Customer Reviews

Wanted: Weapons of Fate

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

As others have said, this game is very, very short, very simple, and has little replay value. The only challenge to this game is in learning the controls for the first time. After about thirty minutes or less you have those down and then you are left with one of the easiest games ever produced. This game does have some fun moments initially, but after experiencing them for the 50th time, it gets old. What is really sad is that this game had huge potential, it was based on an amazing movie, the ability to curve bullets provides a good chance for innovative gaming, and the few slow-time scenes were fun, if scripted. The problem is, the game does not have any of the wit of the movie. Every line of dialog is forced, sounding like it was written by a third-grader who just liked the swearing in the movie (this must be why Wesley apparently developed a bad case of Torette's) and the storyline starts off well but quickly dies a horrid death due to (again) forced twists and conflicting scenes. This would have been better more as a Hitman-type game, where you had targets that you had to take out, but had to use your skills such as bullet curving and slow-time to do it, not as the third-person shooter it was.

The bullet curving could have been the best thing about this game, creating a unique fighting style, however it is so formulaic, it becomes boring quickly (lock, angle, shoot, done). There are several scenes where your adrenaline kicks in and you go into a slow-time mode where you can shoot bullets out of the air and take out the baddies, this is fun but is very scripted each time, would have been better if you could have used this ability during the normal game and could use your bullet-curving power with it.

The NPC's are horrible as well. There are basically three types of bad-guys, once you figure them out the game might as well be over. The first is the thug, usually one hit take-down, the second is the slightly stronger thug, takes multiple bullets, but just bullet curve, then shoot when he stumbles. The third is the elite hitman, he can doge your rounds to an extent, but still is easy to take down (the melee attacks take down anything with one hit anyway). There are also a few snipers and shield troops, but they are just variants of the above. All enemies appear in a set manner, so if you do happen to die once, you will know where they are the second time. The bosses are a joke. All have a set pattern and are ridiculously easy, even the last boss.

Finally, the weapons, or lack thereof I should say. There is no variety here and I'm not sure why they even bothered with ammo limits, as I never found myself low on ammo or having to scrounge. The sniping scope was lame, hard to aim and a one shot-one kill, no matter where you hit. The fixed MG was bad, but with this one, once you figured out where to put your gun as you hid behind it, you could get the sights on pretty quickly when you pop up to aim. A cool thing would have been to be able to set up a sniper shot like in the movie, set a trap for your target, pick a sniping location, and calculate the path of the bullet (or maybe even control the round in the air). Again, more like Hitman, would at least make you think for a second.

Pros:
-Decent Graphics (not Great).
-Innovative Game-Play in Places.
-Easy Achievements (A pro for some...I'm just trying to be nice, lol).

Cons:
-Wasted Potential for a Great Game.
-Extreme Lack of Variety (guns, baddies, overall game-play).
-Horrible Script and Confused, Forced Story.
-Short (less than 4 hours for most).
-Lack of Replay-Value (even with the additional modes).
-Lack of Online Gaming.

This game is good for a rental when you are bored and have absolutely nothing else to do for a few hours, otherwise, stay away. Play the demo, if you don't mind doing anything but that over and over again, maybe you will like it.

My 2¢

Beat it in three hours. Easy breezy. Great for the xbox achievements but fun factor was minimal.
The levels I was looking forward to were button cut scenes. So that was a let down.

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Fun to play through once. But nothing else to keep you playing again.
You play on medium and you get the achievement after beatin the level plus the achievement for EASY too. Whats the point? Its cool. Just not great.

I hardly knew anything about the comic wanted this is base off of but when i saw the movie i loved it instantly i am a very big fan of guns and action so when i herd there wast a game about this movie i wanted to check it out there is a lot of mixed reviews and opinions about this game but i liked it and the story is also nice and awesome and its very much what you would aspect from the movie blood and gore like the movie. The game Wanted Weapons of fate takes place right after the movie and it about Westley trying to find out what happed to his mom or something and this game is awesome what i liked about is that you play as Westley and his father cross and do really cool missions like trying to escape a plane to fighting enemies and a wide selection of levels. this game is more like gears of war were you go cover to cover and pop out of hiding and shoot enemies and in this game it feels like it but at a faster rate which makes it cool and gives you more easy to take down enemies

IF you see the movie or read the comics this is what you may like
-curving bullet to kill enemies
-slow motion parts were you have to shoot down bullets and enemies before they hit you
-go up to enemies and do killer finishing moves
-get Westley's and cross's costumes found in the comic books
-And sorta different types of other guns that can be used
-unlock comic covers and different playable characters found in game and more
So if you like wanted i would defiantly would recommend this game its cheap and good well worth paying for it i would look up gameplay first to see if this game is for you.

Extremely short campaighn, with a low production value to boot. But it's got one thing going for it. Curving bullets never gets old, and that one gimmick is what makes this game worth while. It's one of the better games in the bargain bin, but you're not missing much if you pass it up. If you do go for it though, have fun curving them bullets. You will love it. The demo is free in the X-box marketplace. And as it turns out that demo is like ten percent of the game, seriously. But the demo gives you a real good feel for how the whole game is.

You pretty much spend the first two hours repeating the shoot from cover and move forward scenario over and over. Then the challenge factor is increased by adding guys with shotguns that require 10 shots to the head to kill and poorly placed checkpoints. Snipers are added to shoot at you the second you peek from cover making firefights seem to go on forever. Overall this game gets boring very quickly to the point where you feel you should be getting paid to play it.

Well, I didn't have high hopes for this one, at all. I didn't care for the movie, and I find that guy - what's-his-name - the main character - to be utterly annoying. BUT, it was fairly fun. This game is a 3rd-person view of your character as you work your way through levels killing people in your path. It has this goofy control system, whereby you are pretty much always crouched behind something - moving from one desk/box-thing to the next as you make your way through each level. Story is ok - you're out to avenge your dad's death. During the game, you actually play as the dad in a past time period for a few levels. The curving-bullet thing I thought would be annoying, and sometimes it really is - but I got used to the goofy controls and the curving bullet thing and actually enjoyed the game. It's not challenging - I played it on the normal level and beat it in under a day. I bought it used real cheap so, I'm not complaining. I wouldn't recommend it, but if you find it used cheap, you'll have a little fun.

While I have read many negative reviews for this game, I have throughly enjoyed it. While the game is very easy and short it is still very fun to play. Once you get past the horrible storyline that make absolutely no sense the rest of the game is great. Unlike many cover shooters that I have played this one much more fast paced and the bullet curving and assassins time is a nice addition to help progress the game forward. If you like cover shooters this is a must for your collection.

some parts were frustrating, but overall the game was fun. I actually finished this game and got all of the achievements. so I am proud of myself. I did not see the movie however so I can't compare this to that (I will hopefully be buying the blu ray soon) all I can comment on is the game, it seems a bit cheesy and over the top, not sure why in a game/world where you can curve bullets why you can't shoot a guy in the head when the reticule is right over it. Maybe it's a game glitch or the simply wanted you to use more style, but sometimes practicality makes more sense than style does. That being said, overall the game was fun to play through. of course getting all the achievements tends to make the game more frustrating, but even with all that, it was overall a pretty good game. I'm not big on first person shooters, I tend to like games like this where you can see your person. But I know some people will probably wish this was a first person shooter, but for me it worked well how it was. I do know the story of the game isn't the same as the movie, it either continues where that left off or it is a prequel, not sure which as I have not seen the movie, so if you have not watched the movie you may want to do so first, cause this game will tell you a few things that i'm sure are revalations in the movie.

Guess I'm not into role playing and being an avid FPS fan, I am still left wanting.

It's really a good game for others, but not me. I'm accustomed to a faster-paced game.

The graphics and layout is quite better than average and one could really enjoy this game, but after COD, Halo, Bad Company & MOH; I'm spoiled.

I read the comic after watching the movie and then i got the game, and the universe as a whole is amazing, there is just so much story to go on. I am waiting for a sequel (but the company is gone so no sequel for this one).