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"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As I said in the title, this game tried to improve on the original, but fell flat on its face. The original had its share of annoying quirks, but ultimately, it was an awesome action-packed ass-kicking thrill-ride. The story itself, cheesy as parts were ("Hey, these blueprints will come in handy. I wonder what they're doing just sitting here."), wasn't half bad either. Jack's narrative was well scripted and well read. The game was like a GOOD B movie. Lots of action, and a story to go along that didn't make you want to throw up. Like Lethal Weapon, for instance.

The sequel (or I guess prequel) was like a CRAPY B movie.

I was severely disappointed based my expectations from the last game. And as I said, there were too many changes, and not good ones either. The only notable changes that I liked were the ability to use Shadow more, and the ability to keep explosive cannisters in your inventory. And the graphics were improved. There may be more, but I can't remember them right now. But the weapons system was a lot worse in this one. It takes 16 shots from a .45 to bring down an unarmored baddie from something like 10 feet away. I'm no kung-fu killing machine myself, but it wouldn't take me half of a gun store to bring down one guy who's standing out in the open in spitting range.

Your adrenaline runs out too fast. In this version, you can only disarm once per group of bad guys, and holding a human shield constantly uses your adrenaline, after which Jack lets the hostage go (and he doesn't even shoot them!), although the human shields seem to be invincible, and he does say some funny things when he releases them, like "not on the first date!", "oops!", or "thanks for your help." Another thing that pissed me off was that the bosses can only be injured a certain amount before they become invincible and you have to wait while they and their infinite-spawning henchmen take potshots at you until you can fight him again. What's up with that? But the thing that pissed me off the most was that whenever you get a weapon, Jack auto-switches to it. I looked hard for a way to disable this, but I couldn't find it. Small thing, right? Well, the way it works out is that you end up wasting valuable ammo in a good gun that you need to use for long range, because you auto switch to it while you're in the middle of blasting an evil-doer from close range with a crappy short-range gun. Veeeeeerrrryyy annoying. Almost as annoying as using 14 letters to spell "very".

And finally, the worst part. The story was a huge reason why I got this game in the first place, but it's worthless. The story develops poorly and there aren't really segments of it like in the first. The result is that you don't really keep pace well. Basically, it feels like he's on one single rampage that lasts for 2 days or something like that. I had trouble telling what was exactly the climax and the end. In the first one, the story and the action were harmonized and you could tell where you were going and what was happening. Not so much here. Jack's comments aren't as witty and sharp. There's a lot of laughable pointless swearing too.

In all, they messed up the way the game plays, and they added an atrocious story to it. Although it makes better sense in the end, that closure is by no means worth it. It feels like they had half the budget to work with in making this.

I don't begrudge the money I spent on this game, especially at amazon prices, but only I got it because of the first one. If you have to choose PLEASE get the first one, and don't let this one ruin your opinion of the series. If you're a die hard fan like me, then by all means, get this one. You may like it even if you aren't a fan, because of the action. So consider yourself warned: don't expect something anywhere near as good as the original.

Old School

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: May 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Do you remember the old Steven Seagall movies where you know there is a story line somewhere, but you dont care... you are watching just to see him kick some serious arse. Put that in a video game and you have DEAD TO RIGHTS II. Its a game where you go room to room, alley to alley just killing one bad guy after the next. A bit repetitive, but extremely fun and satisfying. Aside from the normal everyday arsenal, you can command your dog to kill, you can throw a gas canister at the bad guys and shoot it midair in their face. Bullet time of course returns in this sequel and it would be impossible to beat this game without it. Also added is the disarm feature where you can take the weapon from an enemy and kill them with it several different ways... not to mention being able to use them as a human shield. Also added is the hand to hand combat which is extremely simplistic... but somehow satisfying in itself. Dont expect any puzzles... this is simply run and gun. As a matter a fact, the main character (Jack Slate) gets help from a friend later in the game to crack a safe... his tongue in cheek comment, "I aint got time for mini games." With the way of technology and the increasing difficulty in video games nowadays, its nice to see something simple (without loosing the professional quality) and extremely fun. Its something you can just load up and play, without having to think too much. I highly recommend this game to someone who is just looking to unwind with a bit of senseless killing.

Dead to Rights Prequel?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Ok this game is fun for the first 10 minutes then you keep repeating the same thing jump slow mow use shadow jump use slow mow use shadow ..... ya i know. Story is terrible trying to find a judge for what reason? i dont know....judge dies midway through game and jack still tried to uncover stuff on him for smoe odd reason......Dead to rights 1 was amazing best game ive ever played "goodbye Halo". not enough disarms in DTRII Fist fighting sequences rsucked bad like cartoon animated fighting. Why is shados adrenaline meter attached to your adenaline meter? wenever u use shadow u lose adrenaline and wen u slow mo jump u lose adrenaline so screw the mutt. This game is not fun id rate it a 1.5 out of 10 50 bucks wasted go buy the orignal for 10 bucks at Electroncis Boutique.

Simple and Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is a great diversion and a hell of alot of fun for casual gamers. If you want more than a quick dose of action stick to RPG's.

It's Ok fun wih Ok graphics

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game is not as many other titles out there. In my opinion the game was released and not finished 1st. Not much difference from part 1 and this is unacceptable due part one was a little better thn this one. Overall the current price is really worth buyin for. But $50,$20 dollars is a waste of $$ for this one.

What the hell were they thinking??

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

What the hell were they thinking?? Ok i get it its a second game but its a prequel. Usually they are better in this case its not. Ok for one the controls can be a little jerky at times but that can be gotten used to. But i mean come on the game play itself is attrocious (dont know or care if I spelled that right. Thats how bad this game is.) I loved the first game so when I heard they came out with a second one I jumped at the chance at getting it... I needed to get my head examined. The story develops poorly and there isnt a good plot like the first one and it jumps seems to go so darn slow. The auto switching of the weapons SUXX!! imagine popping off a few shots at someone then grabbing another weapon and shooting that and realizing that it feels like a gnat is trying to sting them. The game was poor in concept and if you must get this just rent it. Actually dont even rent it, its not even worth that much money.

Dead to Rights II

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Game is fun. More Difficult than the first but still fun. Would use seller again.

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