Kill Switch is a game I remember fondly. I have mentioned this game in my review of the original Gears of War. This was my Gears of War game since I was in a PlayStation house. If you would have asked me what was better I would have told you Kill Switch. After returning to Kill Switch, I’m wrong. Gears is better. n

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Reviewed on PlayStation 2

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Kill Switch came out in 2003, three years before Gears of War. Cover mechanics were still a new idea and Kill Switch was my introduction to them.

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I remember playing this game over and over and beating it multiple times. I now know why, it’s only about 3 hours to beat it. The levels are the same every time and no unlockables to go after so there really is no incentive to replay it, but I did, over and over.

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By today’s standards the cover mechanics do hold up and the actions feel similar to what is in modern games. Obviously, since this is a PS2 game the graphics do not hold up so at a quick glance the cover mechanics look off but after you use it you will see it worked just as well then as it does now. n

The story was just as confusing to me as an adult as it was when I was younger. Your character has some kind of memory block and you are learning a little more each time you finish a level until you get to the conclusion. The story is not why you are playing this. You are playing this for the fun shooting mechanics.

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The game is so short and not all that replayable but when I was younger I just kept playing this one. As an adult, once was enough.

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2003 Brian would say this is an absolute 10/10. I would tell you how this is the best shooter on the best console and all that other fanboy crap.

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2022 Brian can see how this helped inspired the third-person shooting genre but ultimately it’s not as great as I remember. Great cover mechanics and good gunplay are enough to make it a good game but a confusing short story and no replayability bring it down a bit.

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Final score 6/10