Stranglehold
A gloriously over-the-top third-person shooter that trades realism for pure destructible-environment mayhem and John Woo-style gunplay.
GamerScout Verdict
Best for action fans who want to break everything and don't mind a thin story holding the destruction sequences together.
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About Stranglehold
Stranglehold commits hard to one idea: shoot everything and watch it explode. This 2007 action game puts you in absurdly detailed environments where nearly every object breaks, burns, or ricochets under gunfire. The cover system works, gunplay feels weighty, and there's genuine satisfaction in using the environment as a weapon. It's John Woo filtered through a video game that doesn't apologize for spectacle. The downside is pacing. Between set pieces, the game sags into linear hallways and forced story beats that don't land. Enemy AI is predictable, and the plot exists mainly to shuffle you between destruction opportunities. But if you want a shooter that rewards creativity and destruction over tactical efficiency, Stranglehold delivers exactly that. It's a relic from when action games didn't need to be serious.
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Minimum
- Processor
- Intel Core Duo or equivalents
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics
- DirectX 9.0c and higher compatible including the following: Nvidia Geforce 7800 or above/ ATI x1300 or above compliant video card Di…
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Game Info
- Developer
- Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Publisher
- Midway
- Release Date
- Sep 5, 2007