Is K&L a 6.6 game? No. Gertsman is a fucking pussy and deserved to get fired for shafting the game. This is based on my 40 minutes with the title.
Look, it's pretty fucking exciting and it does the whole "U RIN AN ACTION MOVIE" bullshit pretty well. There's a whole level that takes place in the back of a van. Sound exciting? It is. The bulk of the game- Shooting cops- is pretty well done. The cover system is wonky and it seems a little too easy to get killed (A not-so-modest concern when the game loves to throw dozens of cops into the fray), but coming back to life is a simple affair- Get pumped full of adrenaline by a team mate! The squad commands are at least as good as Mass Effect and certainly not as good as Vegas, but hold up just fine. Squad AI is pretty good, enemy AI, however, fucking sucks. I've never seen such silly fucks in my life. They love to charge the line, run right past you and keep going. It's kind of a pain because as you're trying to peg the 10 cops hunkered down in cover, 6 are running in the door and right past you. Also, the automatic weapons barely work and are completely useless when compared to pistols. In general, combat can feel a bit loose and weapons are more inaccurate than they should be, but it works fine.
Graphics are awfully pretty, although the much touted "crowd system" is kind of a letdown. Yes, there are 40-60 people on screen at a time. Hilariously, there are only 6 or 7 models, which gives you the creepy sensation of being in some kind of Distopia. In the Tokyo club level you can watch people dance with their clones. Also, the crowds can be a fucking pain. Try finding the 1 guy out of 60 who is shooting you. It took me a dozen tries to get the 100 feet to the door in the club.
That said, on the whole the game purrs wonderfully. The characters are sort of generic, but entertaining. It pulls off the Buddy Cop/Heist thing really well. Reminds me of HEAT:THE GAME. It's absolutely not a 6.6 title. I'm not sure if it's more than a rental (No online co-op? What the fuck?), but for my money it's better than the last 10 hours of Asasassaassaain's Creed.
