Bionic Commando Rearmed 2: Local co-op only, don't bother with this trash

[Bebpo]

The soundtrack to the first game was amazing.  I think I bought it for like $3 from the guys site at some point.  Was totally worth it.

[iconoclast]

The soundtrack in this one is good, but I don't think it has any one song that is as good as this:
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Finished the challenge rooms too. Only 24 of them this time - didn't the original have 50 something? They were good though. The last one was a bit of a bitch, but the rest weren't too hard.

Heh, if I try to blow through the rest of the achievements, I might be the first in the world to 200/200 this. Might as well go for it I guess.

edit: meh, screw it. I hate searching for hidden crap and this game is full of it. It's mainly the yashichis that can be a bitch to find.

[Raban]

If Fatshark patches in control options, sign me up. Until then, they can suck it.

[Robo]

Yeah, I had to put this down yesterday after getting frustrated with the controls.  I understand why they felt the need to change them -- the basic swing mechanics in the original can be unforgiving and required some restricted level design to make flow correctly -- but I dislike how it was done.  Very disappointed in the lack of control options when they had to have known it would be a contentious issue.

[iconoclast]

Wow this game is getting some completely distinguished mentally-challenged reviews. IGN gave it a 6 and Gamespot gave it a 5. All they do is complain about the controls (which are fine after you get used to them), jumping, and how hard it is (WTF?). You can beat the game without jumping, so that complaint is meaningless. If you don't like it, don't use it. As far as difficulty goes, this game is a LOT easier than the original. Right now I have 23 lives, and if I die, I get sent to a checkpoint that I crossed at most 15 seconds ago. smh

But anyway, after playing this some more, I'd say BCR1 is still the better game. But not by a huge margin or anything. If BCR1 was a 10/10, BCR2 is like an 8 or an 8.5.

[Robo]

The more bitching about the controls, the better chance there is they'll issue an update to give us the option to change it to our liking.  I'm all for it, warranted or not.

[iconoclast]

The bitching about the controls is warranted, since they altered them for seemingly no reason. The only advantage I can see to the new controls is that it's easier to swing when you're stationary. You don't need a shotgun blast to get you moving any more, you just hold left or right. But other than that, yeah it's pretty pointless.

[Bebpo]

Why did they change the controls?  I don't get it.  The controls were fine in the first one.

[iconoclast]

I guess they wanted to make the game more accessible and easier to understand and play. Beats me.

Anyway, just got my 200/200 on this. Second in the world to do so, I believe. Got lots of top 5 scores on times as well, and I even got #1 on Point of no Return.

After playing this some more, this game's a little disappointing. It's just way too simplistic and easy. The altered controls are pretty lame, but like I said before, you can fly through the stages just as quickly as BCR once you get used to them. Still, it's a stupid change. The challenge rooms are all pretty easy as well, which is even more disappointing since there's only 24 of them this time around.

But eh, it's still a really good game. If BCR was a 10/10, BCR2 is more like an 8/10. It's not as good as the original, but then again, very few games are.

[Raban]

I disagree with some of the reviews of this game. I really dig it and I think Fatshark at least as the right idea, but I just can't stand the control scheme. RoboJ made a good point about how the controls in BCR somewhat limit the level design, so I have a feeling BCR2 won't get classic controls patched in, but that's really the only reason I refuse to buy it. Every other criticism this game gets is pretty stupid, aside from the omission of online co-op. How could they repeat that mistake?

[The Sceneman]

this game is a pile of shit, keeps hard freezing my xbox... I thought maybe it was my box's fault but I can play other shit just fine atm, and this game freezes every fucking stage, froze twice tonight on level 11, I can't make any progress. I want a fucking refund

[The Sceneman]

so I'm house/dog sitting for my dad tonight, there is a brand spanking new Xbox Slim here. I've recovered my gamertag and DL'ing this now, hopefully the freezing won't be as prevalent!

I'm gonna smoke a blunt and try and blitz this tonight, I just wanna finish the game at least

[Diunx]

local co-op cry moar friendless losers.

[The Sceneman]

okay I smoked the hooter. This game is actually really fun when you're not in constant fear of your Xbox crashing. I think I can deduce my 4 year old Shitbox 3Shitty is basically, a piece of shit.

Gonna just beat the game at least tonight, and probably mop up the cheevos whenever I buy a new Xbox.

student life

I have to say, the music in this game is fucking fantastic. Better than the BCR1, not as 'gritty', but generally more funky and 'pump-up'.

Still I'm a bit pissed I bought this over Hard Corps

[iconoclast]

Indeed. This game is kinda forgettable. It's still good though, it's just a B or a B+ game.

Or maybe it's forgettable because Hard Corps came out shortly after and became the best game on XBLA. Hard to say.

[The Sceneman]

forgettable is the right word. The level design feels very slapdash, you can just swing away and dodge most of every stage I've played so far, where the original game was much more testing and forced you through a lot of challenges. As a result this game is also a lot more boring for sure, guess you can't quite beat classic level design. Mega Man 10 pulled it off