Shark 2 Reviews

Shank 2 is the game I need to to learn on the Super Nintendo while i was ten years old. They can fit right along with that era of gaming, when side-scrolling was at its peak and all a developer must do was put an awesome protagonist in and sprinkle it with some interesting levels and enemies. Really the only things these games were really missing were a lot of blood. The golden age of side scrolling ended while using introduction on the PlayStation and Nintendo 64, even so the genre hasn't been forgotten. Klei Entertainment played it safe using this type of sequel to 2010’s Shank, not straying too far from traditional side-scrolling gameplay, while updating the graphic violence to fit in with the modern day of gaming. The storyplot in Shank 2 is as much blockbuster as it's lackluster. Not too this is a bad thing; it obviously wasn’t an important concern for that developers. Shank 2 is about pumping in the action, pumping out the macho one-liners, and removing most things that decelerates the shanking.

Shank’s beloved has become kidnapped from the rebellion, a group of rebels that fought the cartel merely to dominate their business. Shank spews out a number of ultra-masculine one-liners with the length of the overall game, one inch how the actor might be heard holding back laughter with the delivery. And so the story sucks, nevertheless it’s all in good fun. The action, blood, and violence are what people shall be playing bingo for as there was no problem to be able. Shank’s animations can be extremely fluid, and transitioning between multiple weapons or attacks are slick. There aren’t any attacks or moves that delay the action and any shank links perfectly to another location attack. This prevents the game fast-paced and flowing as players shank, shoot, chainsaw, and beat their way through enemies. Shank carries a various weapons in the arsenal, including grenades, machetes, Molotov cocktails, mines, chainsaws, pistols, shotguns, throwing knives, where there may also be level specific weapons including, bats, spears, axes, fish, boat motors, gun turrets, etc.

Using the different weapons adds adequate replay value towards the game, as players find out various ways to kill rebels with some other weapons. The amount design is basic, but it works. Players will encounter mini-bosses and bosses in the middle and end of each and every level. Players are able to use the particular level’s architecture as a way to effectively defeat these bosses. This is done simply enough by dropping boats on enemies or by roasting bosses using gas pipelines employing a flip of a switch. Apart from that, the amount are basic platform architecture. Players will jump from platform to platform, killing enemies, where there isn’t much for it besides that. Players may rescue hostages and locate intel through the levels, but this can be about all there is to it. The shanking is fun and the various enemy deaths is quite satisfying, but right at the end of the day, the gameplay has me craving for more. The bloodshed seems novelty when coupled to the simple gameplay. The campaign is 8 levels long and definately will take between 4-six hours to accomplish on Normal Difficulty. Players that want to discover all of the intel items and hostages can get more bang for his or her buck, as there are another Hard difficulty that may add hours towards the play-through time.

When players and carried out with the campaign, ladies Survival Mode that supports both local and internet-based co-op. The Survival Mode throws increasingly difficult waves of enemies at players on three different levels. Because the waves become harder, players will earn income to acquire circumstances to help them to within their fight against the rebels. Players can purchases tequila as a health power-up (Shank is man. When he drinks tequila, he leaves enemies and incapacitated. After i drink tequila, I leave chunks on to the ground.) Players also can purchase war pigs, decoys, mini-guns and much more to protect against the enemy waves. The Survival Mode is surprisingly difficult and players may have a great time playing through it with friends. Shank 2 is often a bloody good time. Its gameplay is familiar, but adds a flair of carnage not typically linked to the side-scroller genre. The violence is a lot appreciated, however the effect wears off after a couple play-throughs. The Survival Mode is a good substitution when ever gamers get bored with the campaign which is more desirable using a friend. Players buying a side-scrolling game proud and unapologetic because of its blunt machismo will get a throw out of Shank 2 and is priced fairly at 800 Microsoft Points.