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Square Enix Europe has officially unveiled the rumoured sequel to 2007's Kane & Lynch.
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days thrusts the titular criminal duo into the Shanghai underworld and is due out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2010.
"Gamers are always looking for something new and that is exactly what they are going to get with Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days," said Niels Jørgensen, general manager of developer IO Interactive.
"A special thanks to gamers worldwide for their feedback. They are certainly in for a shock as we, with immense pride, welcome back our two dear, violent and somewhat unfortunate friends."
Publisher Square Enix Europe - of which IO is a part since the acquisition of Eidos - promises a visual style "inspired by documentary filmmakers and the user-generated era". Apparently it's going to "deliver a fresh perspective to the words 'intensity' and 'realism' in videogames", too.
The original Kane & Lynch: Dead Man was a cover-based shooter in which the bonkers duo were busted out of jail - on the way to death row no less - by other criminals who want their money back.
We thought it was rather good, although it suffered somewhat next to Gears of War and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, both of which were released the same year. Check out our 7/10 review for more.
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barnard666
18/11/09 @ 14:02
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Oh dear (the last one really didn't deserve a sequel)
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The first game had a lot of potential and was even great in some sections so I think a sequel is actually a good idea on this one as they may just get it completely right this time around.
If they can just make it a bit closer to the goodness that was Freedom fighters I will be happy.
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Funny 'cos I actually enjoyed the first game although I never played it right to the end (quelle surprise!), not because I thought it was rubbish but because I got sidetracked by other games released at the time. I never did understand why people hated it so much really. Kane and Lynch were nasty, unlikeable characters for sure but it was action-packed, played well enough with no major niggles and featured some nice, varied locations. The split screen co-op was a nice bonus too.
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the_dudefather
18/11/09 @ 14:17
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The best thing about Kane and Lynch was the creation of Giant Bomb
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Heh, funny I've been playing K&L again recently (even got past the bloody helicopter this time!).
I think it was judged harshly then and still do, I thought it was an enjoyable action game with a good (if silly) story. Not brilliant but far from rubbish. I'm up for more if they address the problems of the first, hell I'm even up the the movie!
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I really enjoyed the first one on PC, it was flawed but there was plenty to be entertained by.
Hopefully the sequel will be rather more carefully put together as there were definite signs it was rushed, there being no real explanation of what the hell happened when you were in the streets of Havana and that difficulty spike then was pretty crap. |
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EarlBassett
18/11/09 @ 14:29
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'Gamers are always looking for something new and that is exactly what they are going to get with Kane & Lynch 2"
Does that make sense to anyone else? |
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I really don't see how this can be better than the "somewhat decent, but not worth a more than a rental"-quality of the first one. I really can't. Even the press release seems to know this, trying to pump up more interest than it's worth:
"inspired by documentary filmmakers and the user-generated era" "It'll look like it's shot with a low-def Sony Handicam set to YouTube-mode. Also has lots of shakycam." "deliver a fresh perspective to the words 'intensity' and 'realism' in videogames" "We have no idea what this means, but buzzwords were needed." |
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IneptPercy
18/11/09 @ 16:44
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I am another person who enjoyed the first game on my PC, it worked, it was mostly fun and looked quite nice.
Yes there is better games but there is also a lot worse you can play. |
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Keir_Eidos
18/11/09 @ 17:06
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@ MrE26 - I'm a community manager at Eido... sorry, Square Enix Europe.
I was in a presentation of the game a while back delivered by some guys from IO. The first question I asked them was about controls, aiming and cover. The answer is they have listened to all the feedback from K&L:DM (there was quite a lot after all) and they have completely revamped the controls and the mechanics. They've been testing them intensely and they're really solid. Of course, there'll be more detail on this in the run up to release. Hope that helps, sort of - I just wanted to underline the fact that the devs at IO took on a lot of the feedback from the first game.
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justice-ste
18/11/09 @ 17:36
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Hopefully they'll sort some of that god awful weapon accuracy (or lack of) out, some other niggles too.
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They should drop the "user generated" angle. That's just gonna mean they're gonna try really hard to make it look like they didn't try. That never works. Just give me polished graphics that represent the state of the art in technology and design and we're good.
The first kane & lynch had some pretty good ideas behind it that never really worked out. Sticking to one location seems like a good start, anyway. Still, I'd be more interesting in a new take on Hitman. I miss stealth games. |
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