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==Reception== {{Video game reviews | PC = true | PS2 = true | XBOX = true | na = true | 1UP_PS2 = Dβ<ref name=1UP>{{cite web |last=Pfister |first=Andrew |date=January 18, 2006 |url=http://www.1up.com/reviews/25-to-life_4 |title=25 to Life (PS2, Xbox) |website=[[1UP.com]] |accessdate=September 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305142014/http://www.1up.com/reviews/25-to-life_4 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 1UP_XBOX = Dβ<ref name=1UP/> | Edge_PC = 2/10<ref name=Edge>{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |title=25 to Life |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |issue=160 |date=March 2006 |page=89}}</ref> | Edge_PS2 = 2/10<ref name=Edge/> | Edge_XBOX = 2/10<ref name=Edge/> | GI_PS2 = 5.75/10<ref name=GI/> | GI_XBOX = 5.75/10<ref name=GI>{{cite magazine |last=Helgeson |first=Matt |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/8A0EC024-B706-473C-9385-1321564F30BF.htm |title=25 to Life (PS2, Xbox) |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |issue=155 |date=March 2006 |page=100 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060814045824/http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/8A0EC024-B706-473C-9385-1321564F30BF.htm |archive-date=August 14, 2006 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 2, 2015}}</ref> | GSpot_PC = 5.6/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |date=January 19, 2006 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/25-to-life-review/1900-6142710/ |title=25 to Life Review (PC) |website=[[GameSpot]] |accessdate=September 2, 2015 |archive-date=May 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516201606/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/25-to-life-review/1900-6142710/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | GSpot_PS2 = 5.7/10<ref name=GSpot>{{cite web |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |date=January 19, 2006 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/25-to-life-review/1900-6142699/ |title=25 to Life Review (PS2, Xbox) |website=GameSpot |accessdate=September 2, 2015 |archive-date=February 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214142111/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/25-to-life-review/1900-6142699/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | GSpot_XBOX = 5.7/10<ref name=GSpot/> | GSpy_PS2 = {{Rating|1.5|5}}<ref name=GSpy>{{cite web |last=Vasconcellos |first=Eduardo |date=February 14, 2006 |url=http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/25-to-life/688639p1.html |title=GameSpy: 25 to Life (PS2, Xbox) |website=[[GameSpy]] |accessdate=September 2, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105702/http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/25-to-life/688639p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | GSpy_XBOX = {{Rating|1.5|5}}<ref name=GSpy/> | GameZone_PC = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Giacobbi |first=Kevin "BIFF" |date=February 12, 2006 |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/25_to_life_pc_review |title=25 to Life - PC - Review |website=GameZone |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229195155/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r24037.htm |archivedate=December 29, 2008 |url-status=live |accessdate=September 2, 2015}}</ref> | IGN_PC = 3.3/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Onyett |first=Charles |date=January 17, 2006 |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/681/681676p1.html |title=25 to Life (PC) |website=[[IGN]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110051346/http://pc.ign.com/articles/681/681676p1.html |archivedate=January 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |accessdate=September 2, 2015}}</ref> | IGN_PS2 = 3/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Onyett |first=Charles |date=January 17, 2006 |url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/681/681668p1.html |title=25 to Life (PS2) |website=IGN |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231111423/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/681/681668p1.html |archivedate=December 31, 2006 |url-status=dead |accessdate=September 2, 2015}}</ref> | IGN_XBOX = 3.1/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Onyett |first=Charles |date=January 17, 2006 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/01/18/25-to-life |title=25 to Life (Xbox) |website=IGN |accessdate=September 2, 2015 |archive-date=May 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528035939/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/01/18/25-to-life |url-status=live }}</ref> | OPM_PS2 = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=25 to Life |magazine=[[Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine]] |date=April 2006 |page=82}}</ref> | OXM_XBOX = 2/10<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Ryan|last=McCaffrey|url=https://archive.org/details/OXM_2006_03-web/page/n27/mode/2up/|title=25 to Life |magazine=[[Official Xbox Magazine]] |date=March 2006 |page=82|issue=55}}</ref> | PCGUS_PC = 30%<ref>{{cite journal |title=25 to Life |journal=[[PC Gamer]] |date=April 2006 |page=51}}</ref> | rev1 = ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'' | rev1_PS2 = {{Rating|1|4}}<ref name=Detroit>{{cite news|last=Rucker |first=Rashaun |date=February 19, 2006 |url=http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060219/ENT06/602190324/1044 |title='25 to Life' (PS2) |newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905220946/http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20060219%2FENT06%2F602190324%2F1044 |archivedate=September 5, 2006 |url-status=dead |accessdate=September 2, 2015 }}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[USA Today]]'' | rev2_PC = {{Rating|4|10}}<ref name=USAToday>{{cite news |last=Molina |first=Brett |date=February 6, 2006 |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2006-02-06-25tolife_x.htm |title='25 to Life' isn't punishment enough for awful shooter |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |accessdate=September 2, 2015 |archive-date=November 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110044510/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2006-02-06-25tolife_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> | rev2_PS2 = {{Rating|4|10}}<ref name=USAToday/> | rev2_XBOX = {{Rating|4|10}}<ref name=USAToday/> | MC_PC = 39/100<ref name=MCPC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/25-to-life/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=25 to Life for PC Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=September 1, 2015 |archive-date=October 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024121013/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/25-to-life |url-status=live }}</ref> | MC_PS2 = 39/100<ref name=MCPS2>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/25-to-life/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2 |title=25 to Life for PlayStation 2 Reviews |website=Metacritic |accessdate=September 1, 2015 |archive-date=November 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151111065541/http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/25-to-life |url-status=live }}</ref> | MC_XBOX = 41/100<ref name=MCXB>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/25-to-life/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox |title=25 to Life for Xbox Reviews |website=Metacritic |accessdate=September 1, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906063728/http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/25-to-life |url-status=live }}</ref> }} ''25 to Life'' received "unfavorable" reviews on all platforms according to video game [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]].<ref name=MCPC/><ref name=MCXB/><ref name=MCPS2/> ''[[Hyper (magazine)|Hyper]]'''s Maurice Branscombe commented that the game's soundtrack was okay only "if you like rap." However, he criticised the game as "absolutely unadulterated bullshit."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Branscombe |first=Maurice |title=25 to Life |journal=[[Hyper (magazine)|Hyper]] |publisher=[[Next Media]] |issue=167 |date=September 2007 |page=66 |issn=1320-7458}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' gave the game a score of four stars out of ten and stated that its only strong quality "is a decent multiplayer mode. Most of the action is team-based, allowing you to choose between police or thugs. Players can choose to rob a location and return the stash to their home turf, raid a criminal hangout, or engage in an all-out deathmatch. Freeze's goal at the start of this story was to get out of the "game." Five minutes slogging through this shooter will have players wanting the same."<ref name=USAToday/> ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave it a D+ and called it "a half-baked copy of someone's urban nightmare."<ref>{{cite news |last=Dahlen |first=Chris |date=February 15, 2006 |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/25-to-life-9343 |title=25 To Life |newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060217062317/http://www.avclub.com/content/node/45471 |archivedate=February 17, 2006 |url-status=live |accessdate=September 2, 2015}}</ref> ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'' gave the PS2 version one star out of four and stated that it "lacks everything that would make it new, innovative or just plain fun. The graphics are really muddy and sub-par. The controls seem to be a bit confusing."<ref name="Detroit" /> {{clear}}
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