Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Good game though a bit overhyped..
Graphics wise, it's nowhere near the quality of Onimusha, Ico, or FFX. The stores and such look rather bland. You can't even enter them so it seems lacking in that you can't raise hell inside the stores as well. However, this game takes off in terms of action once you've got 10 or more gang members/corporation members on your tail and you manage to pick up the shotgun or grenade launcher. There's lots and lots of weapons to pick up from tasers, axes, pepper spray, swords, Ak-47's, Uzis, shotguns, grendade launchers, etc. The action gets intense as you try to accomplish your next mission while you've got bogies on your tail, bystanders in the way, and a loaded weapon in your hands. What to do? What to do? Well, anything you want. That's what. Gameplay isn't very original or deep. It's just basic, mindless fun with replay value accomplished by trying to unlock other characters and areas.
Rating: - Either you love it or you hate it
First of all I want to start by telling people
that State of Emergency and GTA3 are two very different
games. Do not expect SoE to play like GTA3. SoE is a
beat'em'up game in the likes of Fighting Force(PSX) and
Double Dragon(NES/SNES) while GTA3 is mision based
action game in the likes of Driver(multiplatform),
Wreckless(XboX). SoE is the type of game that you will either love
or you will hate. Thats why I put it on 3 stars,
for me its around 4 stars. There are two ways of playing this game. Kaos and Revolution. In revolution mode missions are you main agenda, weapons
you get here are either given to you or you get from an enemy. Missions
types are basic: kill someone get this, steal this from store,
kill someone, blow this up etc etc.. of course you will find
a lot of resistance along the way. There is this 3D arrow
to guide you to your objective so you won't get lost. In Kaos mode you basically try to get the highest score possible
by causing trouble and in this mode weapons are just lying on the
floor almost everywhere, they also re-pop by themselves but it
is different everytime they re-pop. You get points killing government
enforcers and gang members as well as blowing up cars, breaking windows
but of course there is a time limit. Every time you kill they will drop a health
and time replenisher so make sure you get em. On the upper right corner you
will see a "bonus", it changes all the time, it will say "x2 Kill gang
members" or "x5 breaking windows" meaning if you do that you
will get times whatever the normal points are. The higher your points
are meaner you opponents are (first agents then military guys and
it goes on and on). This is why I liked this game, revolution
is just a bonus. All in all a well made beat em up game, seriously don't
expect it to be GTA3, yes both was published by Rockstar games
but they both had different developers.
Rating: - RIOT!!!!
You will never have so much fun [ticking] off your parents as when playing this game. Chaos mode is SoE's cream of the crop - no definite goals or objectives, you just run around blowing up cars and throwing grenades into buildings. Throwing a molotov cocktail into a building and watching it explode while people scream and run in all directions is definitely alot of fun. Chaos mode sometimes gives you little goals, like a short time period where breaking windows is worth double points, or a time limit on blowing up all the cop cars in the level, but mostly you are free to do what you want. The weapons are awesome, fun to use, and each has its place and function. Rocket and Grenade Launchers are good for some vehicular destruction, and when the cops come after you, there is a good assortment of machine guns, shotguns, flame throwers, and even pepper spray. These shoot-outs with the law are great - cops and soldiers swarm you, and you must retreat to a safe distance and then mow 'em all down (and usually a few civilians, too, cause they can't help but get in the way). This inforces a style of play in which you run frantically from corner to corner, causing as much destruction as you can with whatever you can get your hands on. Each area has local gangs, too, and if you attack them accidentally or on purpose, you will envoke their wrath and they'll be after you. Chaos mode also has a "Last Clone Standing" varient, in which the only people out are bad guys, and you must empty the streets of them. This is fun, as the bodies so start to pile up... And yet all this fun is about as deep as an arcade game. At it's heart, State of Emergency is a simple beat-em-up, kinda like the old Double Dragon, except taken to a grand scale. The crowds are neat and give a real sense of a riot going on, but there is very little you can actually DO with those people. The camera is very difficult to work, especially since enemies tend to collect in your blind spots. The story mode ("Revolution") is pretty boring, with endless missions that never seem to end. Lastly, the game only has 4 levels, and of these, I only liked 2 of the levels. Not much there. These levels aren't anything like the cities in GTA3 - there is no "breathing city" theme - not much is going on, and after a while you'll feel like you've "been there, done that". Maybe rent this game first, see what you think.
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