25 To Life
25 To Life
Sorti le 17 janvier 2006, 25 To Life est un jeu de tir développé par Avalanche Software et édité par Eidos Interactive, disponible sur PC, PlayStation 2 et Xbox. Le jeu transpose l’action tactique en escouade dans des environnements urbains ouverts évoquant les derniers Grand Theft Auto de l’époque. Selon la description officielle, le joueur peut incarner un officier de police ou un gangster : les forces de l’ordre s’appuient sur leur entraînement supérieur aux armes à feu et peuvent demander un appui aérien par hélicoptère, tandis que les gangsters disposent d’un choix d’armes plus large et peuvent utiliser des civils comme boucliers humains.
Conçu en priorité pour le jeu en ligne, 25 To Life propose plusieurs modes multijoueurs, notamment des affrontements en équipe. Les joueurs peuvent personnaliser leur personnage avec des tatouages, des vêtements de marque et d’autres accessoires avant de se connecter. Le jeu inclut également une campagne solo complète, dont le scénario a été écrit par P. Frank Williams, connu comme écrivain et producteur de télévision. La bande-son fait appel à des artistes rap tels que Mos Def, DMX, Ghostface Killah et d’autres. La version PC utilise le DRM SecuROM.
L’accueil critique est partagé. Cheat Code Central a jugé la partie en ligne « pas mauvaise », tout en notant son manque de profondeur et une réalisation visuelle peu flatteuse, mais en soulignant que l’on peut jouer entre amis. eToychest estime que le jeu n’est « pas complètement sans mérite », surtout en multijoueur. Du côté des joueurs, les avis divergent : l’un trouve la campagne divertissante malgré une histoire peu prenante, tandis qu’un autre dénonce une visée horrible et une caméra catastrophique. Le jeu obtient un score Metacritic de 39 et une note agrégée de 56,41.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« The online portion of 25 To Life isn't bad; it's not deep by any stretch nor does it look particularly wonderful, but you and your pals can run around the city and shoot each other online and I bet some of you will really like it. »
« It's not completely without merit, especially if you are able to find a few friends online to play with. »
« You know the drill: extremely linear level designs that stitch together corridors, open areas, and dull objectives with all the refinement and subltlety of a drunken quilting circle. [Mar 2006, p.100] »
« A lifelessly generic shooter that, at times, feels like "Max Payne" without the fun. »
« This game simply cannot be recommended to anyone: the controls are busted, the AI is pathetic, and even with online play you will grow tired of it within an hour. »
« Despite a decent online offering, it’s not enough to save one sorry game. Avoid this game like the plague. »
« The boring graphics, the (mostly) garbage sound, and the obscenely boring story will leave you in a non-marijuana induced daze. »
« It's only January, but we already have an early favorite for 2006's Worst Game of the Year award. In terms of graphics, gameplay, sound, and most other categories, 25 to Life is so low on the totem it's underground. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« O jogo realmente não tem uma campanha que é maravilhosa mais da pra se divertir pela dificuldade que ela tem sobre a história também não é muito integrante. O modo online desse game é muito divertido jogar com os amigos é uma experiência muito boa. Principalmente a trilha sonora do game que combina com a pegada do game. A jogabilidade de fato ela não é maravilhosa mais da pra jogar e se acostumar com ela. Com relação a bugs visuais não aconteceu na minhas jogatinas. Sobre a i.a do game ela é um grande problema desse game é bugada e burra é as vezes roubada mais isso dá pra relevar. »
« Horrible aiming, trash camera, just don't bother buying it. »
« Nostalgia i played this game back in 2010 on ps2 but it ****. gameplay and graphics and ai are really bad »
« Muhtemelen oynadığım en kötü oyun. Küçükken belki güzeldir diye hep bir şans verip sıkılıp kapatıyordum. »
« what "saves" this game and the music they are amazing and matches 100% with the rhythm of the game »
« I have to admit I'm a bit astonished this games rating come in between 39 and 51. To me this rating means the game is severely broken, stuff like gamebreaking bugs or controls that are so clunky they disallow functional gameplay. I've played many such games and I don't see those qualities in this game. In fact, I see some good development. Control options for me were quite customizable and intuitive. As for gameplay i found the gameplay at least as good as many other titles released not in stinker territory. In fact I rather enjoyed this game as an arcade shooter. Speaking of linear gameplay I found there were options and routes in this gameplay to not make it totally linear. After playing the game I went back to check YouTube walkthroughs and noticed each player kinda choose different styles to proceed through a level. I had fun with the game and enjoyed the atmosphere of the game. Older games have a certain charm and not so politically correct and that's refreshing mostly if it doesn't go too far. The game is rather short but I could also say that of almost all games from 2006 and thereabouts. I imagine back in the day graphics were terrible but with my component cables and gaming monitor it's good enough to my liking today. I feel the shortfalls of this game are made up in other areas. You can ace the gameplay or mess up and different things happen depending. Not sure gamers back in the day paid attention to these subtleties. It's one reason I like max payne 2 so much. Music, tbh the music from these older games really do fit in nicely. Nowadays it's all so generic. There are four or more difficulty settings so any skill level can just play this or be super challenged. I don't know I see a lot of good features in this game and it's very playable I'm not sure why there was such disgust in this game. I'd guess it's a factor of paying full price and or it came out as a competitor to something better but was the same launch price. Neither of these factors played into my gaming scenario and I have to say I had a fun time with this game. Not going to blow anyone away but I still can't imagine it deserving the scores it received. As I've mentioned I've given 5/10's to what I feel are games much more unplayable. »
« 15 years later and imma still say it now. This game may was short, it may was low budget but damn that **** holds a special place in all the games I've played. Graphics were really pathetic if you compared it to games from the same year like Saints Row or even GTA San Andreas, which is in fact 2 years older. Guns however were amazing. I love how they used real world gun designs but only changed the name of it back then. No matter how fake the gunshot sounds are, they probably are the best I have ever heard, I will never forget the sawn off shotgun sound of 25 to life, that haunts my dreams lol. Now, game was very short but interesting how the made you play 3 characters to see 3 different kind of stories, I wonder if Rockstar was inspired a bit by this game when it comes to GTA Vs 3 characters? Game was however really short, if you rush it youll have it through in like an hour or two. Even if you play on hard and have to watch your step, it's still way too easy and fast to get through. I heard the MP was great, though I have no clue. Back in 2006 when I played this I was 10 and had no clue about MP (thankfully). Now I am playing the PC version and it's the exact same as I remembered it. Good times. »
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