The creative geniuses at 110 Industries left no stone unturned. Stefanie Joosten sings a few songs here and there but my favourite is the rendition of Maniac that plays during the anime cutscene at the club. The soundtrack for Wanted: Dead is already a classic. If you play Space Runaway, you will notice that each stage is different, not a cheap rehash. 110 Industries really cared about this game. One of the craziest highlights of Wanted: Dead is Space Runaway, an actual arcade game built from scratch for Wanted: Dead. The game boasts a lot of visual styles in it, including jaw dropping anime cutscenes and a live-action cooking show with Stefanie Joosten. The gameplay loop is addictive and it throws occasional distractions like the ramen game or karaoke at you when you don’t expect it. It’s right there among some of the best arcade brawlers released in the past 20 years. Make no mistake, Wanted: Dead is a flawed masterpiece. Wanted: Dead scored 4/10 on IGN when only two weeks earlier IGN was praising Wanted: Dead for its charisma, combat and overall presentation. Wanted: Dead scored 4/10 on IGN when only two weeks earlier IGN was praising Wanted: Dead is the living proof that gaming journalism is dead. Wanted: Dead is the living proof that gaming journalism is dead. It should not work but somehow it does and it’s a lot of fun. This game is a collection of randomized chaotic ideas all put together. The combat really opens up on the second mission when you progress further down the skill tree. An actual arcade game was made for Wanted: Dead and when I unlocked it, I spent hours trying to beat it. Do you remember Just a Friend bit from Saints Row? This is exactly it but playable. Then you are treated to a karaoke sequence that is real karaoke. My GF ran into the living room to see what’s up. Then I reached August and I felt like I was going to quit but when I finally kicked his ass it was a scream of joy. Yes, I’m still talking about Wanted: Dead. Then I spent two hours picking toys in a crane game. Wanted: Dead has a fraction of GoW’s production values but somehow it keeps you entertained. I stopped playing a lot of games mid way because they are boring. Wanted: Dead didn’t suck at all but I just couldn’t get it. Usually I just toss the game if it sucks. First mission, I’m still not sold on it but I keep playing because I don’t know why. I don’t understand any of this and the game is brutally hard. I have never seen a pink cover art on an action game before in my life. Sometimes a game comes along and you buy it because of the cover art. I have been psychologically molested by Soleil and 110 Industries and it was one of the most memorable and amazing experiences in games I had in the past 5 years. This is probably what bipolar disorder feels like. This is the first time I will openly talk about a game that left an impression on me. Truth to be told I created this account to talk about Wanted: Dead. Never, About time we talk Wanted: Dead here.
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