The game starts with Kane on death row, in transit to his final destination as he attempts to write a letter to his estranged daughter Jenny. Kane & Lynch stars Adam Marcus, otherwise known as the murderous mercenary Kane. Was it fair to rate this game so poorly? Were reviews negatively influenced by Eidos’ corrupt actions? Is Kane & Lynch a bad game, a good game, or a good game let down by bad design? Two years after the title’s release, I decided to step into the shoes of Adam “Kane” Marcus, and see what is worse - the game, or the game’s reputation. The Xbox 360 version of the game has an unimpressive 65 on Metacritic, and our own Destructoid review sits at the bottom of the pile with a damning score of 3.0. There is no doubt that the game will forever be linked with Jeff Gerstmann and his review, and there is also no doubt that opinions of the game itself were tarnished by the controversy. It was the eye of the notorious “Gerstmanngate” storm, slap-bang in the middle of an event that exposed the problems between game reviewers and marketing departments when GameSpot writer Jeff Gerstmann lost his job following a negative review of Eidos’ third-person-shooter. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men will forever go down in history as one of the most controversial games of all time.
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