29th
March
2008
kill.switch (PS2) - Review
kill.switch is Namco’s attempt in 2003 to create a new type of third-person shooter. Considering other games at the same time, the general game was rather poor, but there was one aspect of this game that made me interested in playing it, that being the cover system, which has been stated to be the predecessor to that used in Gears of War and other tactical third-person shooters. It is interesting to see how close to what we see in games today was already present in kill.switch, though the game suffers major faults from being too short and too linear throughout.
Review helpfulness: 
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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