{"id":4185,"date":"2012-05-10T09:01:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T15:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=4185"},"modified":"2012-05-10T09:01:45","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T15:01:45","slug":"kollection-red-steel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2012\/05\/10\/kollection-red-steel-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kollection – Red Steel 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Kabir Kaler<\/strong><\/div>\n
Welcome to Kollection, the column that tells you of the games you should have in your collection.<\/div>\n
Today I will be talking about a Wii game called Red Steel 2,<\/em> a sequel by name only. It is a totally different game that is personally<\/div>\n
one of my favorites.<\/div>\n
A quick summary of the game: you are an unknown protagonist who winds up in a town overrun with\u00a0bikers, ninjas and a lot of armored samurai. Your mission? To save not only this town, but others as well. You accomplish this with the help of\u00a0allies such as the sheriff, a hacker and a disgruntled sword master who (I’ll put it bluntly) hates you\u00a0and with their help you uncover the secrets as to why the Kusagari clan (your clan) was decimated.<\/div>\n
One of the things the game developers said in making this game is “it’s fun to hit things” and I agreed\u00a0completely. The game is an FPS which means you get guns but they aren\u2019t your main style of attacking;\u00a0it is your sword. This style of FPS is both a melee and a shooter and it does this very well. You can\u00a0attack both horizontal, vertically and forward with both light and heavy attacks but this is just the\u00a0beginning. Later on you learn different sword strikes that are both practical and awesome, which are\u00a0good for any circumstance. In the guns category you can get up to 3 guns (minus your revolver); sawn-off shotgun, Tommy gun, and rifle. Both your sword and your guns they can be upgraded;\u00a0with the sword more damage, and the guns either the bullets themselves meaning more damage, or\u00a0the guns themselves giving you better stability, carrying capacity for ammo.<\/div>\n
The best thing is that\u00a0you can use both the sword and the guns in conjunction with each other in a given battle. Along with\u00a0your sword and guns you can also upgrade everything else from your health to acquiring new sword\u00a0techniques. There is a considerable amount of things to upgrade and to do this you need money which<\/div>\n
you can get from the sidequests to beating enemies which aren\u2019t many but they do take you all over\u00a0town. Depending on how you beat you enemies the money will vary from $1000 to 10 grand, which\u00a0isn\u2019t much since some upgrades cost as much as 100 grand but little by little it will help.<\/div>\n
The total area of the game takes place in a fictional world where eastern and western building\u00a0structures have come together. In certain areas you can see western architectures and a quick glimpse\u00a0to the right, let\u2019s say, you will see a giant Japanese house that looks to have royalty living in it. This idea\u00a0of eastern and western coming together, with what can be described as a touch of anime style artwork\u00a0and water color paintings is in more than the buildings. It is woven in the enemies, their appearance,\u00a0and the mannerism of your allies.<\/div>\n
In the beginning you see regular bikers just out to hurt you which is\u00a0nothing new but soon after they start to wear makeshift armor that resembles samurai and they are\u00a0holding a katana and they are harder to beat. As for your allies, the\u00a0sheriff is a gunslinging cowboy who looks and sounds like he is from Texas; your sword master who talks\u00a0honorably and with irritation and looks every part Eastern; and your hacker who also talks with a Texan\u00a0accent while looking eastern; making her the best of both worlds. The fourth is actually a British guy who\u00a0dresses weird. He actually doesn\u2019t fit in the eastern\/western style but he’s quirky at times but due to his\u00a0short visit it doesn\u2019t matter much. They give you the main quests and you can do them immediately or\u00a0at your pace.<\/div>\n
The artwork, and the gameplay are the selling point in this game. The story though clear and interesting\u00a0lacks a little something to make it great and the npcs (your allies for example) could use more dialog\u00a0and show more emotion when talking to you. The best part is this game came out in 2010 so it\u2019s pretty\u00a0cheap and what\u2019s better than a great game at a cheap price? I have this game and I am glad I do. You do\u00a0need motion plus when you play this game but the game comes with it if needed. This game is T rated<\/div>\n
and has no blood so anybody can pick this up and play it. It is a little short which is the only bad thing I\u00a0can say about this game (which can\u2019t be said for other games). Hope you enjoy.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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