Shamefully repetitive level design and an overall glaring lack of variety are just a few of the problems plaguing Codemasters' shooter, Bodycount.

The game works; mechanics and controls are fairly sound; occasional moments of fun during campaign

With a short, linear and derivative campaign plus a multiplayer offering unlikely to distract for long, Bodycount just doesn't have enough going for it to warrant a purchase, even at a bargain bin price.

I reserved this game because i heard it was just like "Black" after playing the demo i too had my doubts and almost cancelled it but went with a gut feeling and bought it. I was the only one to reserve it and got the only copy the store got!!!

You can tell a lot about a game from its Achievements. After one hour and six minutes of playing Bodycount, it had doled out 335 points. Not only are the names uninspired ('Boombastic' - really?) but they're handed out in great chunks for standard progression.

Mediocre: An exercise in apathy, neither Solid nor Liquid. Not exactly bad, but not very good either. Just a bit 'meh,' really.

When we jokingly asked Codemasters back at a preview event some months ago whether there was any connection between its title and the Iegendary band fronted by Ice-T, there was a dismissive laugh.

Good feel to every weapon; unrelenting pacing

Unimaginative missions; generic enemy designs; poor variety on levels; bland story; short campaign

Bodycount is an arcade-style first-person shooter that borrows so many different elements that there's almost nothing left that's distinctive about it. Well, that's not entirely true. The most distinctive aspect of Bodycount is how it muddles the features of games it tries to emulate.

When a game is released, it enters into competition for the time and money of its target audience. The latest entry into the first-person shooter fray is Bodycount, a game that tries to gain a foothold by putting you on semi-destructible battlefields where skillful kills are rewarded with powerful...

Skillshots can be gratifying; Some sizable and appealing environments; A few fun guns

Gameplay feels flat; Campaign is only six hours long; Enemy AI is lackluster; Multiplayer modes are rudimentary

Bodycount positions itself right from the get-go as an all-out arcade shooter with promises of crumbling walls, nerve-racking firefights, ground-rocking explosions and streams of points as your reward for unleashing barrels of bullets, crunching headshots, destructive grenades and at least a few air...

A game called "Bodycount" was never going to be the subtlest of affairs. This proves to be the case from the outset as you're tossed into the midst of an African civil war with little more than a brace of firearms and some garbled instructions from the obligatory sassy female voice in your head.

Explosive action; instant thrills; big guns

Repetitive; soulless; brief