Kane and Lynch Dead Men review for the PC

Shooter Kane and Lynch: Dead Men, out now for your gaming pleasure, is a kind of anti-buddy game. Instead of two rough-diamond cops, you've got two hardened criminals, one a definite, bona-fide psychopath, on a crime and killing spree. With a solid plot and decent AI as you build up a squad for your missions, plus a great online adventure to test your co-operative skills on, Kane and Lynch: Dead Men ticks all the boxes for a shooter, but does it have enough to make it stand out and live up to the competition this Christmas?
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Kane and Lynch Dead Men review for the PC
As it's developed by IO interactive – the team behind the notoriously stealthy Hitman series – you'll forgive us for expecting something a little different from Kane and Lynch. Whereas its predecessor was famous for its free-form, stealth based gameplay, with Kane and Lynch, that couldn't be further from the truth.

There's no stealth involved here, at all. There are no innovative gadgets, or grizzly ways to strangle your opponents after sneaking up behind them. There's not even a bald chap with a barcode on his neck. With an involving plot, an emphasis on gunplay, and a minimum of decisions to make, it would seem that Kane and Lynch is quintessentially the anti-Hitman; a game which embodies everything that Hitman wasn't. Sadly, the same is often true of the gameplay.

We mentioned the plot behind Kane and Lynch was good, but when we say good, we mean it in the same way an Eastenders plot is good – it's full of gratuitous swearing, unlikable characters, and a series of unfortunate situations.