Kane and Lynch see's you play as Kane, a criminal paying for the mistakes he's made in the past, with the help of a...disturbed individual, Lynch, who's tasked with keeping an eye on you. The game itself is a third person Action Shooter, where utilising cover is important. Not a very difficult game, and it can be easily completed on the hardest difficulty in under five hours. At times throughout the game, you are able to give orders to team mates (such as Lynch), but these are very limited and restricted to 'Follow', 'Shoot' and 'Move to'. Unfortunately, this doesn't make for more engaging gameplay, as there is very little need to use tactics such as flanking. The battles are quite intense and enjoyable to play, but very easy and nothing special in my opinion.

The voice work and story are decent, with two suitable, alternate endings to the game. Be warned however, there is an awful lot of swearing throughout the entire campaign. Co-op is limited to split screen, and requires… more »

Kane and Lynch see's you play as Kane, a criminal paying for the mistakes he's made in the past, with the help of a...disturbed individual, Lynch, who's tasked with keeping an eye on you. The game itself is a third person Action Shooter, where utilising cover is important. Not a very difficult game, and it can be easily completed on the hardest difficulty in under five hours. At times throughout the game, you are able to give orders to team mates (such as Lynch), but these are very limited and restricted to 'Follow', 'Shoot' and 'Move to'. Unfortunately, this doesn't make for more engaging gameplay, as there is very little need to use tactics such as flanking. The battles are quite intense and enjoyable to play, but very easy and nothing special in my opinion.

The voice work and story are decent, with two suitable, alternate endings to the game. Be warned however, there is an awful lot of swearing throughout the entire campaign. Co-op is limited to split screen, and requires the use of a wired controller for the second player...a major hindrance to those wishing to play this online. Speaking of online gameplay, the multiplayer mode sounds interesting...unfortunately, even at peak times, there have been *no* servers up and running. Creating your own can see you sitting in an empty lobby screen for hours, hoping by chance, someone else has the same idea and fancies giving multiplayer a try.

The game utilises Games for Windows Live (those with an XBox Live ID may use that), and although a bit clunky in the menu's, works well now the launch problems are finished with. For those interested in Gamerscore, there are 500 achievement points available for playing the Single Player Campaign.

Kane and Lynch is a bit of a disappointment coming from renowned developer IO Interactive (the developers of the Hitman series of games), and although very short, it is reasonably entertaining. With the lack of online co-op, and any multiplayer servers, it is however hard to recommend this title. An okay buy if its cheap, and you're in the mood for a game with a more mature setting.