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First off, let’s get the disappointing thing out of the way: players control Jack McClane, not the famous series protagonist John McClane. This is a tie-in to the movie A Good Day to Die Hard, but apparently Fox Digital Entertainment couldn’t pony up for the rights to Bruce Willis’ likeness? Dude was in Apocalypse for the PS1, come on! Players can unlock the classic outfit from the first Die Hard movie (the best Christmas movie of all time) but not playing as him is a bummer.

The game’s pace could be quicker; Jack McClane isn’t going to put Usain Bolt out of a job any time soon. Those racewalkers or winter biathlon folks might want to be careful, though. The combat is simple, yet surprisingly engaging. This is a good mix for 3D running and combat, and getting to use bonus weapons or characters with special attacks livens up the combat as well. The problem is that players do eventually hit a wall in their sessions where enemies get too powerful for the amount of ammo that they have, so the game does encourage powering up by spending coins even early on, though I do wonder how effective of a paywall it really is when it threatens to turn players away so early in the experience.

As an endless runner that mixes in some light-gun-style action with the endless runner formula, Die Hard ain’t terrible. But seriously, pay Bruce Willis next time.