America's 10 Most Wanted, released as Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror in the US, is a First Person Shooter game for the PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

 and PC

Personal computer

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 platforms. Developed by Black Ops Entertainment

Black Ops Entertainment

Black Ops Entertainment is a video game developer founded in 1994. Since then it has developed eight games for several consoles including the PS1, Nintendo 64, PS2, Gamecube, and Xbox. The company was founded in Santa Monica, California by four MIT graduates...

 and released in 2004, it was mainly received negatively due to its dated graphics and uninspired boss battles. It contains tracks and cameos by members of So Solid Crew

So Solid Crew

So Solid Crew is an electronic and urban musical collective from South London, England, whose hits include "Oh No " and "21 Seconds", the latter reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 2001. Another hit, "They Don't Know", reached number three in November 2001 and "Haters" got to...

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Plot

Set in the present, the game places the player into the role of Jake Seaver, a CIFR agent. Travelling to locations such as Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

, Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, and Miami, the game finalises in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

, where the player must capture Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...

 and Osama Bin Laden

Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...

. The game contains 10 levels, one for each fugitive respectively, as well as a preceding introductory level.

Gameplay

The game is a typical first person shooter, featuring arcade-style, third person fights as means of capturing the level-in-question's fugitive.

Reception

The game was generally received poorly, due to dated graphics and sub-standard gameplay. For example, Scott Rhodie of CNET

CNET

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Australia states "the sound is pathetic, the gameplay terrible, the graphics an embarrassment for a modern game and the premise simply shocking".