Death in Kane and Lynch doesn' t always mean a restart. If your squad is close by, they can revive you before you bleed out. This presents an extra bit of thought: Sending your squad out to fight on the offensive can make the game move more quickly. However, press too hard and you can end up in a weak position. Though it wasn' t implemented yet in the build we saw, Eidos explained that past memories would be shown as you bleed out. In this way, the life flashing before your eyes will fill in a bit of the back-story not covered in the primary cutscenes.