Spy Hunter

"Should be called Pointless Secret Agent Driving/Shooting Game"

Spyhunter for the PS2 was nothing close to a great (or even okay for that matter) game. It had tracked levels which were a major turn off for me. The inability to use new weapons on previous levels also was terrible. The fact that you don't get a tank is terrible. The fact that this game is unrealistic and wasted space is terrible. Many objectives you complete from a car (?), could easily be achieved by the attack helicopters (which brings me to the question ''why the hell are the Americans using Russian Ka-59 Hokums?'')

Story: 0/10. Drive a car to accomplish a variety of meaningless tasks and somehow end up driving a car into the enemy base and blow up some ICBMs.

Graphics: 4/10: They are okay, but the Cinema scenes are between SNES and N64 quality. Either something went wrong in the programming, or the programmers just got lazy. The XBox and GCN ports' cinemas are crap, and the pixels bunch together and form ugly, block sections in the picture. The enemies have terrible dumbed-down models that burst into a cloud of triangular shards when you shoot them. The only good thing is some enemies smoke before bursting into the cloud of black triangles.

Gameplay: 1/10: You drive a car down a track and shoot other cars, occasionally destroy a target that could have been taken out in an attack plane a lot easier. You can use upgrades in past levels, which you will play a lot to fulfill bonus objectives to open new levels. The point of the game is pure cheese. Imagine you spill soda on the concrete in front of your house. The next day a bunch of ants come. The logical thing to do is spray ant killer and exterminate them. Well according to the makers of SpyHunter, you should try to impale them individually with a single toothpick used as a throwing spear.

Sound: 2/10: The SFX are nothing special and the music is bland and repetitive. You barely notice it and if you do it is aggravating.

Replay: 1/10: Unless you are A) crazy, B) enjoy terrible movies, C) love repetitiveness, D) have always wanted the ultimate time-trial racing game mode with pointless gunfights your entire life... you will not enjoy this terrible game.

Rent/Buy: Rent from Movie Gallery (IF YOU MUST) for 2 nights so you don't experience the horror of a 5 night Blockbuster rental.

Reviewer's Score: 2/10, Originally Posted: 06/08/02, Updated 06/08/02