I was only witness to very few actual betrayals, and I made it out of every round alive, but I’m always doing my best to be the first to the getaway van. There’s not really much at stake considering this is a demo of the game, so players aren’t going to play exactly how they would if their scores actually counted, but in my limited experience with the online demo, this mode was still fun. There’s a video featuring a foul-mouthed woman explaining the rules of Fragile Alliance, so any newcomers will feel right at home here. The online portion of the demo features the game mode I raved about earlier, Fragile Alliance. Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days is like you just stepping into a rated R movie. The dialogue features enough cursing to please any Scorsese fan, and there’s blood around every corner. The first game was attempting to create the atmosphere that the sequel actually achieves. The visuals are pretty nice, and Kane and Lynch 2 seems to be very cinematic from this demo. The environments are not only partially destructible, but there are things like fire extinguishers that you can pull off the walls to use against your foes. The controls are pretty solid, although I don’t really like the placement of the sprint button (LB on Xbox). There are portions where you can find higher ground to aid in your assault, but if you don’t pay enough attention, you can miss them all together. The battles seemed pretty linear, but there were certainly some good cover to be found if you looked hard enough. Part of the strategy seems to be finding the best cover spots to stay alive. The cover system is very intuitive, and while some cover can withstand a hail of bullets, other pieces of cover can be destroyed in no time. You’ll be battling mainly law enforcement it seems, and if it’s in the middle of a public street, you can expect civilian casualties as well. The guns all seem to control differently (from the 5 I used), and I enjoy that each weapon has its own recoil. The fight takes place in a restaurant, and then spills into the streets. I don’t think it’s the very first playable part of the actual story, as there is a Pulp Fiction-like flashback after the demo portion ends.
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The offline experience features a scene from the story mode that takes place in Shanghai, China. The Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days demo is one of the rare, but beautiful, demos that feature both an online and offline experience.
Betrayal was a fine art in the first Kane and Lynch, and Fragile Alliance was one of the most original game modes I’ve ever played. The risk was that once you killed a teammate, they would respawn as the police who try to stop you. The beauty of it all, was that you could betray your fellow bank robbers, and take all the loot for yourself. My real interest and fondness for the original came with it’s online mode, “Fragile Alliance.” This was the lone online multiplayer mode in Kane and Lynch, and was basically a co-op bank heist with a bunch of people you may or may not know. The gun fights weren’t exactly the best, but they were good enough to warrant a playthru.
The single player had a pretty solid story, with many awesome action scenes that played out in an assortment of locales.
The original Kane and Lynch was enjoyed by very few people I know, but I thought it was great.
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