Review: Needs a little more
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 6, 2011
A former SAS soldier is hired by a game producer to act out a demo for this new game in development. Steve West is told to run for his life as he will be hunted by five men with guns. Steve thinks he'll be participating in a very realistic type of motion capture; he believes this is all fake, just part of the game, except the bullets aren't blanks, and the game is suddenly very real. Armed with only a small knife and his wits, will Steve survivie this game?The main character and the action reminded me of Jason Bourne, but a less intense and watered-down version. This story is short, only 132 locations, and it's filled with quick action. There's not a lot of complicated story here, but it was an interesting read and different from what I usually go for. I just think this story needs a bit more- more grittiness, more of those in your face moments of danger, more of that feeling of gripping the reader and not letting go. For me, the game was over too soon, and what was there just didn't pull me in all the way.