2:55pm Friday 27th August 2010
By David Crookes
This is certainly one shooter that’s not for kids, but how those youngsters will be praying for their birthdays to fly past so that they can get their hands on Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days.
For every moment that exposes this game for the raw and brutal crime shooter it unashamedly is, behind the blood and gore the dedication to getting this game right also shines through.
A much more engaging and immersive experience, you follow the eponymous duo (who are probably the most disturbed criminals to have graced a video game) through the gritty Shanghai underworld.
Improvements on the original have been made in almost every area of the single-player game, while multiplayer boasts some ingenious and truly innovative modes.
This includes Undercover Cop, which instructs one member of the robbers’ group to blow his team’s plans to complete a bank robbery.
Guaranteeing there’s a traitor in your crew only serves to heighten the tension, and Dog Days delivers that, as well as quality shooter gaming, in spades.
Overall rating 4/5
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