State of Emergency
In State of Emergency, the player can choose from one of five different characters: Spanky, an ex-gang member; McNeil, a disgruntled ex-cop; Bull, a criminal in prison; Libra, a lawyer; and Phreak, an orphan…
State of Emergency is an adventure developed by VIS Entertainment, released 12 February 2002 on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What State of Emergency is
State of Emergency is an adventure game developed by VIS Entertainment and released in 2002. It was published by Rockstar Games. It is available on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In State of Emergency, the player can choose from one of five different characters: Spanky, an ex-gang member; McNeil, a disgruntled ex-cop; Bull, a criminal in prison; Libra, a lawyer; and Phreak, an orphan. The player must complete a variety of missions, ranging from Rescue missions to "Kill This Person" missions to "Blow Up This ..." missions. The player has many different weapons at his or her disposal, including shotguns, machine guns, pistols, knives, rocket launchers, tear gas launchers, flame-throwers, gatling guns, pepper spray, molotov cocktails and more. It is even possible to use street props, such as boxes, construction cones, benches, signposts, trashcans, and more. Breaking…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
State of Emergency holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
State of Emergency launched on 12 February 2002, within three weeks of Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Jet Set Radio Future and RalliSport Challenge. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Jet Set Radio Future, RalliSport Challenge.
Official trailer
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