

These include concentrated bullets, slow-motion bullet dodging, and even destroying items in the environment. These will enable the detective to bowl over enemies with the help of his Tequila Time techniques. There are criminals that are up to no good, and only Detective Tequila can stop them! Over the course of the game, players will use a variety of weapons and slo-mo skills. The game has all the hard-hitting shoot-’em-up action you’d expect from a John Woo production, complete with Chow Yun-Fat returning as Tequila. We’re happy to report that GOG has now made Stranglehold available for PC once more, for the low price of $9.99. It was released in physical form on PC back then, but obviously it is much harder to find now. It was a wild run-and-gun shooter featuring Detective Tequila from John Woo’s Hard-Boiled film. A sequel to that series wouldn't materialize for another five years, so anyone looking to get a fix of slow-mo bullet dodging wasn't left with many other options.You may recall back in 2007 when Midway released a game called Stranglehold for consoles. At the time of its release, Max Payne 2 wasn't that far removed from the public consciousness. Its main claim to fame is having the backing of John Woo, but the shooter did resemble the older Max Payne titles quite a bit. RELATED: 10 Canceled PS3 Games You Never Knew ExistedĪs for whether or not you should grab Stranglehold, it wasn't that bad of a game. It seems various industries aren't willing to play ball with each other, which leads to perfectly fine titles going missing for a while. Rockstar Games has famously had to remove content -in the form of songs- from its Grand Theft Auto games to ensure their preservation on digital marketplaces. This has happened to even the biggest of publishers and developers.
