Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
A gritty, Michael Mann-style crime shooter with memorable antiheroes and story, held back by poor gunplay, dumb AI and a GFWL-dependent PC port. Skip it if you want tight shooting.
Great for
Fans of dark crime movies like Heat who forgive janky 2007 gameplay and will tinker with fixes
Main risk
May not launch or may stutter on modern PCs, and the gunplay is frustratingly inaccurate
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“this is the best tragic narrative in a videogame and far surpasses any other 7th gen crime shooter, kane and lynch are both brilliantly written and acted”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“You are fighting in the jungle, in a prison, in a skyscraper, on the street of a city – all locations that have been used in movies.”
Steam review · 6.9 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I liked the character dialogue between these two as they attempted to cooperate on their orchestrated violence.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The game feels like a Michael Mann film with some of the levels reminding me of scenes from Heat and Collateral.”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Kane & Lynch is a short & sweet shooter game of yesteryear.”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“I don't know who in their right mind would design a shooter where the crosshair is as useless as it is here.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Game requires seperate download of "Games for Windows" client, and creating an account there to even start.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“After one hour of gameplay it frequently crashes even with the Xbox Live fix”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“AI teammates are dumb as hell and run ahead of you just to get downed.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The story is paper thin and feels like you're skipping through random episodes of a show.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“there is no button to take cover, which is kinda important in a cover based shooter”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
From the Steam store page
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