State of Emergency for PlayStation 2

Pros: Fun for 15 minutes.
Cons: If you want the SOE Experience, buy GTA3, and turn on the violent civilian mode.

I enjoyed Grand Theft Auto 3, and I had heard about State of Emergency long before GTA3. I was looking forward to SOE up until I found out that it was based on the GTA3 engine. If you played GTA3 you know that the part of the game that is done the...

Pros: pretty fun Revolution mode
Cons: levels overlong and repetitive

Wow.... the last thing I expected was VIS's State of Emergency to blow me away. The truth is, after reading so many negative reviews, I was just about to scratch it off my lists forever. I'm quite glad I didn't do that, as this is one of the most...

Pros: yo yo yo
Cons: ho ho ho

Since my PS2 has been collecting dust for the last couple months(due to the Game Cube and my recent purchase, the Dream Cast), when I got a thing of coupons from Family Video, I ran up there real quick after coming home from school and rented State of...

Pros: Fun, chaotic, nice graphics, and pretty good selection of weapons.
Cons: Very repetitive and not much replay value

Even though this game was released over 2 years ago I decided to try it out. I somewhat expected more from this game and was more than disappointed after playing the story mode, Revolution. SoE does have some factors that I was expecting from a ...

Pros: What The Hell Is Up With This Title?
Cons: "Pianist" Is A Funny Word

What Exactly Is A "Jack Of All Games"
About 2 minutes ago, I sat down on the good old computer chair, knowing that I was going to write a review, but not knowing what it would be about. I once again looked for Universal Studios Theme Park...

Pros: Frantic game world
Cons: Repetitive, especially the Revolution mode, single player only

Hot off the heels of the smash hit Grand Theft Auto 3, Rockstar Games throws us into a State of Emergency. Similar to Grand Theft Auto 3, SOE uses the fundamental idea that chaos is a good [and very marketable] thing. The similarities end there,...

Pros: Blowing up buildings, blowing up people, blowing up everything.
Cons: Repetitive gameplay and annoying sounds.

If Grand Theft Auto 3 wasn't enough of a bloodletting and disturbing game for you, then Rockstar has a new breed of killer that's fun for the whole family (an insane family, anyway). Combining forms of Grand Theft Auto 3, and classic arcade style...

Pros: Smooth framerate and graphics. Absolute insanity.
Cons: Stale gameplay formula, lacks depth and longevity.

Playing State of Emergency, a game which now retails for less than ten dollars preowned at your local video game store, is a lot like eating a pigeon. There’s not a whole lot of it, but what’s there is pretty good and when finished, you feel ...

Pros: Music, Story, Weapons
Cons: not much variety

Total Anarchy
This game makes me think about the song by the band, Sublime, which appeared on their self tittled CD. It is named April 29, 1992(Miami). This song is about riots.

"April 29th 1992 there was riot on the...

Pros: Overwhelming violence, a few extra modes of play, and fully interactive environments…
Cons: …but a lack of character models, not enough stages, and it’s only one player.

After a rough day on the job, have you ever felt like chucking a live grenade into your work building? How about taking a high-caliber weapon and mowing down that mob of pedestrians that are holding you up while you try to get home? Or maybe even blow...

Pros: Not many, decent graphics, somewhat addictive at first
Cons: -Poor attempt at story, some missions are luck, boredom sets in quickly, no mulit-player mode

I have to say I was very much looking forward to SOE promising to be a free roaming Double Dragon type game with lots to do especially a game coming from Rockstar who recently produced the superb grand theft auto 3. Unlike grand theft auto 3 there was...

Pros: Smooth, colourful graphics, original gameplay.
Cons: Repetitiveness, and some may find it a little TOO violent.

I was in a local Blockbuster Video store, looking for a new Playstation 2 game to rent. I was browsing the aisles, when I came across a game called State Of Emergency. It had a stereotypical fat latino gang member-type flashing a gang symbol on...

Pros: Mind-numbing fun.
Cons: Repetitive, no incentives or motivation to keep playing.

State Of Emergency is from Rockstar, the company that seems to be comfortable in the mature-rated video game category. They should be, because they're very talented at making games kids should never, ever play. SoE's older brother, Grand Theft Auto III,...

Pros: if you're in a bad mood, you can take out some aggression
Cons: the list is seemingly endless

Fans of the Grand Theft Auto franchise will be sorely dissapointed if they come to State of Emergency looking for much of the same, and not just because you can't get into a car once in this game. The level of detail that made GTA 3 so amazing is gone,...

Pros: The fun that can only result from pure pandemonium on screen.
Cons: repititious and depth free.

Expectations are a problem, and that`s exactly what happened with State of Emergency. After they published the effortlessly cool Grand Theft Auto 3, Rockstar was unbreakably
tied to that game design. Everyone (or at least a surprisingly...