Customer Reviews

Shellshock 2: Blood Trails

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I got this about a week ago. Have played it for 10 hours or so. Although it has some interesting features, and is a one player game, which can be a relief from the rough and tumble online only games, SHELLSHOCK 2 can be rather difficult to get into. It is actually a sort of chapter by chapter game, going from slow to the point of distraction to "what the hey was that?" It certainly is not in the category of the newest games on the market, and is more in a reminder of earlier games that taught you how to play the newer games. I still plan to finish it and try for the hardest level to compare it to the online games in degrees of difficulty and to see how it comes out as far as a storyline is concerned. Keep in mind, I am relatively new to gaming, age 65, and ENDWAR is still kicking my booty, but I think serious gamers should probably look elsewhere for purchases. I do love the World at War series, this is NOT that quality.

I saw some reviews of this game and to be honest yes, it does not deserve a 5 star but to my opinion, it lies between 3.5 to 4.

The game is pretty basic, find zombie and shoot him. The images are pretty gruesome and there are parts of the game that will actually make surprise you and make you jump. Yes, this game is not of high quality, my best guess would be a mix between a good PS1 Medal of Honor and the 'horror' of Resident Evil 5. I am in NO WAY comparing the game to either of those, but the ideas are there.

The controller takes a little to get used to and I had to change the motion sensibility on my PS3 to button combination, it just seemed as though the motion sensors were not picking up the controller movement, minor adjustment. Now, onto the gameplay. Like I said, a basic first person shooter, what makes this game fairly good is the gore, you can shoot the zombies and you will see their body parts explode, mind you, the ammo is scarce and you have to heavily rely on melee attacks for at least a good 1/4 of the game, to the advantage of the game, the melee works fine, it slows down your enemy and takes life away, not much, but just enough. I played it on the hardest level to make it challenging and I got a good kick out of it. The game is short but keeps you glued to your chair if you make it hard enough, and for a price under $20 (shipping included) I would say it is a good investment if you wish to shoot for some hours.

If you want a short zombie shooter game this ones for you. It is fun but short and limited.

window 98 game, maybe...this game on PS3, huh? Nonsense!! I really wonder what possibly can// why these developers makes this out of date FPS game. At a glance, seems like decent military shooter..In fact, frustrating Zombie game.

Despite that this game when I bought it was less than $20. It was still great. This was very graphic and is alot like night of the living dead and platoon put together. It was real fun to play and I played with the lights off just for a scare.

My son seemed to really like this game and was very excited when it came so quickly. It only took 3-4 days. We are very pleased with this purchase.

All three suffer from the same basic problems though with wretchedly inaccurate controls, terrible graphics and level design as brain dead as the artificial intelligence. I can understand how the obviously low budget would limit the graphics, but there's no excuse for the rest. Because the game knows it's rubbish at rendering jungles as much as possible is actually set in different locales. This adds what would have been a welcome air of unpredictability in another, better, game but here it's just a master class in bad set pieces. The multiple sieges are probably the worst as the endless stream of enemies run like doomed clockwork soldiers to their predestined firing spots. Incredibly for a first person shooter in this day and age there is no multiplayer mode, although given the quality of the rest of the game it was probably a mercy killing. As you'll probably by now be expecting the game is also riddled with bugs, with glitchy graphics and AI. Please avoid it all costs. I just hope Rebellion sort themselves, and their budgets out for Sega's Aliens Vs. Predator and Battlefront III.

This game is intense! If you think you can hide and wait it out...think again! This is the most action packed survival horror game I've ever played. At times, it seems like mission impossible but if you stick with it and are quick, you will have a great time surviving this game. It is in first person mode but killing everything in sight is not always the answer.

I am a huge sucker for Vietnam War games and I impulsively got this title a few days ago. Well, my computer meets all the system requirements, but this game, which I had picked up from GameStop new for $30, won't run. The problem got worse after I updated my nvidia drivers. There's no helpful technical support info on the internet and at the time of this writing there's not even a page for Shellshock 2 off the Eidos or the Rebellion websites. Wait for them to come out with a patch before you consider buying since it seems like they haven't even begun to think about technical support for this product yet.

What a disaster. This game would have been a bad PS2 game years ago. Horrible graphics, even worst gameplay, and a story that makes no sence. You could even tell the publisher knew this game was bad when it debuted at $40. If you want a game that is worth every penny buy Killzone 2. A game that to this date is the best first person shooter ever made.