Eidos brought a surprise to E3 this year. A video game based on Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs is coming to the PS2, XBox and PC. Too often, video games based on movies are about as well done as most movies based on video games, that is to say “not very”. Eidos just might pull it off, though, with this fast-paced romp through one of the most popular cult classics of all time.Reservoir Dogs, the movie, was mostly dialog as the characters described the events surrounding a botched diamond heist. Reservoir Dogs, the game, will let you experience those events first hand. You'll find out what happened to Mr. Brown and Mr. Blue. You'll discover where Mr. Pink hid the diamonds. Presumably, you'll even get to see Mr. Blond go completely psycho.
Parts of the game will be on foot. You can behave like a professional or like a psycho. If you pride yourself in remaining cool and in control, you can take hostages to shield yourself from the cops. Roughing up the hostages is a good way to convince the gung-ho cops that you're serious. Or you can just blast your way toward freedom instead. The cops will react to the way you play. If you're psycho, they'll try to take you down. If you're professional, they'll be less quick on the trigger.
Other parts of the game will be behind the wheel. In one scene, you're driving the wounded Mr. Orange to the hideout in a stolen car. Mr. Orange takes damage if you drive roughly, but the cops are on your tail the whole time.
They weren't showing a whole lot of the game, but I saw enough to want to play it. Anyone who enjoyed the movie as much as I did will definitely be putting this title on your Christmas wish list. It should be out just in time to make it under the tree.
I'm a thirty-something computer programmer. I live in Delaware, but I grew up in Arkansas in a tiny town of 2500. We didn't have video arcades. Heck, it was nearly an hour's drive to anything as sophisticated as a Wal*Mart. Needless to say, my exposure to video games as a child was somewhat limited.
In the mid 80's, I cut my teeth on a used Atari 2600 bought at a flea market and a handful of games like Space Invaders and Pac Man. I was hooked in a blink. In the decades since, I've become a big fan of many genres of games. From first-person shooters to role-playing to strategy and everything in between. The only games that categorically don't interest me are sports games.
The easiest way for a game to win me over is to have a gripping story. I'll forgive a lot in a game that grabs me and keeps me interested. The inverse is true, too. If a game does not have a killer story, its gameplay had better be pretty darn compelling to make up for it. That doesn't happen very often
