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Reservoir Dogs pc Game Reviews
Reservoir Dogs
Critic Score
Metascore: 50 Metascore out of 100
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8.0 out of 10
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Reservoir Dogs is based on the 1992 Quentin Tarantino-directed classic movie about five total strangers who are brought together to carry out a diamond heist. The robbery goes wrong when the alarm is tripped and the cops show up. In the ensuing confusion, four of the robbers make it back to their warehouse rendezvous but it is quickly apparent that one of them is an undercover police officer – but which one? Staying true to the original plot, this intense, third person shooter follows the progress and planning of the famed diamond heist while filling in some of the cliffhanger questions from the film: What happened to Mr. Blue and Mr. Brown? Where did Mr. Pink hide the diamonds? What actually happened at the heist? These questions and more will be answered as the game unfolds and according to the player's tactics. Players get to fill the shoes of each iconic character in the film as they relive the Reservoir Dogs experience complete with the movie’s trademark style and wit. The game will also feature the full and original soundtrack from the movie – the super sounds of the seventies brought alive with the thematic "Little Green Bag", "Stuck in the Middle with You" and more. [Eidos Interactive]

PUBLISHER: Eidos Interactive
DEVELOPER: Volatile Games
GENRE(S): Third-Person Shooter, Action, Adventure
PLAYERS: 1
ESRB RATING: M (Mature)
RELEASE DATE: October 24, 2006

What The Critics Said

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80
Times Online
It’s rollicking good fun all the way, let down by the short, repetitive nature of individual levels and the fact that only Michael Madsen of the original cast appears in the game.
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80
AceGamez
If you're a fan of the film and of violent games, then you should really enjoy yourself. It's got style, class and lots and lots of violence, as well as a kick ass soundtrack.
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70
Jolt Online Gaming UK
Perhaps most importantly, it’s fun. Repetitive and glitchy in places maybe, but that hook will keep you reeling out those sweary one liners at hostages and putting security guards’ faces through vending machines until the conclusion.
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70
GameTrailers
Fans of the movie are going to be put off by an extended story and characters that don’t live up to the original.
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66
Cheat Code Central
The tie-in with the movie makes this average game good but let’s not forget that at the core this is just an average game. If anything it makes me want to see the movie again.
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60
Games Radar
It's acceptably action-packed, but if it hadn't been patterned after Quentin Tarantino's signature film, you'd probably have forgotten it exists by now.
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58
Game Informer
Unfortunately, the cartoony graphics, stilted shooter gameplay, and completely rancid car missions fail what could otherwise be a passing game.
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57
PC Zone UK
Just because this game isn't as cynical as "The Godfather's" art-slashing antics, doesn't mean it's any good - it's with great regret I have to say it's not. [Nov 2006, p.74]
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55
Computer Games Online RO
The game was obviously developed for consoles as well, and you’ll see this in the way the menu works, the almost non-existent graphical options but mostly in the gameplay and the overall graphics quality, which is far from 2006’s standards.
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52
PC Format
The film tie-in adds interest, but it's too linear and we've seen it all before. [Nov 2006, p.102]
50
1UP
Reservoir Dogs won't appeal to hardcore aficionados of the film; the almost-total omission of the original cast and likenesses will probably cause fans to attempt a bullet festival of their own.
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47
PC Gamer
Sadly, developer Volatile misses the mark. [Jan. 2007, p.63]
46
GameSpot
Neither a good action game on its own merits, nor quality fan service, Reservoir Dogs is an out and out failure.
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43
PC Gamer UK
This promising material is all remorselessly forced through the sausage-grinder of inept execution... About as much fun as having your ear cut off. [Nov 2006, p.77]
35
Play Magazine
All dogs go to heaven? Not hardly. This one rots somewhere else. [Dec. 2006, p.86]
30
Computer Games Magazine
In Reservoir Dogs, the game, you might as well be seeing " The Max Fisher Players Present Reservoir Dogs," but minus the charm, and with a bad shooter/driving game as the price of admission. [Jan. 2007, p.69]
30
IGN
Repetitive gameplay and limited replayability and difficulty settings are just the tip of the iceberg of a game that could've explored so much more of the characters from the movie, but just barely scratched the surface of the film.
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29
eToychest
Just when it seemed the industry had figured out how to turn some movies into fun gameplay experiences, with Reservoir Dogs, its as if they haven’t learned a thing since "E.T."
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