Wanted: Weapons of Fate (2009) (VG)

Director:

Ulf Andersson

Writers:

Michael Brandt (characters)
Derek Haas (characters)

Release Date:

24 March 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

Trained assassin. Born killer.

Cast

Jimmi Simpson	...	Wesley Gibson (voice)
Thomas Kretschmann	...	Cross (voice)
Peter Stormare	...	The Immortal (voice)
Tom Kane	...	Sloan (voice)
Terence Stamp	...	Pekwarsky (voice)
Common	...	Brummel (voice)
Paz Vega	...	Araña (voice)
Mark Ivanir	...	The Russian (voice)
Tatyana Yassukovich	...	Alyse (voice)
Philippe Bergeron	...	SWAT Leader (voice)
Jon Curry	...	(voice)
William Smith	...	(voice)
Ewan Chung	...	(voice)
Steve Wilcox	...	(voice)
JB Blanc	...	French Grunt / Chicago Grunt (voice)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA (2008) | UK:18 | USA:M

Company:

GRIN Inc.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Wanted (2008)

Soundtrack:

The Little Things (UNKLE Surrender Sounds Session 13)

Fun game at first, but quickly loses its edge.

First off, the game is short as hell. There are only 9 levels, and you could easily play the whole thing through in just under three hours. That being said, I would recommend renting this if you want to kill some time on a rainy day.

The cover system is straight out of Gears of War, and in the first level you have to make good use of it unless you're playing on the easiest difficulty, where you can pretty much run up and KO enemies the whole time. You get a fun Bullet Curving ability after you beat the first boss, which is upgraded as you go through each level. The only drawback is that this ability will run out quickly on the later, more difficult levels, so you'll have to learn to use it sparingly.

The cover system is straight out of Gears of War, and in the first level you have to make good use of it unless you're playing on the easiest difficulty, where you can pretty much run up and KO enemies the whole time. You get a fun Bullet Curving ability after you beat the first boss, which is upgraded as you go through each level. The only drawback is that this ability will run out quickly on the later, more difficult levels, so you'll have to learn to use it sparingly.

The biggest drawback I had was with the knife-wielding enemies that charge at you. When you first see these guys they're fairly easy, as all you have to do is rapidly tap the B" button to finish them off, but in the last two levels you'll come across an Elite version that's almost impossible to defeat in a knife fight (and rest assured these guys pop up quite frequently). I also found the bosses to be a little too easy, since all their fights hinge on you killing enough enemies to use a Bullet Curve or a Bullet Time ability to beat them.