The Suffering: Ties That Bind
by Midway
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Product Summary
Brand: MidwayFormat: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2006-07-07
Platform: Windows XP
Model: 50074
Publisher: Midway
Product features:
- Flashbacks move the story along as you define Torque's future path while battling his inner demons, rage, and tenuous grip on sanity
- All-new disturbing characters and monsters in the mix of street crimes, gun violence and riots that prosper in poverty-stricken slums
- Game-defining moral choices affect the game's outcome - each path providing a completely different gaming experience
- New multi-leveled insanity mode is tied directly to players' actions -- Torque's inner demon goes from normal to brutal and bloodthirsty depending on the moral path that players choose
- Redesigned and streamlined inventory, expanded player movement mechanics, refined controls, more varied and advanced enemy AI and a large arsenal of weapons
Video Game Reviews of The Suffering: Ties That Bind
Customer Review: I Only Suffered A Few Times!
Summary: 4 Stars
I really enjoyed the first Suffering game and was happy anough to pick up the sequel.
Like films, the sequel isn't as good as the original but Ties That Bind is just as great as the first!
I've always been a big fan of 3rd person shooters (Max Payne and Tomb Raider games) and these two fall into my favorite.
It's as graphic, intense and violent as any survival horror game should be; plus you can play it in first person mode as well.
It's very well designed in terms of the vulgar creatures, Baltimore looks like the pit of hell and the character movements looks terrific.
The voice acting is great (Rachael Griffiths, MC Duncan) and the story is "fleshed" out. Although the "twist" at the end wasn't much of a surprise though.
Great arsenal of weaponry. The only problem I had with the thrown weapons was (like most games) that Torque would always throw with his right: Right into a wall instead of around it.
The controls are standard and don't cause any issues except for an annoying camera angle here and there.
Music is creepy and cool as well as the freaky sound effects.
The occasional drawback to this game was that sometimes some characters would take more damage than their clones as well as the AI not being so smart at times.
Aspects of the story were a tad confusing. Perhaps I don't recall the first game's story well enough so I'm missing some key plot points because of that.
Overall it's a well thought out game and I recommend it to all you "playas" (game reference) that enjoy blowing Stan Winston created characters into juicy pulp!
"...and this is my BOOM STICK!"
Description of The Suffering: Ties That Bind
The Suffering: Ties That Bind is a sequel to the genre-defining and award winning action/horror game, The Suffering. Here, the terror expands outside of the prison walls -- your actions and moral choices will durectly affectthe game's plot, with each path providing an entirely different experience. Set in the unforgiving streets and prisons of Baltimore, you'll control Torque as he explores the tough inner-city, with poverty and urban injustice trapping people just as effectively as any prison.Action Games
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