Armed and Dangerous
Armed and Dangerous is a Xbox shooter game released in 2003 developed by Planet Moon Studios. It centers on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, combat encounters, and weapon and firepower management, with controls and information arranged around the Duke or Controller S twin sticks, analog triggers, directional pad, and face buttons.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.3 / 10
About this game
Armed and Dangerous is a Xbox shooter game centered on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, combat encounters, and weapon and firepower management. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while standard or progressive-scan video, widescreen support, HDD caching, and Dolby Digital audio need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and peripheral support can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include disc loading, the internal HDD and cache, memory units, regional language, display modes, legacy controller ports, and retired Xbox Live services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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Original XboxAI review
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Comic weapons shine as Xbox combat grows repetitive.
Armed and Dangerous on the original Xbox attaches absurd comedy to a straightforward third-person shooter. A land-shark weapon, portable black hole and gravity-inverting bomb can create memorable interruptions to the otherwise familiar task of clearing soldiers. Missions alternate among assaults, defenses and occasional jetpack sections, while the characters' performances and jokes provide the clearest reason to continue. Later stages lose some surprise because the default machine gun is so useful and enemy types repeat. The cutscenes are also less polished visually than their voices and writing. A firsthand Xbox account specifically describes awkward directional-pad weapon changes and black-and-white-button squad orders that add little meaningful control. Those platform judgments are not borrowed from PC mouse play. This suits someone looking for an eccentric shooter and a funny tale, not a sophisticated tactical squad game. Its creative weapons remain a strength even when the campaign design grows conventional.
Strengths
- Odd weapons and character dialogue create identity.
Weaknesses
- Dominant gun and awkward squad controls limit depth.
Who it is for: Players who prize absurd humor over tactical depth.
Play notes: Original Xbox only; no PC mouse-control assumptions.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Varied objectives fade into repetition. | Reviewed | 6.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Strange weapons enliven simple shooting. | Reviewed | 7.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Comedy outshines rough animation. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Xbox weapon swapping and team input are clumsy. | Reviewed | 6.7 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Planet Moon Studios
- Publisher
- ActivisionLucasArts
- Release date
- 2003
- Platforms
- Original Xbox
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Shooter · Primary genre
- Tags
- Fast-pacedPlayer versus EnvironmentShootingMain Story Under 10 Hours3D GraphicsSolo-friendlyScience FictionDodgeThird PersonReal-time CombatReplayableLinear Levels
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single playerMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Third personFirst person
Release editions
- Original XboxWorldwide2003
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