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As not all have it received with the same enthusiasm that we have reserved for us, is still Shank was one of the most interesting films of the past season in digital delivery, distinguishing himself with a style of superior graphics and game play so traditional, but by no means lacking in depth. EA Showcase event in London we had before the first follow-up and we took advantage of the opportunity to try both modes of play, single player and multiplayer.

From the point of view of the single player campaign, do not seem to be many new, even if there still remains the team to understand what he really wanted to unravel, especially considering that the presentation of the game was primarily focused on multiplayer. In any case it's a sequel, which makes the track a Shank pissed off as usual and ready to do a clean sweep of everyone's opinions before you. From the stylistic point of view, of course, remained consistent with the first episode and Shank 2 continues to follow the tracks a la Robert Rodriguez made ​​in Latin America, blood, action, and death. The technical realization, however, shows a certain commitment, if it is true that the entire animation system was - as we were assured - rewritten from top to bottom.

pad in hand, it is difficult to notice much difference techniques with the first episode, at least without having the front for a direct comparison, although it certainly stands a greater "mobility" of the environments, which are destroyed and change as they proceed. The spectacular visual imagination, however, remained unchanged, as well as great imagination in proposing solutions and directing special impact. From the standpoint of mechanics, also, the game seems to have maintained a solid mix of blows and shooting the first episode, without going to ruin a balance that worked very well even then. Stands out as the only change a decision significantly perceptible through the key of the sockets is now possible to make a counter move, simply by pressing the right time, helped by an appropriate exclamation point appears over the enemy. One certainly did not found the original, but that adds depth to game play that good amount of moves and combinations trade make the already rich at the start.

In the first multiplayer Shank was entered as an excellent co-op, which proposed an adventure totally different from that in single, in fact telling the prologue of events "leading". But it was playable only locally, with no support to online. For the second episode, in response to the fact that the highest number of criticisms just concerned about the absence of online, Klei Entertainment has decided to support the connection to the Internet, but change the cards on the table: no more co-op but a sort of Horde mode is better able to tell their match online fast.

Choosing from a list of characters quite large, so you find yourself having to defend the arenas spread over several floors in an attempt to prevent an increasing amount of enemy sabotage by explosives key points of the map. The killing of enemies involves the accumulation of money, which you can spend in a shop full of upgrades, callable at any time by pressing a button back. In addition there are a number of elements of the scenario with which you can interact and the good variety of enemies that appear gradually on the screen, creating an instant without a doubt, frantic and fun. How then can work on long distance, as well as feel the lack of a classical cooperative, we'll find out probably only after you put your hands on the full game. However, that even now promises to bring satisfaction to fans of the first episode.