Total Overdose

by Eidos

Product Features

• More than 60 Super Cool Moves - Combine different moves to pull off high scoring kills. It's not just about shooting, but doing it with style
• Uber-Cool Characters - Hot babes, drug lords and underworld low-lifes. Ram meets and beats them all
• Free Style Combat & Stunt System - Link up acrobatic skills and special kills to earn big scores and rewards. Combo chains unlock loco moves, weapons & power ups
• Combo Timer - Each time you waste a bandito, the Combo Timer starts a countdown. If the countdown reaches zero, the current combo is calculated as number of kills multiplied by style points and added to your total score
• Instead of seeing an image of the actual game, there is a picture of a computer ribbon cable. Someone messed it up recently because last week it was correct

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000A11K4E
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 15, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,621 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

1989: Deep in the heart of the Mexican jungle undercover agent Ernesto Cruz blasts his way through an armed militia to board a DEA plane bound for home. He never made it the victim of an alleged 'overdose'.Present Day: After uncovering new evidence Ernesto's son Ramiro is set free from jail to join his twin brother Tommy on the trail of their father s killer as they go on a super-cool tequila fuelled rampage through Mexico s gun-toting drug-pushing underworld.Features:A Rich storyline taking the player through 18 different environments from the seedy red light district of Los Toros to the depths of the Mexican desert.A free-style combat and stunt system to take down your enemy with more outrageous moves than you can shake a hot chilli at.Cutting edge soundtrack featuring Molotov Delinquent Habits Control Machete.Uber-cool characters and missions with a strong whiff of tequila.Over 20 weapons: The better you get the bigger your arsenal!Use the real-time rewind system to make perfect killa combosFormat: PS2 Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: M - Mature UPC: 788687500524 Manufacturer No: 50052

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What if Robert Rodriguez created a video game?, October 14, 2005

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Richard Herrera (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Total Overdose (Video Game)

Total Overdose is a game that takes some of the most fun aspects of gaming today, tweaks them, and sets them in Mexico. You play as Ram, an ex-con who is given a second chance by his brother Tommy, a DEA agent, who was injured while trying to expose a drug cartel. Ram takes on the tasks set forth by his brother and sets out to expose the cartel.

The game plays just like a combination of Max Payne moves, a free-roaming enviornment, and offers you multiple ways to take down drug dealers/lords. The story will keep you entertained as you learn what happened to your father, who is responsible for betraying you and what is in store for Ram. Furthermore, the music is some of the best that I've heard for a game (the intro alone will have you coming back to the game just to hear the music). I highly recommend this fun and addictive game.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guilty Pleasure, October 13, 2006

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Chris "takethekman" (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Total Overdose (Video Game)

Once you get used to the controls, this game is a blast. It's a copycat for sure, but it's lively and colorful. I love the music and artistic approach; It's mindless fun with a far fetched story; It's also a game I played 3 times in row. Did I mention I'm on medication? I guess I'm always up for something 'different'....even if it is a rip-off mish-mash. Still fun to me...Also of note are all the little special moves you can use: a rewind system similar to the Prince of Persia games; run up and do cartwheels off walls; call in a Mexican wrestler to take out enemies; call in a Mexican in a skeleton suit who launches grenades at your enemies; spin around with dual uzis; the dual guitars right out of Desperado; A pinata that attracts all nearby enemies then explodes....Okay, so it's not exactly subtle in it's political incorrectness, but these little oddities are truly original in most respects and highly comical. I love a game that doesn't take itself too seriously. Plus it's pretty cheap by now.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Derivative but distracting GTA rip-off, April 1, 2006

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N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Total Overdose (Video Game)

Every now and then, a game comes along that is so gleefully derivative and unabashed in it's offensiveness that it still manages to be somewhat fun. Enter Total Overdose, which is yet another GTA clone, only this time it's set in Mexico, with weapons cloned from Robert Rodriguez' Desperado, and a story cloned from just about anything you've seen or read in the past decade. Despite all that, Total Overdose packs some solid graphics and familiar gameplay that makes it easy for anyone to pick up and play, and the absurdly abundant violence will make it appeal to anyone looking for a break from San Andreas. However, at spots the game is a buggy, and the gameplay gets repetitive after a while, and after hearing "Spicy Move" for the hundredth time, you'll throw your controler at your TV. There's no point in using the bulet time feature, because the game's so easy you won't really need it. All in all, Total Overdose is a worthy distraction for fans of GTA or Max Payne, but don't count on it to hold you over until the next GTA game comes out.