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Dead to Rights: Retribution PlayStation 3
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Metascore
60 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 44 Critics What's this?

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5.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

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  • Summary: Thrusting players into a mature neo-noir crime drama as a vice cop Jack Slate and his canine companion Shadow, the game introduces new gameplay elements that unify the third person shooting and brawling genres for a brutal and relentless new action-driven experience. Returning to Grant City, a boom town gone bust that is falling to the worst excesses of crime, greed and corruption; Dead to Rights: Retribution follows vice cop Jack Slate as he fights to expose shadowy figures that stops at nothing to exert their deadly influence over the crumbling metropolis. Dead to Rights: Retribution forms an original story portraying key events that shape and define Jack Slate's character including how he and Shadow first come together as partners against those who would bring the once great city to its knees. Introducing an innovative new hybrid combat system, Dead to Rights: Retribution puts the full combat potential of a highly trained, highly agitated law-enforcement officer into players’ hands. Use your sidearm to pick off enemies from a distance, take cover and blind-fire with the game’s new ranged combat mechanics, or push the issue by taking human shields, stealing weapons with special disarm moves or dishing out Jack’s own brutal brand of justice with deadly takedown moves. Jack is equally lethal in close-quarters combat, offering players branching melee combos, counterattacks and disarms as they take the fight to the criminal element of Grant City. Jack encounters a variety of ruthless gangs in the filthy slums and menacing alleys of Grant City, each with their own unique abilities and fighting style that test his resolve to crush their murderous stranglehold. Deadly on their own, Jack and Shadow are even more formidable as they team up to defeat the threats they uncover. Players take full control of not only Jack, but also Shadow at various points in the game to stalk enemies or reach areas of the environment that are not accessible by one or the other. Shadow’s heightened senses make him skilled in detecting new threats or flushing out enemies from cover so that Jack can easily dispense with them. [Namco Bandai Games]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 30 out of 44
  3. Negative: 10 out of 44
  1. Game Informer
    80
    Dead to Rights: Retribution isn't subtle or refined, but it excels at letting players move from one sleazy place to another and scouring it clean of life.
  2. PSM3 Magazine UK
    74
    Dumb action shooter elevated by solid man-punching and smart dog-play. [June 2010, p.96]
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  3. PSX Extreme
    49
    Simply put, this just isn't worth your money. This would've been an acceptable game back on the PlayStation and maybe even early PlayStation 2 days, but the level of shallowness in game mechanics, the poor visuals, the boring story, the lousy audio, and the awful controls make it totally unacceptable for this generation.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. CallofDutyFann
    8
    This game is fun! It has stealth, and hardcore action. There are some bugs with some trophies but that doesn't matter. If you like a good action game PICK THIS UP NOW!… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. dancinhomer
    7
    I thought this was a pretty fun game. No, it doesn't reinvent the video game or the 3rd person shooter, but if you like 3rd person shooters, you'll have a good time. I like the occasional challenge where you play the dog - breaks things up nicely. Again, nothing groundbreaking, but not everything has to be as long as it's a fun experience, and this one is.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. James
    7
    A game that had massive potential and engrosing story lacks what would be called standard for games now a days. The single player is not enough to hide the lack of bonus extras (specifically costumes etc), and a lack of potential game modes for example: - a Challenge mode for the the dog Shadow (similar to Batman's AA except using Shadow to get the fastest time possible or no kills.) - A co-op where one controls Shadow and one controls Jack going through the story - A surival game where they have to survival round of enemies either PIt fighting style or with guns. As I said there is potential in this game but it was not captialised on its release. This game is by no means bad, the experience is good, unique and fun, but after you've completed the story and finished off the last trophies/achievements there is nothing left for you to do. DLC has been annouced for around June but is it too little too late?… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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