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1. Positive:

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2. Mixed:

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1. I used to love going to the arcade and running back to this game. It just had an urgency that made the game play intensity so much fun. II used to love going to the arcade and running back to this game. It just had an urgency that made the game play intensity so much fun. I can’t say this is an absolutely perfect revamp, but it’s a lot of fun. I’ve gotten to really enjoy the nostalgia and the new twists are nice. Graphics look great and I just love the lineup of games coming our way to the Vita this next 2 months. Finally the season of VITA games begins !!!! :-)… Expand

2. This is a great game at its core, but it has low budget written all over it. The essential parts of the game that make it fun are intact, butThis is a great game at its core, but it has low budget written all over it. The essential parts of the game that make it fun are intact, but elements such as menu design, graphics and cutscenes were mediocre at best. It is a spectacular, thrilling game with lots of replay value. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t get the support and promotion that it deserves. How ironic that a low budget game that no one bothered to care about is actually one of the few truly fun games now available on the Vita.… Expand

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4. As I was playing Spy hunter and finding myself, at times, frustrated with the controls or the level repetition I realized something. PlayingAs I was playing Spy hunter and finding myself, at times, frustrated with the controls or the level repetition I realized something. Playing this game made me feel like I was 9 or 10 years old again playing games on my SNES or Genesis. The controls weren’t always the greatest and the levels not necessarily the most varied but I was having fun. Sometimes it was maddeningly frustrated fun, but fun nonetheless. Spy Hunter is a modern throwback to those old school games that let you have fun while seriously contemplating throwing your controller (or Vita in this case) against a wall.… Expand

5. I hesitated on purchasing this game for a long time as the reviews on this one are mixed. I picked this game up used at my local GameStop andI hesitated on purchasing this game for a long time as the reviews on this one are mixed. I picked this game up used at my local GameStop and was pleasantly surprised by the gameplay. Its a pretty game and one I am glad I picked up.

   Pros:
   -Fun mission based gameplay.
   -Unique for a racing game.
   -Graphics are good (about a 7. 5 out of 10)

   Cons:
   -The controls drive me a bit nuts. Yes you can change up the buttons, however you can not change the reverse camera view and it is really easy to press.… Expand

6. These «B» grade games are rare these days. It is refreshingly unintentionally cheesy fun. It is very simple fun that seems aimed at a veryThese «B» grade games are rare these days. It is refreshingly unintentionally cheesy fun. It is very simple fun that seems aimed at a very young demographic but was a lot of fun for an adult like me. Still seems very much like the original Spy Hunter in spirit even if the gameplay is different with a mission oriented structure.… Expand

7. I was happily surprised with the amount of fun I had with this game. The graphics and controls are no we’re near as good as other games, butI was happily surprised with the amount of fun I had with this game. The graphics and controls are no we’re near as good as other games, but there is just something fun about playing this. I was a huge fan of the original and may be biased, but I keep going back to this game a enjoying every second of it! If it has one issue it’s the fact it was priced too high, but you will have a great time playing it.… Expand

8. An awful driving/spy game with horrid controls, dull gameplay, lacklustre graphics and style.

   The game itself isn’t much in the way ofAn awful driving/spy game with horrid controls, dull gameplay, lacklustre graphics and style.

   The game itself isn’t much in the way of being a spy game other than the dialogue of the game. The game is centred around your vehicle that can change into various modes: street, off-road and boat (for water sections).

   Being such a core component of the game the car is both frustrating and not fun to use. The handling is extremely floaty, with no sense of weight or control, very easy to lose control of the car.

   The game features no voice acting, with the dialogue coming down to still text that randomly pauses the game. Voice acting would have really added to explaining the story. The “villain” of the game is both awful and cringy, essentially boiling down to someone who “wants to watch the world burn”, that has an unbearable “voice changer” to try and make the player feel a sense of unease but just comes across as cringy and forced.

   The 23 missions get repetitive very quickly, with essentially, shoot this target, escape this thing or destroy this. It’s very stall gameplay, that gives off vibes of being a cash-in type game. Some sections have you using a UAV to select targets to destroy and on-rail shooting sections, both of which are poorly implemented. The on-rail section has awful control and no aiming reticle, so it’s very hard to aim and shoot the target accurately

   The graphics are lacking lustre, with them looking straight out of an early PSP game, very disappointing as the VITA has “PS2.5” type performance, with some games reaching graphics of the PS3. Yes, graphics aren’t everything, but the graphics on Spy Hunter are so bland and generic are just not fun to look at.

   Found near no positives in the game, other than the general premise of a Spy car.

   Would not recommend the game to anyone, it’s boring, ugly, tedious and frustrating from start to end. Feel bad to criticise a game so harshly from what I would imagine is a small team with a small budget. But the game just isn’t any fun and should be avoided other than those looking to collect VITA games.… Expand

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Spy hunter

CHAPTER 1.

Introduction

All my life all my life all my life hunted spies. During the last war, I was directly involved in the execution of several spies and in the condemnation to long terms of imprisonment of many others. I’m not saying this out of vanity or a desire to show off — I just want to say that I have the right to write a book about spies. nine0006

During the many lectures I gave, many men and women, old and young, often asked me how to become a counterintelligence officer. Almost all of them, having read detective literature, dreamed of tracking down spies in bars and luxury hotels, using secret signals and passwords; follow them with breakneck speed in cars and, finally, effectively snap the handcuffs on the hands of his victim, overtaken somewhere in the sewers of some exotic foreign capital. nine0006

In reality, the spy hunter risks his life every now and then. His work, like the soldier’s service at the front, is a boring, tedious waiting. In entertainment films, the work of a counterintelligence officer looks different. All attention in them is focused on the most critical moments; long hours of investigations that are boring for the viewer, comparing individual facts and combining them into a single whole, it is impossible to show on the screen.

A spy hunter must possess ten qualities. Seven of them must be born, and the remaining three can be acquired. Almost all novice counterintelligence officers experience great difficulties at first. Below I will list these qualities in order of their importance from my point of view. nine0006

Phenomenal memory. A spy hunter must not only be able to remember faces, events, places that he happened to be many years ago, but also be able to conduct interrogation without protocol, lasting several days. In Chapter 2, I will talk more about interrogations, but for now I will only note that the most important thing for an investigator is to gain the confidence of the suspect and, if possible, instill in him a sense of false complacency. If, during an interrogation, the interrogator breaks away to take notes, he will not be able to turn this procedure into an informal conversation, and the suspect will naturally be alert, have time to collect his thoughts and consider convincing answers to further questions. With apparent nonchalance, leaning back in his chair, the interrogator, with his calm, benevolent manner, makes the suspect believe that the interrogation is only an inevitable official procedure. The interrogated person calms down and in this state usually gives himself away. nine0006

God, or maybe the devil, gave me an amazing memory. For example, I can remember what gifts were given to me on my birthday when I was only three years old, and even who gave them and at what time of the day. I remember myself from the age of six months and still have not forgotten my crib and the color of the ribbons that decorated it. My father was one of the first people in Holland to install a telephone in his house. Some phone numbers were written down on a piece of paper hanging by the machine. And although more than fifty years have passed, I still remember each of them well. Phenomenal memory is an innate quality, without which one cannot become a spy hunter. nine0006

Great endurance and attention to detail. The significance of this quality is discussed in the 6th chapter, but here we only mention that during interrogation a spy shows maximum patience — his life depends on it. This means that the investigator must be even more patient if he wants to achieve his goal. An experienced spy remembers well the main points of his fictional biography, the so-called «legend», and it is difficult for the investigator to catch him in a lie. Only in small details can an experienced spy be inaccurate. Attention to detail, combined with boundless patience, is an important weapon in the hands of an investigator. nine0006

Ability to learn foreign languages. The possibilities of the investigator are certainly limited if he interrogates the suspect through an interpreter. In this case, he is unable, for example, to determine whether a detainee who claims to be a Swedish businessman is a Swede, or a German, or a Norwegian with excellent knowledge of the Swedish language. When examining the personal belongings of a suspect, the best detective in the world will be helpless if he does not know the language in which the letters, diaries and official documents belonging to this person are written. nine0006

Knowledge of practical psychology. The counterintelligence agent must know the nature of the suspect in order to determine in advance which method of interrogation to use. There are people on whom threats and an intimidating tone have the opposite effect of what they want — they strengthen their stamina. At the same time, the slightest display of sympathy helps to break their stubbornness. Others can be made to talk by skillfully playing on their vanity. To do this, it is enough to praise a person in time. The investigator, who from the very beginning of the interrogation cannot determine the nature of the suspect, is like a boxer going to the ring blindfolded. nine0006

Courage. It may seem to readers that the interrogator does not need much courage. Some will tell me that courage is more needed for a suspect fighting for his life. This is right. No spy, no matter how unreasonable his actions, can be accused of cowardice. He is prepared in advance to risk his life in a foreign country, where he is alone and cannot count on the support of his comrades.