Stranglehold review for the PC

Stranglehold has been much heralded as 'the John Woo game' - the Hollywood director has been personally involved in the development of the game and much has been made of his trademark effects that Stranglehold is scattered with. Stranglehold also features the voice talents of star Chow Yun Fat, so you'd be forgiven for thinking it's more of a Hollywood blockbuster than a mere PC game. At its root of course, Stranglehold has to hold its own as an action shooter, so does all the movie hype add to the gameplay, or detract from it? We've been playing Stranglehold this month - read our review to find out how we rate it.
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Stranglehold review for the PC
First things first - put down your Limited Edition Director’s Special Collected Extension of Hard Boiled and calm down, because Stranglehold is more or less just a straight, slightly floaty third-person shooter. John Woo’s involvement here means little more than a brief cameo and an opportunity for the developers to crowbar all of his trademarks into the action, with varying degrees of success.

For example, levels are jam packed with rails you can run up or down, counters you can slide over or wheeled trolleys you can belly flop onto. Huge chunks of scenery like signs or flimsy balconies can be shot off onto the bad guys that can always be found standing still directly beneath or on top of them. Best of all are the slo-mo showdowns that occur when your renegade Hong Kong cop ass is instructed to surrender.