America's 10 Most Wanted, released as Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror in the US,[1] is a first-person shooter game for the PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows platforms. Developed by Black Ops Entertainment and released in 2003, it was mainly received negatively due to its dated graphics and uninspired boss battles.
| America's 10 Most Wanted | |
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| Developer(s) | Black Ops Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Plot
editThe game places the player into the role of Jake Seaver, a CIFR agent. Travelling to locations such as Pakistan, Utah, the Caribbean, Paris, and Miami, the game finishes in Afghanistan, where the player must capture Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. The game contains 11 levels, one for each fugitive, as well as an introductory level.
Development
editPreliminary development on the game dated back to the late 1990s.[2][3]
In the United States, Infogrames was originally going to publish the title through their Atari label in June 2003, but the company dropped the release and was instead picked up by Encore Software in October 2003.[4]
Gameplay
editThe game is a first-person shooter, featuring arcade-style fights as a means of capturing fugitives.
The European and US versions differentiate slightly in level music and terrorist names with Saddam Hussein only being present in the European version. The European manual shows Mullah Omar as one of the terrorists despite being absent in both versions.
Soundtrack
editIt contains tracks and cameos by members of So Solid Crew.[5]
Reception
edit| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 35/100[6] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| GameSpot | 34% |
| GameSpy | 75% |
| IGN | 33% |
The game was generally received poorly due to its dated graphics and substandard gameplay. Brad Shoemaker of GameSpot said the game's "lousy execution" caused the game to be "impossible to recommend".[7] Scott Rhodie of CNET Australia panned the game's sound as "pathetic", the gameplay as "terrible", the graphics as "an embarrassment" the game's premise "simply shocking".[8]
GameSpot included the game in their list of the "Top 10 Most Frightfully Bad Games of 2004", where reviewer Alex Navarro jokingly accused the game's developers of "exploiting the War on Terror".[9]
References
edit- ^ "America's 10 Most Wanted : War on Terror - PC - GameSpy". Uk.pc.gamespy.com. August 16, 2004. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ Fugitive Hunter War on Terror - Behind The Scenes - the making of - PS2 HD. YouTube. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror (PS2) Behind the Scenes Special Features - NintendoComplete. YouTube.
- ^ "Fugitive Hunter signed by Encore".
- ^ "Black Ops Entertainment". Blackops.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ "Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror". Metacritic. CBS Interactive Inc. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
- ^ "Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror Review". GameSpot. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Rhodie, Scott (September 27, 2004). "America's 10 Most Wanted Review - PS3 Games". Cnet.com.au. Archived from the original on July 4, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPqDWad358I