Kill.Switch

by Namco

Product Features

• In this compelling story-driven game, you'll complete over 15 missions all over the world, as you set the stage for total world war
• Exciting new Offensive Cover System lets you conform to your terrain, to use the environment as cover while you shoot
• Relentless enemy AI will work non-stop in teams to bring you down -- use your speed and aim to take them out
• You can even blindfire -- lay down suppressing fire without even looking!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009YEJP
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 28, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,905 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

In a world on the brink of global conflict, you find yourself back on the front lines of battle. Only this time, you're not here to prevent a war. You're here to start one.

• Offensive Cover System--Dynamically use your environment as cover--conform to objects and terrain, popping out to fire from protected positions.
• Blindfire--Lay down suppressing fire without even looking!
• Sophisticated AI--Relentless enemies use the same tactics available to you, and work as teams to take you down.
• Over 15 Action-Packed Scenarios--Compelling story-driven campaign featuring diverse missions and objectives that span the globe.

Product Description

Kill.Switch takes you to a world on the brink of global conflict -- and your mission is to start the war!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 1/2 stars for a good, fun game., November 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Kill.Switch (Video Game)

Pros:
The advanced cover system is a great addition to shooter games.

Nice array of weapons. (Some have a faster rate of fire, some more accurate at long distance,etc.)

AI is good as enemies work well together to try to flank, overrun, and surround you. (Watch out for snipers)

The actual combat is well done. Bullets and explosives are at a premium so, you can't just blast everything endlessly. Enemies take wounds "realistically". (i.e. limp, crawl, hop on one foot, panic, etc.) The graphics during combat aren't as sharp as some games but, the attention to detail is good though. Rocks fly and
walls chip. You see tracers occasionally and bullets can richochet off metal at times and hit you even while covered.

Even normal mode is tough and challenging. Nothing is just a walk through.

Cons:
While the cover system is great, occasionally you have trouble aiming at enemies and have to readjust to hit what should have been an easy target.

To activate the sniper system you have to click the right thumb stick and this can be a pain as you have to hit the thumbstick just right. Then, when your shooting in 3rd person you sometimes move the thumbstick just right and here comes the sniper mode.
You can recover from this pretty fast or just shoot in sniper mode but, they should have just made the select button the on/off.

Maybe I'm missing something but, I've yet to be able to play my own downloaded music in the background rather than the games'.
This is a mainstay with XBOX.

Overall this is a pretty good, straight forward game that I would like to see others learn from and improve upon.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun, been playing it non-stop, November 30, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Kill.Switch (Video Game)

Rented this game over the Thanksgiving holiday and have been playing it non-stop for several days. In a word; GREAT! Love it. If you like First Person Shooters (FPS) then you will like this game. The ability to crouch down behind boxes and walls while you lean out into a corridor will leave you wondering why it took so long for somebody to think of this feature. No more standing out in the corridor getting shot, no sirreeee. Just stand up against the corner, hold the left trigger, lean out and around the corner and engage enemy. This feature does not make you invincible, but does cut down your profile, and hence risk of getting shot. I hope other games in the future will make use of this feature. Sometimes aiming in crouch mode is difficult as noted in other reviews.

There are medi-pacs available to restore health, but there are well spaced out and you will soon learn to `hoard' them if you-don't-absolutely-need-one-now. Same thing goes with ammo. If you are heavy on the trigger finger then you will soon find yourself running low on bullets, and this will entail you running around the way you came looking for more dropped ammo.

The controls are pretty easy to use and are very Halo-like in layout.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Fun Game, November 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Kill.Switch (Video Game)

This game does have a few flaws (like the zoom in views - although very realistic, and its hard to see sometimes) but overall its just plain fun!!! And isn't that why we buy these games? It's hard at first but the more you try the easier it gets - naturally. Namco (who makes Tekken, Soul Calibur, Time Crisis) should put out more games like they have in the past. And this one is another goodie! Buy this game if your looking for some fun shoot 'em up action.