The Club

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Fight as a modern-day mercenary gladiator in The Club, an underground blood-sport in which ruthless killers try earn respect and infamy in deathmatches.
The Club takes the explosive action of the shooter genre and blends it with break-neck speed of high-octane race titles to create a radically new kind of action experience. Players will blast through a secretive tournament known only as The Club, where the world's rich and powerful watch merciless fighters test their skills. While highly trained and effectively brutal, most combatants find themselves forced to participate. The posse of urban warriors represents a variety of countries and backgrounds. They share almost nothing in common except for participating in the ultimate blood sport where the only reward is survival. Offering frantic, fast paced gameplay with a unique style, tone and storyline that drips with energy, attitude and anarchy, The Club is a showcase for the capabilities of the next-gen platforms by maximizing the graphical and audio technology available to give a gameplay experience that is second to none. It focuses on addictive and rewarding gameplay that tests your skills to the limit and expands it beyond.
The Club will feature eight different multiplayer modes for up to eight players at a time. Players will choose one of eight unique fighters each with their own combat techniques and representing a variety of countries and backgrounds in an attempt to stay alive in the most ruthless underground elite fighting club.

• Rise Through the Ranks of The Clubż. As one of eight fighters, blast your way through five single player game modes including: Sprint, Time Attack, Survivor, Siege, and Run the Gauntlet.
• Earn Respect Online. Shoot your way to the top of the leader boards in over nine cut-throat multiplayer modes. You will face-off with 15 real-time opponents online or battle with your friends offline in 4-player split-screen action modes.
• "The Club™ is Global. Battle in eight unique real-world locations from around the globe, including war-torn cities, abandoned factories, steel mills and many more.
• Extreme Gun Battles in Hazardous Environments. A motion blur camera system intensifies the adrenaline rush in both open range and close quarter firefights. Destroy and manipulate objects in the environment to your advantage.
• Build up the highest score. A unique score-based accumulation system creates even more competition among players; the faster, more efficient and accurate that you are, the more points you will earn to unlock weapons, characters and maps.

Customer Reviews

Reviewed on 2008-07-05 Garbage!!!! All I can review on is the single player game. It sucks, pretty much what all the other reviewers had to say. Don't waste your time or money on this game.

Reviewed on 2008-05-21 If you only have one player, it's a pretty lonely Club. When I first heard of The Club, I assumed it was a story in the same vein of The Most Dangerous Game or The Running Man. However, once the game booted up, I discovered this was not the case. To start, you pick from six characters (or eight, you can unlock two characters through repeated gameplay). Each contestant with their own statistics for Speed, Stamina and Strength. There's the typical speedy but weak character, a strong but slow character, and a mismash of other statistics for the remaining contestants. The Club does have some foul language and frequent bloodshed/violence, so it earns its "M" rating with flying colors. There's a basic training level, which gets you accustomed to the 'over-the-shoulder' camera view, and explains the button layout quite well. Your ultimate goal is to score the highest amount of points possible. The point scoring depends on a few factors - if you are far away from an enemy and you place a perfect head shot, you will get a high number of points. Conversely, if you are right up against an enemy and you shoot him in the leg, your point score will be minimal. With every kill, you start a bonus multiplier. This multiplier immediately starts to count down and if you don't kill another enemy or shoot a skull target multiplier, the bonus will bleed out and you'll have to start over again. The mission stages fall into the following categories: (1) Kill as many enemies as possible and make your way to the exit. (2) Kill as many enemies as possible within the allotted time limit. (3) Kill as many enemies as possible while running laps around the level. (4) Kill as many enemies as possible without leaving the predetermined boundaries. (5) Kill as many enemies as possible and reach the stage exit within the alloted time limit. This basic formula makes up the 48 stages of the game. You can choose from 4 difficulty levels: Casual, Reckless, Insane or Real, each more difficult than the last. Aside from the Tournament Mode, there is a Gunplay editor used to combine stages with weapons that are unlocked through the course of the game. There is also a multiplayer option that can be used to battle other Club members online, or to pit two players against each other via split screen battle mode. Pros: This game is a shooter, and it provides plenty of shooting. There is no shortage of bullets, blood, or bonus multipliers. Anyone who likes shooting games will be entertained. There are plenty of secret areas in each stage. You'll have to look carefully to find all the Skull Shots, the Secret Skull Shots, and other hidden items. There are all kinds of creative ways to put down your enemies - from the ricochet (better known as Rico-SLAY) technique, to the Crack Shot, to the Snap Shot, you can master them all when you join The Club. I really, REALLY enjoyed the levels with boundaries. If you stray outside the safe zones, you have 5 seconds to "GET BACK!" before your character gets killed instantly. Not only do you have to avoid enemy fire, you have to watch those chalk lines too! What a great way to spice up a shooter game. The online mode offers fierce competition, with everyone striving for the highest score on any chosen level. If you feel bored by your local competition, hop on the internet and see how tough The Club can be. Cons: There really isn't any story to speak of, all the characters are simply different choices to go into battle with. The Club is fun to play at first, but it gets old quick with the constant repetition of aim, shoot, run, rinse, and repeat. The level layouts are fairly short, and quite similar to each other. The graphics are reminiscent of Resident Evil 4 - so it doesn't feel like a Playstation 3 game. The offline replay value is virtually non-existent. A player can run one character through the whole tournament in about 4 hours, but after that, there really isn't any desire to finish with other characters. What's the biggest drawback? Well, it's clear The Club was primarily designed to be played online. Without an online presence, it quickly becomes boring, even a two-player option can't keep the game interesting for long. This is a fun rental, but I wouldn't pay full price to own it. The development company behind The Club, Bizarre Creations, is better known for their work on the Project Gotham Racing series, and other racing games. Since this is their first venture into the world of shooters, I'm hoping Bizarre Creations can learn from their mistakes and work on making shooter games that are fun for both online and offline gamers.

Reviewed on 2008-04-25 It's Ok... When I first tried the demo with my friends I thought the game was awesome. I immediately ordered the game and when I got it I tried it right away. I was pretty peeved that I blew 60 bucks on this game... It is fun but that doesn't last long. The whole game is just the same thing over and over again. There is virtually no real story and the 'characters' are pretty much just avatars you wear while you run around slaughtering people. They have no actual personalities or any kind of development. But...If you are just the average brute and don't care for such things as plots, then this might be good for ya. It is basically an arcade game. You have to reach the end of the level as quick as possible while racking up the highest score possible(Shooting Baddies in the Face). The multi-player is ok. It was fun for a time but then the lag just started to get to me. whatever, an ok game...worth 20 bucks, NOT anymore.

Reviewed on 2008-03-23 Reminds me off outrigger for! This game is a pointless shooter, but don't get me wrong it has good online play. It reminds of sega's outrigger for the dreamcast. The online gameplay does rock and sega knows how to create fun games. The type of people who will dislike this game are the one's who prefer a story line with their game. But this is a run n gun!

Reviewed on 2008-03-18 a bunch of crap!!!!!!!!!!! I paid 64 dollars 4 a game that could of been carried on the PS2. The game sucks. no story line, no backgrounds on none of the characters. They dont even tell u why u runnin around killin people and shootin signs 4 points. I dont get how any true gamer would like this game. theres nothin wrong wit simple games but this game is horrible. If u like this game then this must been the first game u ever played in yo life. listen to me dont do it. u got other games like uncharted, heavenly sword, kane and lynch, call of duty and many more that put the club to shame. If u already got those games play them again before u buy the club. I hate this game so much i dont even go to the real club no more.

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