Bad Day L.A.

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American McGee presents: Bad Day L.A.

Developer(s)	Enlight
Publisher(s)	Enlight The Mauretania Import Export Company
Designer(s)	American McGee
Release date(s)	August 29, 2006 (WIN) TBA (Xbox)
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: M (Mature) USK: 16+ PEGI: 16+
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Xbox
System requirements	1.5 GHz CPU, 256 MB RAM, 256 MB video card RAM, 8X CD-ROM drive, DirectX 9.0c, 2.0 GB available hard disk space, Windows 98 (WIN)

American McGee presents: Bad Day L.A. is a video game by American McGee. Players assume the role of Anthony Willams, a former Hollywood agent turned homeless man in Los Angeles. During this time LA is ravaged by both natural and man-made disasters. Anthony only wishes to save himself, though through the course of the story he becomes an unwilling savior. The game's attempted tone is one of political satire, targeting all spectra of politics [1].

The game was featured in the film Half Nelson months before its release. Both deal with themes of urban decay.

1 Characters
2 Weapons
3 Reception
4 External links

[edit] Characters

The characters of the game are:

Anthony Williams: The protagonist, a homeless man forced into being an unwilling savior.
The Sick Kid: Exposed to a biological agent, Anthony must get him to the doctor to recruit him.
Juan the Yard-worker: A Mexican immigrant with amnesia and a chainsaw.
Beverly of Beverly Hills: More or less a clone of Paris Hilton obsessed with fashion, nails and getting to Hawaii.
The Sergeant: A "mindless killing machine" full of George W. Bush quotes, guns & ammo and missing an arm (still bleeding).

[edit] Weapons

The Weapons in the game are:

Fire Extinguisher: Not actually a weapon, but can be used to cure zombies and extinguishing people.
Tire Iron: The first destructive weapon in the game
Shotgun: the second gun gotten in a game
AK-47: Gotten from a terrorist after killing one.
Sniper rifle: gotten in the Earthquake level
Molotov cocktail: Gotten in the Meteor Shower Level.
Spray can flamethrower: Gotten in the gang war level.
Nailclipper: Ironically, the most powerful weapon in the game, this weapon is acquired after the security check in the Airport level.
Bazooka: also gotten in the gang war level.

[edit] Reception

The game received abysmal reviews from nearly all gaming sites and publications. GameSpot gave it a 3.0, and called it "an abject failure." IGN gave it a 2.7, saying that "it's terrible." Metacritic gave it an aggregate score of 30 percent, while G4's X-Play gave it their lowest rating, a 1 out of 5. Most critics also noted that the game's main attempt at funny, political satire also fell flat. PC Gamer gave it a 20, saying it was "so tasteless I needed to wash myself with lysol after playing the game"