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It’s
just as shocking as
the original. That’s
the best thing about
Kane
& Lynch 2: Dog Days.
For moving through
an area and killing
hundreds of evil
dudes, there’s not a
shooting game that
feels more real than
Kane
& Lynch.
Maybe that’s because
it shows the effects
of the violence in
the story telling,
or maybe it’s how it
tells the story.
This game’s story
and its multi-player
are its biggest
strengths with some
other areas falling
apart on the way
through the game.
In
Kane
& Lynch 2: Dog Days,
Lynch is living in
Hong Kong. He’s
still in the crime
underworld but he’s
got a girlfriends
and some meaning to
his life now. Kane
is flying in from
the States to
Shanghai and the two
meet up again and
really… they do what
they do best. Shoot
people. I won’t
expand too much on
the story other than
that because it’s
the best part of the
game. It’s not over
the top fun, the
controls aren’t
amazing, but you’ll
keep playing to see
what happens.
The single player
mode does have a
great story this
time around, and
some of the problems
with single player
have been fixed- no
side or stealth
missions- your just
moving forward
through the story
pushing the issue
and shooting bad
dudes.
The problems with
this game are the
problems that the
last game had. Third
person shooters can
really be terrible
with camera and
maneuvering. This
game has more than
its fair share of
those problems. The
camera and the
tracking of your
character are
terrible. And
maneuvering around
the levels is
frustrating from
running, to walking,
to moving around
objects; to getting
to cover- it’s
really terrible. The
same can be said for
shooting- it’s hard
to get a good gun
that does
considerable damage
to the guy you’re
shooting, and
sometimes it’s
harder to even hit
your foe because the
camera is so dodgy.
Kane
& Lynch 2: Dog Days
is what’s good and
bad about video
games. It has a
great and powerful
story that’s told
very well, but the
game itself is
frustrating and
tiresome due to its
straight line
approach mixed in
with terrible camera
work and controls.
So is it worth
playing? Definitely.
Is it worth playing
more than once, once
you find out what
happens? No.
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