IGN - Review by Hilary Goldstein, [8.5]. "Had the fighting engine been better, this one would easily trounce Max Payne as king of the bullet-time games. But the fighting is too plain, too poor, and there's far too much of it."
GameZone.com - "Even when I was dying like crazy, and even when the mini-games drove me insane, I still wanted to keep on playing." Review by Louis Bedigian with overall score [7.9] and screen shots.
Contactmusic.com - Dead to Rights preview, key features and screenshots.
Armchair Empire - [8.3/10] Written by Omni, "The dollars to gaming ratio makes Dead to Rights a no-brainer purchase for action fans."
GameZone - Review of Windows version by John Wrentmore. Includes screen shots. Score: 7.9 out of 10.
GamePro.com - "In the end, Dead to Rights' good days outnumber its bad ones, and it's worthwhile to trudge through the occasional dull punch-fight and inane spat of dialogue to get to the next wicked little gunfight." Review by Star Dingo with scores and screen shots.
NetJak - "Some will make the obvious comparisons to Max Payne". Review by Greg.
GameSpot - "The game gets very hard in a hurry, and then it mostly just keeps getting harder from there." Review by Greg Kasavin with overall score [7.6] and screen shots.
G4TechTV - "Between the dull punchfests, the insanely accurate enemies, and the extra difficulty created by forcing the player to rely on autotargeting, completing Dead to Rights quickly becomes an act of will." Review by Matt Keil with screen shots and overall score [2/5].
GameSpy - Review of Windows version by Alex Tsotsos. "Dead To Rights is a fun action game, but at its heart, it still feels like a year-old console title." Score: 3/5
GameSpy.com - "With the game shipping on August 20, the team behind Dead to Rights has plenty of time to polish it up, but it's worth mentioning that our code was the same present on the floor at E3, so naturally they're much farther along than any of us even know." Preview by Tony Wyss with screen shots.
Game Industry News - Reviewed by Todd Hargosh, score: 2-1/2 out of 5.
Game Revolution - "Someone had a good idea and great reference material, but the end product is repetitive and lackluster." Review by Shawn Saunders with report card [C+] and screen shots.
Maxim Online - "The body count is rivaled only by novel game-play features and production values that make blood spurts akin to snowflakes-no two are the same." Review by Craig Stevens with score [5/5].
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