fun. Kane & Lynch is frustrating. For me it is probably a 5/10, and it is only that high because I like playing games on co-op. Obviously people's tastes vary...but I'd still recommend renting it before buying it (or avoiding it altogether).

I agree that parts are frustrating. But it seems the horrible controls are console related, so I have to bow out of that since I am pleased with it on my computer.

I will rant however about if I want to play coop on my computer I have to have another person with me, own a 360 controller and adapter for the PC, and then it splits the screen vertically, so instead of making use of the widescreen left to right, I get two very wide, squat screens (If I were to play coop, but can't since I won't buy a 360 controller for my PC to make up for the programmers love of microsoft, not to mention the piece of crap bug that plagues live for the PC). It is a PC, let me play coop over the network or internet.

Oh, and no LAN play on the PC from what I can tell, so no getting together to play the heist mode without all having live accounts.

The sooner that abomination of Live on the PC dies, the better.

I liked the storyline and the characters, but trust me, the ending was complete trash.

SPOILER: (read backwards)
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lol

LOL of the day, sir +1

God I hope using the reply system to tell someone you gave them a [+] isn't going to be the newest joystiq meme.

Just click the fucking button and move on.

In the words of a great businessman Vincent Kennedy McMahon: "You're FIRED!".

Hey stabbingworth, i gave you a (-), because spite is delicious.