Metascore
54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 19
  2. Negative: 4 out of 19
  1. Not only did I manage to get my "Action Hero" fix, but also I managed to feel just as exhilarated as I did when I watched the movie for the first time.
  2. Game Informer
    80
    Everything is solid, but there's little that will make you throw your hands up with delight. [May 2002, p.91]
  3. It's a solid first-person shooter with some hours of shooting fun with at least one odd design decision.
  4. 69
    The constant rattling of locked doorknobs in Nakatomi Plaza makes it obvious and frustrating. Since floors in the plaza are limited in size, why have all the locked doors?
  5. Reasonably fun, but don't expect the level of immersion and polish found in other PC action games such as "No One Lives Forever" or "Jedi Knight II."
  6. It can be fun at times for fans of the movie, but it is too inconsistent to recommend to the casual action gamer.
  7. It helps that the AI is pretty good. Bad guys will roll out of the way and use cover.
  8. PC Gamer
    58
    While the graphics are very appealing, your progress is utterly railed, which sort of defeats the purpose of all the impressive architectural design. [August 2002, p.69]
  9. A number of problems with the controls, the graphics, and the enemy AI keep it from being anything more than a mediocre game.
  10. 55
    Rather than being out and out frustrating, Die Hard is really just an exercise in tedium.
  11. I really don't understand why anyone would want to own this game unless they were a die hard fan of "Die Hard" (sorry).
  12. Computer Games Magazine
    50
    What isn't quite so entertaining is the reliance on essentially one weapon. [Sept 2002, p.86]
  13. 50
    Perhaps the only redeeming quality of the game is the always entertaining Die Hard movie license, other than that you have a run of the mill shooter.
  14. A straight vanilla shooter. It does many things well, many things not so well, but nothing exceptionally.
  15. The game feels as if it's a throwback to shooters made prior to games like Unreal, and while reliving a few scenes from the movie is enjoyable, it's just not enough.
  16. The only thing good about this game is the scenery and the weapon mechanics, but even that isn't going to rescue this game from fading quickly into obscurity and the bargain software bin.
  17. 40
    Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza sucks. All that follows is exposition thereon.
  18. Computer Gaming World
    30
    Makes me never want to see the movie again for fear it will remind me of the game. [August 2002, p.76]
  19. Simply a sub-par first-person shooter.
User Score
5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 20
  2. Negative: 5 out of 20
  1. Aug 28, 2023
    7
    Straight shooter, which lacks individuality. Especially for a year with such great FPS games. And hey. it's Die Hard! Overall rating: 6.9.
  2. Sep 1, 2022
    7
    If you like difficult fps games then you may like this... however it lacks in the level design.

    It's still an underground classic.
  3. Jan 27, 2018
    6
    このテキストは私のプロフィールにスコアが表示されるようにここにあります。