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Platform: PlayStation
2, Xbox
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Without
Warning
It
looks like another terrorist group has spied themselves a tasty little
target with their little eyes. It’s
a chemical plant packed full of all sorts of havoc-causing liquid
goodies, sure to strike fear into the heart of the nation.
This time the events will be going down in Without Warning for
the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and it will be up to players to lead a team
of six in an anti-terrorist unit who must now work their way into the
captured chemical facility to take down the bad guys, and free any
hostages in there.
Taking some cues from the TV series 24, the game will take place over a 12-hour period, where players will experience each of the anti-terrorist team member’s actions over that time. Players will control each character individually, as they split up to track down the terrorists, with control shifting between characters as the situation dictates. With this use of different characters at different places, each of their actions affects what their teammates |
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will
have to deal with. What
makes the use of so many characters particularly interesting is that
shortly after arriving in the plant, half of the military team is wiped
out, leaving players with only three members to use.
The other three characters that players will take control of are
actually civilians trapped in the plant, ranging from a frightened
secretary, to a news cameraman, to a security guard that the terrorists
missed. So, instead of
simply running in, guns blazing, players will have three people at their
disposal with plenty of military training, and another three with none,
who must do their best to help out in their own way. |
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With
this departure from the gung ho, ultra macho stance we usually see in
third person action games, there could be a lot of interesting gameplay opportunities
to be found in Without Warning. Running
and gunning is all well and good, but sometimes it’s nice to see new
twists in an old formula. Hopefully
when all is said and done in this game, the departures from the norm in
Without Warning will work out for the best.
Mr.
Nash (May
6, 2005)
Game
Features:
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Play as six different characters and experience the game from
each of their perspectives: -
Three members of the covert operations team : -
Kyle Rivers – the leader of the squad with an experienced combat
background -
Jack Hooper – the youngest and most inexperienced member of the team
for whom this is the first combat mission -
Ed Reagan – the squad’s bomb disposal specialist who is also
formidable in close combat situations -
Three civilians with distinct agendas and views on the events: -
Tanya Shaw – a terrified secretary whose only desire is to escape
safely -
Dave Wilson – a security guard who was overlooked by the terrorists;
his fierce determination drives him as he fights to rescue his
co-workers -
Ben Harrison – a news cameraman who is grounded when his helicopter is
shot down by the terrorists; his quest is to obtain breaking news
coverage, however dangerous it may be -
Diverse gameplay – exploration, puzzle-solving, dynamic environmental
interaction, and a variety of sub missions including bomb diffusion and
hostage rescue -
Objective based gameplay progression -
Sophisticated graphics – realistic and highly interactive
environments, advanced character animations with well defined emotions,
and gripping cut scenes that link the storylines together -
Progressive tutorial – instructs players on how to utilize the vast
arsenal of weaponry and equipment - Fully controllable camera – moves fluidly around characters to rapidly survey surroundings and enable them to change tactics accordingly
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