Battle Los Angeles

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Game Information

Developed by Live Action Studios
Published by Konami Digital Entertainment
Platform : Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Microsoft Windows
Genre : Action & Adventure, FPS
Age Rating : 16+
Players : 1
Additional Contents Provided : None
Release Date - Microsoft Windows & Xbox Live Arcade : March 11 2011
Release Date - PS3 : March 22 2011

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Synopsis

As the worlds great cities fall, there remains one place that becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. Its up to you to take on an enemy unlike any ever encountered before. You will have the opportunity to relive the thrill of the movie as they assume the role of Corporal Lee Imlay and fight alongside characters from the film and defend the city of Los Angeles from attacks from unknown forces.

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Gameplay

Battle Los Angeles (The Movie) was a big budget movie released everywhere, however to me it seems as if not that much has gone into this game. The gameplay is really stuttery and sometimes the player is unresponsive. The objective of the whole game is to take down a massive Alien air power ship whilst trying to fight off aliens as you progress throughout the levels. The gameplay is fairly average and to be honest if you're looking to waste some time then play this. It has no excitement factor to it and it seems a drag to play. There are various missions in the game where you have to push the enemy aliens back to their lines and stop them invading Los Angeles. There are 3 difficulties. Easy, Normal and Hard. Very simplistic. However I doubt that someone would want to play this game 3 times to complete all the campaigns on different difficulties. Also, 200Gamerscore doesn't seem enough to waste my time on this game so I just did it on Easy. Also, the fact that the game didn't even have multiplayer was abysmal and a turn-down for me. Would it have been that hard to allow a multiplayer experience on a couple of maps with a couple of players. Instead, the only thing to do is to play the campaign; over and over. Which in my opinion is a waste of time.

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Graphics

The graphics in this game are not that great. In the beginning when you first start the game, the cutscenes are comical. Like that of a comic book with speech bubbles and all that. It's supposed to be an Xbox 360 game and not a comic book. One of the things that I noticed are that when playing the game and you through excessive frag grenades to get out of a sticky situation, the game starts to lag and the screen starts to flicker. There haven't been any updates yet to address the issue and I doubt there will be any to come. Here are some photos of what some cutscenes and gameplay look like. However, it also has 3D support (which is amazing) so you can play this game in 3D. I think it's the only XBLA game with 3D support but personally, I don't have a 3DTV and I highly doubt that most people do.

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Controls

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This game isn't that great and I'd advise you not to purchase it because you'd be making a mistake. However, if you have the microsoft points to purchase it and you loved the film then by all means buy it, but you may be disappointed to see how much has gone into the game.

The game is on the Arcade marketplace for 800msp. Equivalent to $8 or 7 pounds on PSN.

Game Rating: 2/10 (Pretty disappointing game, no multiplayer features and excitement factor is terribly low)