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Contactmusic.com
Dead to Rights preview, key features and screenshots.
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/deadtorightsx28x05x03

Game Revolution
"Someone had a good idea and great reference material, but the end product is repetitive and lackluster." Review by Shawn Saunders with report card [C+] and screen shots.
http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/games/xbox/action/dead_to_rights.htm

GamePro.com
"In the end, Dead to Rights' good days outnumber its bad ones, and it's worthwhile to trudge through the occasional dull punch-fight and inane spat of dialogue to get to the next wicked little gunfight." Review by Star Dingo with scores and screen shots.
http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox/games/reviews/25792.shtml

G4TechTV
"Between the dull punchfests, the insanely accurate enemies, and the extra difficulty created by forcing the player to rely on autotargeting, completing Dead to Rights quickly becomes an act of will." Review by Matt Keil with screen shots and overall score [2/5].
http://www.g4techtv.com/techtvvault/features/40137/Dead_to_Rights_Xbox_Review.html

Maxim Online
"The body count is rivaled only by novel game-play features and production values that make blood spurts akin to snowflakes-no two are the same." Review by Craig Stevens with score [5/5].
http://www.maximonline.com/entertainment/reviews.aspx?p_id=3818

GameZone
Review of Windows version by John Wrentmore. Includes screen shots. Score: 7.9 out of 10. (December 24, 2003)
http://www.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18377.htm

GameSpy
Review of Windows version by Alex Tsotsos. "Dead To Rights is a fun action game, but at its heart, it still feels like a year-old console title." Score: 3/5 (December 18, 2003)
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/dead-to-rights/498494p1.html

Armchair Empire
[8.3/10] Written by Omni, "The dollars to gaming ratio makes Dead to Rights a no-brainer purchase for action fans." (November 26, 2003)
http://www.armchairempire.com/Reviews/XBox/dead-to-rights.htm

play (tm)
Reviewed by Nick McCrea, score: 80%. Includes screen shots. [Xbox] (July 27, 2003)
http://www.ferrago.com/story/1871

The Cincinnati Enquirer
Reviewed by Marc Saltzman, score: 4 out of 5. Includes screen shots. [Xbox] (September 11, 2002)
http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/091102_deadtorights.html

NetJak
"Some will make the obvious comparisons to Max Payne". Review by Greg. (August 26, 2002)
http://www.netjak.com/Reviews/xbox/dtr.htm

GameZone.com
"Even when I was dying like crazy, and even when the mini-games drove me insane, I still wanted to keep on playing." Review by Louis Bedigian with overall score [7.9] and screen shots. (August 21, 2002)
http://xbox.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18377.htm

IGN
Review by Hilary Goldstein, [8.5]. "Had the fighting engine been better, this one would easily trounce Max Payne as king of the bullet-time games. But the fighting is too plain, too poor, and there's far too much of it." (August 15, 2002)
http://xbox.ign.com/articles/367/367970p1.html

GameSpot
"The game gets very hard in a hurry, and then it mostly just keeps getting harder from there." Review by Greg Kasavin with overall score [7.6] and screen shots. (August 14, 2002)
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/deadtorights/

GameSpy.com
Reviewed by Tony Wyss, score: 82 out of 100. [Xbox] (August 14, 2002)
http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/august02/dtrxbox/

PlanetXbox
"The shining point in the game is the amount of control you have over Jack. Don't have a gun? Just walk up to an enemy and knock his ass out or put him in a grab move." Review by Tony Wyss with score [82] and screen shots. (August 14, 2002)
http://www.planetxbox.com/features/reviews/2002/deadtorights/

GameSpy.com
"With the game shipping on August 20, the team behind Dead to Rights has plenty of time to polish it up, but it's worth mentioning that our code was the same present on the floor at E3, so naturally they're much farther along than any of us even know." Preview by Tony Wyss with screen shots. (June 20, 2002)
http://archive.gamespy.com/previews/june02/dtrxbox/

Game Industry News
Reviewed by Todd Hargosh, score: 2-1/2 out of 5. (2002)
http://www.gameindustry.com/review/item.asp?id=208