- Publisher: Eidos Interactive
- Release Date: Nov 13, 2007
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 3

- Summary:
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- Developer: Io Interactive
- Genre(s): Action, Shooter, Shooter, Third-Person, Tactical, Modern, Modern
- # of players: 1-2
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 57
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Mixed: 41 out of 57
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Negative: 6 out of 57
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Kane and Lynch is quite a good crime drama experience and serves as a plausible move away from the Hitman stealth series that IO Interactive is very well known for.
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Kane & Lynch is entirely about story and style. The gameplay is years old, but Kane, Lynch, and their tale(s)? Fantastic. If you want a good story, pick this game up. If you only care about pretty things that blow up nicely, go with something else.
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Artificial intelligence problems are present throughout, with squad mates continuously running in the line of fire. Furthermore, the promising co-op mode isn't available online, only locally through cramped split-screen.
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Kane and Lynch reeks of an undercooked effort that should've baked a few more months in the development oven. If the care and polish that went into the wonderfully cinematic level presentation had also been applied to the writing and gameplay, it could've been a bar-raising effort for the third-person shooter genre.
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Kane & Lynch is very much a case of what could have been. With a little more time for polish and tweaking Eidos could have had a game worthy of the hype and its British Academy Video Games Award nomination (which was somehow secured before the game’s release).
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Sadly the implementation and impact on the player the game has will most likely be overshadowed by the numerous flaws. The lack of replay-ablity of the single player, the omission of playing as Lynch for lone players, the poor graphics, terrible enemy AI, and the mundane Havana levels, really kill the single player experience for me.
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Being blunt, Kane and Lynch: Dead Men is a sickly mess of a game with the multitude of negatives undermining every positive.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 34 out of 87
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Mixed: 19 out of 87
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Negative: 34 out of 87
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Dec 4, 2020
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SeniorS.Feb 25, 2008This game is awesome! Who cares about the crappy graphics, stop being so damn shallow and appreciate the awesome plot and good gameplay.
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JohnMorganDec 15, 2007
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SamMar 23, 2008
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MykeD.Dec 10, 2007It's like playing a dumbed-down version of Gears Of War with Sega Saturn quality graphics, pathetic.
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ChammolookefoNov 29, 2007
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