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==[http://www.rockstargames.com/stateofemergency/ State of Emergency] at a glance [[State of Emergency/Pictures | (More pics here)]]==
The first State of Emergency was released on PS2, PC and Xbox in Feb. 2002. It was developed by VIS Entertainment as a budget title and published by Rockstar. This was one of Rockstar's controversial "bad boy" titles like Grand Theft Auto; the breakthrough hit GTA III was released just a few months before SoE. Melee combat was decent, but with poor animations and no interpolation. It also had online multiplayer. SoE garnered a [https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/state-of-emergency 71 on Metacritic], just two points lower than Oni's PC release. There was a less-successful sequel, State of Emergency 2.
 
==At a glance==
[http://www.rockstargames.com/stateofemergency/ State of Emergency] at a glance [[State of Emergency/Pictures | (More pics here)]].
 
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===Facts===
*Released on PS2, PC and Xbox in Feb. 2002
*Online Multiplayer
*Decent melee, but with poor animations and no interpolation
*Developed by VIS Entertainment as a budget title and published by Rockstar
*Essentially one of Rockstar's controversial "bad boy" titles like Grand Theft Auto; the breakthrough hit GTA III released just a few months before SoE
*Garnered a 71 on Metacritic, just two points lower than Oni's PC release
*Less-successful sequel, State of Emergency 2


===Plot===
===Plot===
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==State of Emergency 2==
==State of Emergency 2==
The sequel was eventually released in Feb. 2006, but has a Metacritic score of 44. Apparently it was developed by the same team as the first game until they went bankrupt -- at which point development was finished by DC Studios and the game was published by SouthPeak Interactive. It didn't seem to add anything new to the gameplay of the first title.
The sequel was eventually released in Feb. 2006, but has a [https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/state-of-emergency-2 Metacritic score of 44]. Apparently it was developed by the same team as the first game until they went bankrupt at which point development was finished by DC Studios and the game was published by SouthPeak Interactive. It didn't seem to add anything new to the gameplay of the first title.


==Online resources==
==Online resources==
*[http://www.rockstargames.com/stateofemergency/ Official State of Emergency page] (Flash 5 required)
*[http://www.rockstargames.com/stateofemergency/ Official State of Emergency page] (Flash 5 required)
*[http://ps2.ign.com/objects/016/016405.html State of Emergency @IGN] (screenshots, videos, reviews)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151002021345/http://www.ign.com/games/maximum-action-state-of-emergency-serious-sam-gold/ps2-16405 IGN review of SoE for PS2] (and screenshots)
*[http://xbox.ign.com/objects/608/608771.html State of Emergency 2 @IGN] (screenshots)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140907004224/http://www.ign.com/images/games/state-of-emergency-2-xbox-608771 Screenshots of SoE 2]


[[Category:Oni 2 influences]]
[[Category:Oni 2 influences]]