Cop-Out: Shield Is Tarnished
The Shield can't overcome bugs, repetitive dialogue and boring action.
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"The Shield," based on FX's hit television show, is horrible. Even after terrible games based on such shows as "Alias," "24" and "The Sopranos" considerably lowered the bar for this genre, this is a game you'll want to avoid.
If you're a fan of the series, the game's not even worth a rental. Although the entire cast (minus CCH Pounder) provided voice acting and likenesses, the characters look extremely bad, outside of Vic Mackey (who looks okay), and the repetitive dialogue gets old quickly.
Players as sume the role of dirty detective Mackey (played by Michael Chiklis) in this original story, which takes place between seasons 3 and 4 of the show (before Glenn Close and Forest Whitaker joined the series). The game enlists Mackey and his strike team to take down the Byz-Lat and One-Niner gangs, who are feuding. Gameplay involves lots of boring shooting (having only three weapons makes the endeavor even more lackluster), pointless fistfights (with inept controls) and been-there, done-that interrogation tactics, such as dunking a perp's head in the toilet (THQ's The Punisher video game was much more creative with its interrogation methods).
Bugs and glitches cripple the game throughout, and the game's look and feel seem dated with drab Los Angeles environments, poor animation and laughable lip-synched dialogue.
-- John Gaudiosi
The Shield Mature; PlayStation 2, PC ($30) Aspyr Media/Point of View
