Sierra Best Sellers: Die Hard Nakatomi Plaza

The longer I played DHNP, the more engrossed by the story I became. Enemies behave in a realistic manner, attempting ambushes and sneak attacks. However, the game did develop a bit of redundancy the more I played. I began to notice the same textures over and over, the same enemies over and over. Granted the visuals were astounding thanks to the LithTech engine, but I still started to feel a strong sense of deja vu the more I played.

Despite the redundancy, the game maintained its entertainment value because of its fairly stringent adherence to the plot and flow of the original movie. The plot is well-developed and plot advancement occurs through a combination of action sequences and scripted events. Plus, a few extra scenes have been added to enhance and enlighten the story a bit more. The inclusion of these new scenes rounds out the play experience and removes the Deus Ex Machina feeling you might get from playing the game without them.


Average   May 21, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I am in the middle of playing this and have played several games in between (including the excellent Deus Ex) which gives you an indication of how ungripping the game is. The game is very linear, stupidly so in that you will be in a corridor with a whole bunch of doors and only one of them opens (although sometimes once you have done whatever you need to do another door magically unlocks). The actual level design is very repetitive, by virtue of the fact that you are in a skyscraper so (except for a couple of other levels eg the sewer)you are wondering around a (not very exciting) office. Other details - you know the bit in the film where Brucie meets the main baddie who pretends to be a goodie and then tries to shoot B) well if you try and shoot him before or even after he tries to shoot you, Bruce dies? Why? He is the main baddie! I know the game is trying to follow a story line but in a game,


Follows the movies and beats them as well!!   March 13, 2003
Richard Wills (England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Nakatomi Plaza looks to be a simple shooter but you'll notice as soon as you play it it's miles ahead of any others. Mainly, that you have a stamina and morale bar which are affected by running or losing hostages. You get to go through the whole building from basement to roof and each corner presents a new task or problem. It's easily better than the previous Die Hard games and certainly up there in the top 5 1st person shoot-em-ups. It'll keep you hooked for months.