Stranglehold
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Blood,Drug Reference,Intense Violence
Publisher: Midway Genre(s): Action, Shooting Home Page: http://www.strangleholdgame.com/
Style is everythingInspector Tequila has an array of moves he can pull off while thinning out the masses of random thugs that keep pouring to his path. To use these moves the player has to fill up the Tequila Bomb bar. This is done by collecting style points, handed out for performing fancy kills; and trust me, Stranglehold is all about blowing away the bad guys in style.
Do a simple headshot, and you might get two or three stars. The same take-down, while sliding down a rail, might give four stars and combining dives, swings, jumps off the walls and slides over tables with trick shots (that trigger falling debris which takes out a bad guy) can rack up to five stars in style - the better your style, the faster your Tequila Bomb meter fills up. Tequila starts out with the Health Boost ability - with a quick tap he can convert some of the Tequila Bomb bar to fill up the health bar for those tight spots where no health packs are in sight. In the first few levels Tequila also unlocks three other abilities; Precision Aim, Rampage and Spinning Attack. Precision aim slows time down to almost a standstill with a quick zoom centered on the crosshairs - this allows Tequila to place a perfect shot on an enemy, and the camera then follows the bullet through the air until it slams to the enemy with plenty of blood and suitably overacted reaction to the hit. A hit to the head often ends with the thug holding his face after half of his brains just got blown out. Silly, but fun.
Rampage starts out with Tequila making his best Max Payne facial impression while reloading his gun - he then enters a slightly slowed state of intense concentration with temporary invulnerability, greatly increased rate of fire and infinite ammo - and for a few seconds, he really lets it rip. Great for rushing into new target rich environments. The fourth special move requires a nearly full Tequila Bomb bar and is the ultimate tool in clearing up rooms full of bad guys. Spinning Attack sends Tequila spinning around in slow motion, firing all around him while a flock of white doves(!) appears as on-cue around him. The camera cuts to every enemy around him as they are rapidly taken out by the hail of bullets - with liberal amounts of blood flying around.
In addition to these special moves, Tequila has a separate and constantly refilling bar for Tequila Time - Stranglehold's version of Bullet Time. By default, it's automatically triggered when Tequila is dodging or sliding across a rail or table with a hostile near his sights, allowing easier aiming for those stylish shots. You can also activate Tequila Time manually with the right mouse button to slow down time when you need that extra edge to rapidly plug enemies full of holes. In short, it works just like Bullet Time on Max Payne.
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