Reservoir Dogs

Man, this game is late, and there really aren't many places for it to go. Let's face it; given that the bulk of the movie was based in a warehouse, it was never going to be that much fun, was it? Despite voice-overs from Michael Madsen and Eidos' admirable attempt to flesh out the story by taking you through each of the characters gun-toting, jewel hiding heist escape scenarios, Reservoir Dogs will probably test attention spans everywhere, given the level of sheer mind-numbing repetition. The presentation is good (remember this is Eidos, people) and the scrolling for this kind of platform works just the ticket but the casual sense of panic you might look for in a game like this never quite sets in. Of course, you can torture your hostages but it's unclear whether there's any furious button tapping sequence that will allow you to chop a man's ear off, shame. You want a more focused premise for a good heist-movie-to-game conversion? Try 'Heat'. That's right, it's in development. [Johnny Langlands]