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Fugitive Hunter's Bin Laden Fistfight Shenanigans
Thanks to Video-fenky for his weblog entry discussing Encore's PS2 military FPS, Fugitive Hunter. He explains: "By itself, Fugitive Hunter is a very simple military first-person shooter... you go through a level filled with bad guys before reaching your target fugitive. Once you do, the game shifts to a 2D fistfighting sequence (did I mention that [developer] Black Ops also did Knockout Kings for EA once upon a time?)" Since the game was dropped by former publisher Atari, and picked up by budget publishers Encore, the developers have switched things around, adding a final level with "...a network of caves where [Osama] bin Laden is hiding out." Video-fenky emphasizes: "I cannot overstate the impact of this. You are in a low-budget fighting-game fistfight with Osama bin Laden." Over at Worthplaying, they have more info and screenshots, including several pictures of the in-game bin Laden, though Video-fenky points out that "...even casual folks will likely be able to tell right off that bin Laden's inclusion is mostly a last-ditch gimmick."
you're being too kind with the 'legitimate' branding. think about it, this is the kind of title thats going to sit in a jewel case in Wal-Mart next to Big Deer Hunter 9 and Bubba's Hunt Fest for $9.
I can't help but wonder why the developers didn't have Bin Laden attached to a dialysis machine. Is it just me or didn't the media tell all of us that he was having kidney problems? Where is his dialysis machine??? Is it in his cave? Can you shoot the dialysis machine? Will that make blood squirt everywhere? Can you choke him with the dialysis tubes? What happens if he sticks you with his blood, do you become a terrorist?
Just curious....
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You should have to chase these fugitives through the bombed-out ruins of a village your guys accidentally targetted.
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