Review: The Hong Kong Massacre (PlayStation 4)
The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.
Pros:
- Gritty graphics.
- 5.87GB Download size.
- Aim sensitivity slider.
- Online Leaderboards.
- Top-down twin sticks 3D shooter gameplay.
- Platinum trophy.
- The Hong Kong Massacre plays like Hotline Miami with a dash of Max Payne/Stranglehold.
- Actions- Slow down time and dive. Obviously shoot, reload and pick up guns.
- Shoot through windows and doors causing awesome looking carnage.
- Each level has 3 stars that are tied to set objectives.
- Stars earned are used for buying/upgrading guns.
- Best time completion is shown on each level.
- Gory kills completely with slow-mo final kills.
- Four guns- (Start with a pistol) then its SMG, Rifle, and Shotgun. You can upgrade them and increase mag size, Shoot speed, Reload time etc.
- Controls are fine.
- Can slide over car bonnets and it looks cool.
- The Hong Kong Massacre has an arcade feel.
- Quite an easy trophy list.
- Dark downbeat soundtrack.
- All about memorizing the level layout and perfecting your run.
- Great speedrunning game.
Cons:
- The Hong Kong Massacre uses a lot of red fonts and to be honest, it can hurt your eyes and the smaller parts of the text are hard to read.
- Can be hard to see bullets in game.
- Screen tearing.
- Not the fastest loading times and it is not instant restart.
- Hard to tell whats what due to the view, Windows are not always clear and you are never sure if a wall is a wall or something else.
- Only four guns.
- The view is very close making seeing ahead hard.
- No settings for gore or view etc.
