kill.switch

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kill.switch by Namco for the PS2 is a third-person action adventure military shooter with cover tactics and firepower, offering players a unique combat experience. With the Offensive Cover System and Blindfire, you can engage the enemy from various cover positions or launch frontal assaults without being exposed to counter-fire. To succeed you must use full-on warfare tactics, and strategically plan your moves, quickly adjusting for each mission.

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kill.switch - PS2

WASTE.OF.TIME

This game made no sense to me. The story is so out of place, it seems like a 5 year-old made the game. The story (in my POV) is about a guy who kills your babe, gives you amnesia, & now you have to travel anywhere just to find him. The cutscenes don't really help. Anyways, the cover mechanic isn't all that bad, but it still needs some polish. The graphics are grainy & look like poop, & you don't know who's saying what. At the end of the day, you just wished that you had taken cover from this game.

kill.switch - PS2

Take Aim. Take Cover. Or die.

Killswitch is a game that may make you believe that it is you stereotypical run and gun game. Well it isn't, and neither is the story. The story itself is very enticing, and something that you may not have expected from a game like this. You are in control of a soldier named Bishop who is not as he seems. Judging from what occurs at the beginning of the game, he is not in control of his own actions. Rather, he is being controlled by someone else. The reason for this is slowly unfolded as the game progresses, and it does a damn good job of keeping you strapped in to figure out what the hell is going on. The graphics are very good. There are rain effects, and dust blowing everywhere in some levels. The character models aren't too shabby either. The tunes and the voice actor are very well done. The gameplay itself is very simplistic: Take Aim, Take Cover, Take Over. If you try to run and gun, you'll get mowed down faster than you can read this sentence. You must heavily rely on cover, which is thankfully aplently, and blindfire as well as pop and shoot tactics. If you try to shoot without popping out, you'll perform blindfire, which is very inaccurate, but a good scare tactic nonetheless. You can progress through the game easily without having to resort to this, and instead just pop out and shoot. The control scheme makes this very easy to do, thankfully. The enemies are very intelligent, though somewhat weaker than they should be. They'll hide behind cover, always; they're not stupid. You'll have to patiently wait for each and every one of them to pop out one by one, and then knock them out with a bullet or two. While they are quite smart, they're pretty damn weak. If you give them two shots in the arm, they'll die. However, their duck and cover tactics make up for this. The gameplay itself gets really repetitive after a while. After the game is finished, you may not want to play it again. Kill.Switch is a definate, solid rental, but not quite a good buy. Great for killing a weekend though. The duck and cover type of play should be refreshing to many fans of third person shooters.

kill.switch - PS2

WOW, was i surprised!!

damn, this game rocks... the point of the game is to go through levels and finally a game where u can hind behind walls and shoot at the same time... u can croouch down and shoot at the same time... there is blind fire where u aim wit out looking, its awesome, fairly easy, but the ai is great thry use the same tatics that u can use, graphics r impressive for a game from 2003, and the sound of the firein rocks, the gameply is great, i love hidin behind walls and shootin and i love the ai... The levels are sweet...there are great guns and plenty of places t hind wen firein those guns... This game is too good to pass up on. The AI may b hard, but thats wat makes it fun!! gameplay-4.5/5 graphics-4.5/5 sound-4.5/5 control-4.5/5 FUN FACTOR-5/5

kill.switch - PS2

holy sh*t this game is awesome!!

damn, this game rocks... the point of the game is to go through levels and finally a game where u can hind behind walls and shoot at the same time... u can croouch down and shoot at the same time... there is blind fire where u aim wit out looking, its awesome, fairly easy, but the ai is great thry use the same tatics that u can use, graphics r impressive for a game from 2003, and the sound of the firein rocks, the gameply is great, i love hidin behind walls and shootin and i love the ai... if u want a realistic game that is cheap, but great, then buy this game... kill. switch, 1 of the greatest shooters ive played in a while gameplay-4.5/5 graphics-4.7/5 sound-4.5/5 control-4.5/5 FUN FACTOR-5/5

kill.switch - PS2

Still don't know what the problem is

Kill.switch is a game created by pioneers Namco. And yet again they succeed in creating another genre defining game. The whole game is based around hiding and timing your shots rather than using run and gun tactics. And trust me, run and gun won't work, because the AI in this game is very smart. They don't just run at you like suicidal soldiers, they actually use the same hiding tactics that you use. Grapically and audio-wise this game is great, but what really throws this game off is the storyline. The cut scenes make no sense, and the dialogue at the beginning of the levels is confusing. Half the time you don't know who's talking to who. It would have been so easy to tie in a war story with this game instead, but that's just how it is. Most people will overlook the storline though, because this game is fast and furious (no pun intended). I predict that we'll be seeing this style of gameplay in more games soon.

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  • May. 9, 2003 Preview: kill.switch

    Shooting from behind a barrier may not sound too macho, but it?s a must in Namco?s kill.switch.