Line #22 VideoGame/ReservoirDogs


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3	The 2006 ThirdPersonShooter based on ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', developed by [[Creator/BlitzGamesStudios Volatile Games]] and published by Creator/EidosInteractive, released for Platform/PlayStation2, [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] and Platform/{{Xbox}}.
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5	It allows the player to take part in the heist that was alluded to in the film. The game only featured Creator/MichaelMadsen from the original cast, and only a few of the other characters resemble their film counterparts. The game received roughly mixed to negative reviews, but has a slight cult following from fans of the film.
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7	In the game, there's two extremes of how to play: "Psycho" (killing everybody) or "Professional" (stealth, taking hostages, and neutralizing the police).
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10	!!Tropes present in this game:
11	* ActionizedAdaptation: The game lets you see the botched robbery and has numerous graphic shootouts and intense car chases.
12	* AdaptationalDyeJob: Mr. White has shorter, graying hair, Mr. Orange is a redhead, Mr. Brown's hair is lighter and has no goatee, Mr. Pink has hair that's longer and in a different style than the one he had in the film and is also missing his goatee, Joe has thinning, white hair in a crappy comb-over, "Nice Guy" Eddie's hair is dark blonde, longer, and feathered instead of curly, and Mr. Blue's mustache is missing and has grey hair in a ponytail. Exaggerated with Marvin Nash, who is ''bald''.
13	* AdaptationExpansion: The game's main focus was to show and let the players experience what happen offscreen in the film (ex: Mr. Pink retrieving the diamonds, getting rid of the cars used in the heist, Mr. Blonde kidnapping Marvin Nash, etc.)
14	* AnachronicOrder: The first mission is escaping the building with Mr. Blue. The second is driving to the heist.
15	* {{Bookends}}: The first mission has you play as Mr. Blue and so does the last mission.
16	* BulletTime: "Bullet Festival".
17	* BloodierAndGorier: Even more so than the film, the gun battles in this game result in lots of blood and gore flying everywhere.
18	* TheCaper: As mentioned before, you get to see the botched robbery in full on bloody display, including the crew's gun battle with the cops.
19	* DevelopersForesight: Evidence of the player previously being in an area as another character will remain when second characters go through (e.g. Mr. White going through part of Mr. Pink's first area). Not only simple things like unlocked doors, etc., but if the player kills a cop as Mr. Pink (Chapter 2) — the corpse will still be there when Mr. Blue arrives and somebody will be crying over it.
20	* ExplosiveBarrels: Propane tanks are strewn across some levels, as well as fire extinguishers.
21	* GoryDiscretionShot: When a character performs a [[LimitBreak "Signature Move"]] in the video game (said "Signature Move" involves inflicting a horrific torture onto your human shield, somehow causing everyone in the area to surrender).
22	* GunsAkimbo: Mr. White starts out with his two pistols, but any character can pick them up.
23	* HumanShield: Any human shield will slowly lose HP and eventually faint (including S.W.A.T. members). They're needed to make security guards, cops, or the S.W.A.T. team surrender their weapons.
24	* ISurrenderSuckers: While the game never informs of this, having your weapons holstered and not moving when a cop sees you will make them attempt to arrest you, this can be used to get an easy human shield as it takes several seconds for them to arrest you.
25	* IndieGame: The game has amateur graphics, only one actor from the original film, and the company that made it (Volatile Games, a division of Creator/BlitzGamesStudios) only had one previous game to their record, [[{{Vaporware}} which didn't even get released anyway]]. This could have been intentional, since ''Reservoir Dogs'' was an indie film. They ''did'' manage to get the whole licensed soundtrack to the film, so brownie points for that.
26	* InkSuitActor: Averted for all the characters, except for Mr. Blonde.
27	* MadeOfExplodium: In the driving levels, you could shoot cars and blow them up, with a ''pistol''.
28	* MultipleEndings: Since the game follows the film, most of the story is dictated by the film, but how the player went through the game changes what happens to Mr. Pink. [[spoiler:He either escapes with the diamonds ("professional" or "We're supposed to be fucking professionals" as named in the movie viewer.), shot by the police ("psycho" or "One way or the other, you're gettin' outta way"), or caught by the police ("neutral"or "You're under arrest sugar")]]. If you watched the film, [[spoiler:you would know that the "neutral" route is the canon ending for the film]].
29	* MoreDakka: In the film, the characters only used pistols and revolvers. In the game, you could use shotguns, machine pistols,[=SMGs=], assault rifles, sniper rifles, a tranquilizer rifle (ironically found in one of [[AxCrazy Mr. Blonde's]] levels), paintball-guns, tear gas grenades, smoke grenades, flashbangs, Molotov cocktails, and even a SWAT-issued ballistic shield.
30	* PacifistRun: Not killing hostages and getting the police out of the way peacefully results being a "professional".
31	* PistolWhip: Done in the signature moves with a hostage and can also be performed by trying to shoot something point-blank.
32	* PunkInTheTrunk: One driving mission involves Mr. Blonde driving the kidnapped cop back to the meeting point. If the player drives too slow for a certain amount of time, he jumps out (as the boot opened in a crash) and flees. The level is even named "Punk In The Trunk".
33	* ShoutOut: In one of Mr. White's levels, you can find [[Film/PulpFiction a MAC-10 on a table.]]
34	* SticksToTheBack: All the long guns in the game.
35	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Players can either straight-up kill the hostages or perform "Signature Moves", which essentially are what amount to ColdBloodedTorture.
36	* YouDontLookLikeYou: The main characters ''vaguely'' look like their movie counterparts, save for Mr. Blonde.
37	* YourHeadASplode: Occurs to {{Non Player Character}}s when you shoot their head with a powerful weapon, like a shotgun.

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