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COPS 2170: The Power of Law

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6.2 User Score:

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Game Info

Publisher: Strategy First Inc.

Developer: Game Factory

Genre(s): Real-Time Strategy, Role-Playing Game, Tactical Strategy

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: January 30, 2005

Summary

In the future the government watches over everything for the "safety of the public", society is under their complete control. Cyber links are implanted into each newborn child, marking their host with a unique ID. Cities have turned into monstrous urban centers giving the term urban sprawl a hazardous new meaning. This is the world our protagonist, Katrin lives in. She is a recent graduate of the police academy, an excellent student, and an exceptional athlete. On this morning, she wakes up thinking that this day will be just like any other; unaware that her new assignment on the recent terror attacks plaguing the city will place her directly in the path of an evil genius. COPS 2170: The Power of Law is a hybrid of RPG and Tactical Strategy. The central storyline unfolds in the future where the cyberpunk culture and a highly-urban oriented society have populated North America. Players will control Katrin and her team of up to 7 police agents attempting to eliminate the criminal element in their metropolis. [Strtegy First]

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What The Critics Said

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Loaded Inc

A good game. I enjoyed playing it, but felt so frustrated initially that it left a bad taste in my mouth.

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Warcry

Once you get used to the quirks, it's worth playing for a challenge in fighting overwhelming odds, and you feel like you accomplished something when you finally beat the more difficult missions.

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GameZone

The dated graphics, repetitive sounds, and high difficulty make this game more frustrating than it has to be.

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PC Gameworld

Horrible writing, voice acting, graphics, and gameplay combine to make a less than memorable game that should only be purchased by the extremely hardcore strategy gamer.

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GameSpy

If the A.I. was better and the combat system wasn't so clunky, Cops could have been the next great tactical shooter. As it is, however, it's a game in need of a minor overhaul to make it the great game it could have been.

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Cheat Code Central

I would recommend checking out a walkthrough just to get to the first mission because if I didn't have to review this game the disk would have ended up smashed on the other side of my office in the first fifteen minutes.

Worth Playing

Mediocre at best, and nail-bitingly frustrating at worst. A couple of interesting concepts lay mired beneath poorly executed game design.

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Gaming Nexus

I’d be able to overlook the weak plot and acting if there were a decent game in there to back it up. However, due to frustrating game mechanics and tedious play, I’m not able to drum up any enthusiasm over this title.

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Game Chronicles

Due to bad camera, bad AI, bad combat, and bad dialogue, this game just isn't much fun to play.

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GameSpot

This is one of the worst turn-based tactical games in quite a while, thanks to bad gameplay, horrendous storytelling, lackluster graphics, and more.

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Gamers' Temple

There are just far too many better options out there when it comes to strategy games, so why bother with a poorly designed one that is in the end an exercise in frustration?

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GameShark

Gamers who just happen to be both cyberpunk freaks and strategy addicts might find some real value from COPS, but overall this is a very disappointing title that most gamers would be better to pass on.

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My Gamer

There’s no tutorial to ease you into the game, the manual is overly cryptic, there’s no adjustable difficulty level, and combat seems almost intentionally tedious.

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AceGamez

There is a very tiny weeny fragment of game hidden beneath this shambolic detritus but don't waste your time by searching for it. Cops 2170: The Power of Law is outdated, outclassed and outright appalling.

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IGN

The interface needs work, folks. The mechanics need work. The fun factor really isn't there, and there isn't even a compelling story to make it worth wading through a game that feels like it should have come out as shareware several years ago.. I liked the music, though.

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PC Gamer

In the future, everyone holds their pistols sideways "gangsta-style," which I find hilarious. [May 2005, p.69]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 6.2 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Rodney D. gave it an8:
In a genre (team RPG/turn-based strategy) that has few recent titles, this one is actually pretty good. It's a large improvement on several points over its predecessor (Paradise Cracked) by the same company. Combat is a bit tedious as most turn-based squad games tend to be, as each unit gets a chance to do something and go somewhere while all the others wait. It can't be helped, all the good titles in the genre also suffered the same thing. (Fallout, Wasteland, UFO/Xcom etc.) At least you can double-click to have your character skip the movement animation and zip immediately to their destination. (or as close as they can get with their movement points of that turn) Character development is a little sub-par as you only need to consider the assignment of points to a handful of attributes such as strength and intelligence, but it gets the job done. The graphics are pretty advanced for a game of this genre, where the RPG aspects usually come first and eye candy a distinct second. I have to agree with most of the reviewers about the sounds, as they are repetitive and not very good. English localization (it's from a Russian development house) is markedly improved over their previous title, and is only noticeable in a few places by odd phrasings. The voice actors, while not terribly inspired, actually speak pretty good English in this title. Plotline borders on the obscure at points, next to sound it's the weakest part of the game. The missions are generally variations on destroy-all-enemies, and it's not often clear who you should talk to or when to advance the plot (or who NOT to talk to until you've done everything else first!) and the plot is quite linear. It might be possible to delay or ignore a couple side quests but you can't transition areas freely. Odd, that, since they got it right in their previous title. Camera action is fairly smooth and clear, and a new character's-eye-view helps with the sometimes odd aiming problems that the normal isometric view can cause. Overall, I wish there were more games like this out there...but RPG gamers are a small enough niche that the big developers don't consider RPGs to be cost-effective anymore. :( For reference, I've played about 6-8 missions through so far. I've also played pretty much every other title in the genre that I've found over the last 20 years.

John S. gave it an8:
Yes, it is pretty frustrating in the beginning - much like I found Syndicate and Syndicate Wars. It is also pretty tough at the beginning, but give it a chance, play it a bit, and if you liked Syndicate/Syndicate Wars/X-Com, you will probably like this. The interface could be better, and the voice overs, but generally it is a good strategy title, in an arena with few new games.

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