Customer Reviews

The Club

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I just wanted to warn everyone that the boxed game had some kind of print error or something, and the manual shipped WITHOUT the product key on the back. If you buy it, you will have to go to Sega's website [...], register and account (if you don't already have one), and then submit a ticket. You will have to send them a picture of your receipt and/or a picture of the game with a slip of paper with your name on it... or something that proves that you have the actual game (and didn't just DL it LOL).

I don't know if ALL versions have this problem, or if it was just a region-specific problem (I bought mine at a BEST BUY store, in Northern California).

They [Sega] were pretty good about getting back to me and getting me a CD KEY, but the hassle itself is something that could have been avoided if they had done a RECALL on the game to correct the manual print-error.

I JUST received my code today, so I haven't played the game yet... and thus don't know what's like, but I'm sure that it is good and I will like it (I wouldn't have bought it otherwise). If I remember, I may come back later to update my review with my thoughts on the game.... (but most likely I'll forget lol).

First, lets get this clear - this game doesn't pretend to be Game of the Year champion. It's very simple game - shoot, shoot some more, run like Hell and then shoot again. No brain needed. As such, I find it quite relaxing after a long day at work - switch of your brain, put it in a jar on a shelf and go crazy with this game! It costs only $1.95, for God's sake!

Story is simple - some rich guys came with idea to start a club where winner gets ton of money on the end. Catch? You got to survive and kill more people than Stallone in Rambo 1, 2 and 3 together.

Game is challenging even for old gaming dog like me. I do play it on my 17" laptop tho, I guess you'd have more success on a 22" screen and a good mouse - and that's what you actually need. A solid, fast mouse. From some reason, my OCZ gaming mouse (laser, not optical one) isn't quite most responsive thingie in this game. You might have to spend some time to get used to it. I expect people with serious gaming mice (Razor etc...) will be upset...a lot.

As simple as game story seems, game is fun and addictive. Mindless slaughter without consenquences seems to be a dream of majority of human population, and here that dream is fullfilled to it's extremes. When you're in SURVIVAL level, even your bloodthirstiness will be tested. On the other hand, don't expect excessive gore and blood all over the place. This is not Resident Evil.

Bottom line: nice, cheap game worth playing. It's not the game that will leave long lasting memories but it's worth spending some time to improve your hand-eye coordination :)

This game was ok but gets old real fast. All your doing is running around a building shooting dudes kinda like dead rising but you only get like 3 guns and your stuck in a building and it SUCKS!

I enjoy shallow games with little or no plot that can be enjoyed in 3 to 10 minute chunks of time. The Club is EXACTLY that type of game. Most levels only take 2 to 5 minutes to play. And you get to kill between 20 to 100 characters in that short period of time. Playing a level or two of The Club is a great way to blow off some steam after a long day of work.

One nice bonus is that you can earn Xbox Live achievement points with this PC game.

Oddly my game shipped without a serial number, but I quickly found out online that this is a known problem with many copies of the game. I contacted Sega tech support and had a serial number within 2 days.

The club is a great visually challenging game. This is the first time I had played a game of this kind. It is not exactly a first person shooter even though it plays like one. The synopsis of the game is this: A group of men( the toughest, roughest and deadliest) are captured and put in a prison type holding. You have to select the guy you want to use in each of the competition areas. You earn points but maneuvers you do while shooting the bad guys in the level to get to the exit. Although I played on the easiest level, I found the game still challenging. There are 3 other difficulty levels to play on. Even though you can play single player games, this game was meant for multi player. There are plenty of levels(48) in all to keep you guessing. Overall, I didn't think the game was all that bad. If you are a hard core gamer, or interested in this game, this is the game for you.

I bought this game about a month ago and is a very fun game to play with. The campaign is the most challenging part of the game the only bad thing is that no one is Windows Live. If there where people on Windows Live we can get achievments more faster than the campaign. I didn't have any problems installing this game on my computer with Windows Vista; however, the install does take some time to install on the computer harddrive. I have a Intel Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading technology and workd nicely, but would work with better performace if you had a Intel Core 2 Quad or Intel Core 2 Extrem proseser.

Something not mentioned enough during the Writer's Guild strike was that the difference between the (deservedly successful) TERMINATOR 2 and the (deservedly flopped) LAST ACTION HERO was their writing. One can have all the star power possible, manage to incorporate a mega-explosion every 93sec, enjoy more hype that can be handled - and yet fail to sell even matinées tickets if the writing is not up to par.

Games are not that different. Visually and graphically beautiful games can fall flat on their face if not backed by a good story - see DAWN OF MAGIC and DUNGEON SIEGE II. THE CLUB suffers not from story problems - because it...does not pretend to have one worth mentioning.
In this Third-Person Shooter one fights to survive the blood-sport organized by an elitist club of uber-rich. Assuming one of 8 characters (each with his own story that led him to bloodlust), with an interesting arsenal at his disposal, this is a cross between a shooter and a racing game: unless you keep shooting at (and hitting) your targets your bonus multipliers drop fast. Unless you gain enough bonuses to augment your effectiveness, there is no chance to win.

Similar to most fast-paced shooters, there are 5 single player game modes: Standard, Time Attack, Survivor, Siege, and Run the Gauntlet. Sure, all concepts have been done to death ever since UT2003 - but that is not THE CLUB's main problem.

Games are not exactly the same as movies. Writing is important but if the gameplay suffers, the whole effort is in vain. THE CLUB is another game clumsily ported from the XBOX. Similar to the GEARS OF WAR, the controls do not work well on a PC. Moreover, the environments are well-made and mostly interactive (a-la STRANGEHOLD manner) but this, in effect, fails to add anything to the game.

This is a game that aimed to create an online multiplayer following. If UNREAL TOURNAMENT III, a much better game, failed to do so, one can imagine what chances THE CLUB has...

Only played the demo njoyed it so much I had to buy the game. Haven't played the whole game yet, but really liked it.