If you take the Nintendo first party games out of the equation, the GameCube’s list of exclusive titles is a painfully short one. But one that has just hit the shelves – and belatedly, our desk – is Bits’ Die Hard Vendetta, a first person shooter loosely based on the movie trilogy. Normally we’d treat movie tie-in fodder with more than a little suspicion, but given that it’s exclusive to the platform, we assumed this would be a cut above the standard all formats fare.
The subject matter certainly lends itself nicely to the FPS genre, with plenty of characterisation, wise cracks from John McClane, and the all important selection of weaponry. And according to the press release blurb, the game features a control system designed from the ground up for console users, as well as “unprecedented character interaction”, “superbly rich environments” and “amazing in-game cinematics”.
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