Stranglehold 2007

About

Stranglehold came out on September 5, 2007 for Xbox 360, then for PC on September 18, 2007 and for PlayStation 3 on October 29, 2007. The main story takes about 7 hours.

John Woo Presents Stranglehold stars martial arts star Chow Yun-Fat as Inspector Tequila, a detective in Hong Kong's police force who is traveling the globe in search of his kidnapped daughter. The game features a single-player story mode in which players take the role of Tequila and fight their way through cities such as Hong Kong and Chicago to locate the missing child who is held captive by mafia members and gangsters. Players will have the opportunity to earn style points by performing such moves as running up banisters while shooting and when enough points are acquired gamers can execute moves that include the "Tequila Bomb" or enter "Tequila Time." "Tequila Time" is a sequence during a gunfight when enemies are slowed down while players maintain their speed, making it easier to hit enemy targets. Up to eight players can get involved in multiplayer action through the Internet, and the environments within the game are fully destructible and interactive.

What is happening now

Stranglehold is a shooter released in 2007 across PlayStation 3, PC, and Xbox 360. The game has largely faded from active coverage, with recent mentions appearing primarily in comparative discussions about the gaming landscape. A recent industry report referenced the title in passing while examining current market trends around single-player versus live-service games, using it as a rhetorical marker rather than focusing on the game itself. The decades-old shooter remains notable primarily as a historical artifact in discussions of how player preferences and business models have shifted in the intervening years.