24 The Game
From 2K Games
24: The Game takes you into the world of intense action that you see on the hit TV series, 24. You'll go on a deadly mission set between the second and third seasons of 24. Who was really behind the assassination attempt on President Palmer? How did Kim Bauer get a job in the L.A. CTU? How did Jack Bauer and Chase Edmunds first start working together? These and other questions are answered as you franctically race to complete solo and team-based missions.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #6373 in Video Games
- Brand: 2K Games
- Model: 710425278181
- Released on: 2006-02-28
- ESRB Rating: Mature
- Platform: PlayStation2
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .53" h x 5.75" w x 7.75" l, .35 pounds
Set between seasons two and three, 24 The Game is a day in the life of Jack Bauer and the members of the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU). The game is an action-adventure title comprising various differing gameplay elements including driving, shooting, puzzle solving, and interrogation. The story is packed with jaw-dropping revelations that will captivate fans and shock newcomers.
Features:
- Over 100 missions, including gun fights, stealth, sniping, driving, satellite tracking, phone tracing, interrogation, and more!
- Three playable characters; begin as Jack Bauer and jump to new characters of the show as the plot unveils.
- The authentic 24 experience, featuring past and present 24 cast members, plus the show’s signature double bluffs, multiple plot strands, and cliffhangers.
- Like the show, the game present's the story in multi-panel windows to explain events that are happening with different characters, simultaneously.
Great Potential - Not Enough Time in Development
If you've got a PS2 or PS3 and love the TV series 24 with Keifer Sutherland, the 24 game is worth taking a look at. Just know that the game isn't perfect.
First, I'll admit that I am both a big fan of the 24 series and also of Keifer Sutherland. We were too busy to watch the first seasons live, but instead we waited for each one to end and then rented the DVDs for a full-out marathon of watching them. It really helped not to have to wait through commercials or for the next week to come to see what happened. So I'm probably the ideal target audience for a game like this.
I also love shooting games and Bond-style games, so I really was looking forward to playing this. It has the real voices of Keifer and other cast members, and unfolds based on the time between Season 2 and Season 3. It uses the time music style and intro 24 addicts know and love. Your game is broken into "hour long segments" which in reality probably take you 15 minutes or so to play through, depending on your gaming skill.
Unfortunately, gameplay just did not live up to the expectations. The camera was *awful* - there were numerous problems that made the game very frustrating, very quickly. At times you're running along in various terrorist areas, crouching behind cover, jumping over boxes, peering around doors. You might have a few fellow CTU units with you who do basic operations like blowing open doors, but they're rarely any help in a firefight.
The enemies don't show great AI either. It also gets frustrating that an enemy might suddenly decide to surrender while you're in the middle of shooting him - and by the time you've pulled your finger from the trigger, he's already killed by the bullets that were in the air when he surrendered. So you get penalized for his death.
There are also little decoding style puzzles, car driving missions and so on tossed in to keep variety interesting. It figures that none of them are either challenging or fun to play. With all of the thousands of games on the market that nail each of these areas, I wasn't asking for spectacular here - just reasonable. It just wasn't.
It almost seems that they raced this game out quickly in order to get sales and nothing got quite done properly. Which is a real shame, because the series is well loved by millions of people who buy the DVD sets, watch the shows repeatedly and who would LOVE to get this game and replay it to immerse themselves in the world. There is certainly great potential for replayability here, to keep going through a mission over and over to nail the top rating. If the missions were fun, I know I would gladly do that to hear Jack's voice and to be in that world. But with the way things were designed, I'm going to have to wait for a sequel to come out that hopefully spends more time in development.
As a side note, this game does play fine on the PS3.
If you like the show, you will enjoy the game
I really enjoy this game, I think they could have done better, some of the driving chases just seem a bit silly. I enjoy the more tactical work he is required to do. However, I ran into a glitch and I went online and found there are others who had the same problem where you get totally stuck and cannot move forward at all. I played 2 nights in a row thinking I did something wrong before I looked up a walkthrough online and found out it was just a glitch in the game. One I followed the instuctions, I was finally able to move on so watch out for that. It's right after you go up in a watch tower with a sniper rifle, then enter a wharehouse to protect Madsen which as soon as you enter there should be a lot of men coming in, my problem was only 1 guy or other people say no men at all, if that happens then you hit the glitch because a lot of men should come rushing in. The instructions I followed are as follows:
Turn on your PS2 is turned off with game and memory card in, then load the game (it should be at 4:28. If its not, see NOTE below). When the cut scene with Jack and Tony begins remove the memory card and the "Warning, memory card removed Use save game option to manually save progress & re-enable autosave?" Press X for OK and re-insert the memory card, then watch the cut scene. The "Previously on 24" dialog box will appear, press X. then play the game as usual. If done correctly, many men will enter. After you complete the mission, make sure you save it.
NOTE: If your memory card is at 4:41. Go restart the mission and do a save during the cut scene. You will overwrite 4:41 and be back at 4:28.
It helped me and if it happens to you, believe me, you will be glad you read this because I sure was.
A great game for 24 fans!
This game is very similar to the 24 TV show, so any 24 fan will love it simply because of that. As for anyone who isn't a fan, we'll get to that in a minute...
The characters in this game have the same audio and visual likenesses of their TV counterparts, so that adds some realism to the game. Aside from that, the graphics are not the best and might be slightly below par for PS2.
Each mission starts with a "The Following Takes Place Between..." so the missions follow a storyline just as the show does in real time. It's interesting to see it come together like that.
There are a lot of great things about this game, but I'm not sure if a person who is NOT a fan of 24 will enjoy it. As I mentioned, the graphics are a little shaky. In addition, the driving missions are a little hard to control. The weapons are vast in choice but lack realistic appearance. This game doesn't seem to have a difficulty selection, so much of the game can be completed in a hurry by running past enemies with emberassingly low IQ. Jack does have a CTU team with him, but they don't seem to do much damage while Jack has one-hit-kills mostly.
To sum it up, if you're a fan you'll love this game no matter what! If you're not a fan of 24 you might want to consider renting this game first or choosing a different one alltogether. Any hardcore FPS fan will probably not enjoy this unless their a fan of the show.
Recommended to fans only!
