25 to Life
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Published by

Eidos Interactive Limited

Developed by

Avalanche Software LLC, Ritual Entertainment

Released

Jan 17, 2006

Platforms

PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox

Genre

Perspective

Gameplay

Narrative

	Critic Score	User Score
PlayStation 2	42	...

Windows	43	1.8

Xbox	43	...

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Description

25 to Life is set in the urban inner city jungle where you can choose to be either a law enforcer or law-breaker. In single-player mode, you follow the storyline of young Freeze who is trying to survive in the hood and protect his family, or that of Shaun Calderon, a gang leader who had to escape to Mexico. On the other side of the law, you can play the cop Lester Williams whose department is swamped by corruption.

Whatever you choose, the bulk of the game has to walk through the cities, hide behind corners and then bust out and shoot people. As always, you have an arsenal of weapons and moves at your disposal.

You can also play online with several people, fighting against each other in teams.

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25 to Life Windows Cinematics advance the storyline.

25 to Life Windows Selecting the aspects for our policemen.

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User Reviews

Where the hood at? Definitely not here.	PlayStation 2	Tony Denis (477)

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Critic Reviews

GameZone	Windows	Feb 13, 2006	8 out of 10	80
GameSpot	Windows	Jan 19, 2006	5.6 out of 10	56
GameBump/Gaming Horizon	PlayStation 2	Feb 19, 2006	4.5 out of 10	45
Yahoo! Games	PlayStation 2	Feb 06, 2006		40
USA Today	PlayStation 2	Feb 06, 2006		40
Worth Playing	Xbox	Feb 15, 2006	4 out of 10	40
Gameguru Mania	Windows	Feb 11, 2006	36 out of 100	36
The A.V. Club	PlayStation 2	Feb 15, 2006	D+	33
ActionTrip	Windows	Feb 01, 2006	32 out of 100	32
GameDaily	Xbox	Jan 25, 2006		30

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Trivia

Controversy

The game received some publicized outrage from police groups such the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund who called for a boycott of it prior to its release due to the objective of killing cops while playing as a thug and the ability to use humans as shields. Eidos did delay its release for a few months, partly to polish up game play but also to tone down "kill moves".

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