Stranglehold PC
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Metascore
77 out of 100

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User Score
6.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 37 Ratings

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  • Summary: Acclaimed action director John Woo presents Stranglehold, a stunning 3rd-person action adventure videogame and "spiritual sequel" to Woo's action masterpiece "Hard Boiled." Stranglehold redefines the action gaming experience with its acrobatic gunplay, thrilling cinematography, frenetic combat and incredible Massive Destructibility (Massive D). Chow Yun-Fat reprises his signature role as Inspector Tequila, pitting gamers as a take no-prisoners cop waging a personal war with Hong Kong crime lords. Tequila's loyalties to the force are tested when his ex-wife is kidnapped by the Russian mob in Chicago. Tequila struggles to balance his duty to uphold the law with doing what it takes to save his family. [Midway]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Strategy Informer
    87
    The controls for the PC translate quite well from the console, you can tell from the menu it’s a port and not a natively developed game.
  2. Pelit (Finland)
    85
    Plays like a John Woo movie. Although ”tequila time” is nothing new, it is still a great effect. Gameplay is solid and everything runs smoothly. Action tends to get a bit repetitive towards the end, however. [Oct 2007]
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  3. IGN
    81
    There are plenty of "Oh my God" moments and just enough challenge to sustain anyone's interest from start to finish.
  4. GameSpot
    70
    For as long as it lasts, Stranglehold delivers a satisfying, if somewhat derivative action game experience.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. ChrisF.
    9
    Nice Graphics, nice Story, nice Action, NICE GAME.
  2. stranglehold
    8
    Stranglehold is great, great storyline really nice game-play not bad graphics. the graphics could use a bit more work but other than that this game is really fun and for sure worth the money and time.… Expand
  3. pretty_ugly
    5
    The presentation of this game is pretty good. It tries to be cinematic with a moving story and it succeeds at that. However, the gameplay itself is really bland. It's more of an interactive movie than a game. The closest equivalent i can think of is Virtua Cop. You enter one area and then enemies pour out and you shoot and shoot until all of them die then you move forward and the same thing repeats until the end of the level. Yeah, it's fun to play one of these stages once in a while but a full game of this and I'm sick of it.… Expand
  4. SinD.
    4
    Horrible super linear boring shooter. This gameplay is probably something better left to the old arcade machines. Uninstalled after 1 1/2 hours.

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