Box Copy
Yippie-Ki-Yay! John McClane
is Back!The odds
are against John McClane as he battles terrorists intent on wiping Sin
City from the map. Blast your way through 25 levels of non-stop action
in three different game styles. Combine all three explosive games into
an original adventure, or choose to play the one you like best.
Discussion
Die Hard Trilogy 2 was done by a different developer and you can
tell right out of the gate. While Probe’s version was all about the
rambunctious antics, n-Space’s take focuses more on the graphics and
story telling. While not a bad thing, there are some definite
shortcomings that start to peek through the layers.
Like the first one, the game is divided into 3 genres; racing, action,
and light gun. The driving game focuses on chasing random bad guy cars,
stopping bombs, and occasionally not hit anything at all. The action
sequences take you from various locales that usually involve keycards in
random places, on random people, or doors that don’t properly present
themselves. The light gun sequence, which is where I wanted to be wowed
so badly, falls in on itself.
Essentially the problem comes in the engine itself; it’s too old and
it’s not up to task. Textures are muddy, places are dark, and a lot of
times there are too many odds stacked against you. The game is too
clunky for it’s own good.
On a more positive side, there is a LOT of support for accessories. You
can use any Justifier or GunCon, any Steering Wheel, and even a
mouse. The game has a mode missing in the first one, which is a small
saving grace. Rather than just play through each genre, you can go
through a Movie Mode that will apply the proper genre depending on what
part of the story you’re at. Save that, the game simply doesn’t live up
to the legacy it’s attached to.
Yippie kai doh.
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Trivia
- Game takes place
outside of the movie canon.
- There is a visual
glitch in the opening story cinematic. John's friend who runs the
prison says the celebration party is in a few days, yet he is
already wearing the tuxedo.
- Greatest cameo ever?
There is a truck graphic used in several stages, and he bears a very
large resemblance to the Transformer Optimus Prime, leader of the
Autobots!

- If you drive in
first person mode, when you strike a cow, blood will splatter the
windshield and your wipers will clear the blood off (see third
screenshot).
- The game supports
both the GunCon and the regular Justifier type guns.
- In the Chemical
Plant stage, there is access to a Fire Truck / Emergency vehicle
area. This is a possible reference to the original movie (the bad
guy's use of an ambulance), or the Die Hard arcade game, since in
one stage there are bad guys in firefighter outfits.
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