02-14-2002, 08:20 PM
This game should rock. Here's some details...
Quote:Product Description
Like Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto III, State of Emergency offers the player virtually unlimited scope for mayhem, and huge, sprawling urban environments to explore through missions or nonlinear action. But this time the level of chaos has been upped considerably, as the game offers the potential for hundreds of rioters to be onscreen at once, each with his or her own AI, set of motivations, and loyalties. The environments are intricately interactive; almost any object (including body parts) can be picked up and used as a weapon.
There are two game modes: Revolution and Chaos. Chaos allows for freelance havoc-wreaking, while in Revolution you will be sent on hundreds of missions--ranging from firebombing to gang warfare--all with the ultimate purpose of toppling the tyrannical "corporation" that runs the city.
The violence in this game is cartoony but extreme, and is for the mature gamer only. In fact, children should not even be allowed in the same room when the game is being played. For the mature gamer, however, State of Emergency will forever change the concept of what a video game can be.
Amazon.com E3 2001 Preview
Even at a gaming trade show, games containing gratuitous violence aren't met with universal approval. Those viewing State of Emergency at the Rockstar booth, on the other hand, were in hysterics at this title, which set the bar for the largest amount of civil disobedience ever seen in a game. The bottom line: State of Emergency is a complete riot (pun intended). With the American Trade Organization in town, the local police have clamped down on organized protests. It's up to the player to do the only crowd-logical thing: incite a free-for-all riot. Normally, we wouldn't promote such gratuitous mass violence, but beating up a hooded street brawler and kicking off riot-gear-clad police while looters run by clutching stolen VCRs and TVs is downright gut-wrenchingly hilarious when viewed in its proper context (it is, after all, only a game--and surely an M-rated one at that). Forget curfews--this game will keep you on the virtual streets all day and night. --Eric Twelker