Kingpin

(Interplay/Xatrix, 1999)

Dozens of game critics poked understandable fun at this game...so why not one more? The concept of this @#$% game is that a bunch of @#$% foul language is all a game needs to be a @#$%ing cool action game. Sorry, guys; no @#$%ing way! Sure, it uses the impressive Quake 2 engine, so if you merely want a Quake 2 game with a few curse words thrown in, you needed Kingpin. However, I was left wanting something more. You can forgive Xatrix --whose most memorable contribution to 3D action games was Redneck Rampage-- for thinking a bunch of foul mouthed alley folk would be fun to listen to, and then you could beat the @#$% out of them. However, this meager thrill is over pretty @#$% quick. I admit, the ability to have "friends" in single-player mode --gang members with impressive artificial intelligence, obeying your every command-- was a @#$%ing cool idea. However, the rest of the game was almost total @#$%, including the piece-of-@#$% ending.

	Rating : Near Miss.
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