[quote name='jer7583']I keep seeing Minority report used for like $4 at EBStop and people keep saying it's a good, RCRish beat em up.. anyone care to elaborate?[/quote]
I'm the only one I've seen on this forum that says it is good, but I'll always be happy to elaborate about it.
It was made by the same doods who did the Spiderman games, so it runs on sort of the same engine, but the combat as MUCH more hands on. Spidey flipped about like some kind of spastic frog. Anderton in MR deals more traditional beatdown.
Basically, tis a straightforward brawler. Doesn't shake up anything a la The Warriors, but it provides you with a pretty nice and enjoyable moveset bolstered by ragdoll physics that are very pleasing all around (I.e. Giant Swing opponents to knock them all down. Just grab and toss opponents around and into stuff. One of the finest "throwing doods through glass" simulators ever created.)
Guns with a simple lock-shoot mechanism are thrown in as well to deal with pernicious robots and well-armored doods. Most notable is the dispersion pistol which fires a pulse that sends enemies ragdoll-flying. Great fun. All in all, if you enjoy the whole "throwing doods into stuff, breaking both the doods and the stuff" aspect of brawlers, then MR will give you a great deal of fun.
Also, there are periodic jetpack levels with some pretty slick controls to break up the beatings, and they are good fun, too.
Downsides? Next to nothing to do with the movie. Often misplaced sense of humor (In the rare instance that the doods you toss off ledges remain in the game engine for long enough, they scream almost comically things like "AIIIIEEEE I'M FAAAAALLLLIIIINNNNG." Also, fat and skinny Mall City cops just look silly. The game's final boss is a skank.), the game lasts too long at points, with not a good deal of enemy variety. Boss battles are usually pretty good, but come few and far between, and the final boss is cheap as hell.
The entire thing also has a fairly rushed presentation, fitting the budget mentality. In theory, you can unlock all of the boss characters as playable characters (In a poorly thought out minigame, too.), but their movesets are simply not implemented at all and they are unplayable, which is tragic. Black Market purchases (I.e. character upgrades with cash found from secret areas) are made simply through a pause menu option.
Still, for what it is, it is a brawler with a good deal of ragdoll physics fun. I'd say it is worth $4 used.