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943: 1042: 1159:, and although fan feedback from the first game was largely positive, the team still wanted to expand the system. Within that, maintaining the feel and tone of the first game was paramount; "we knew we wanted to keep the in-your-face feeling of the melee combat but that we wanted to add several layers and improvements to give depth and choice to the player." Of the game's more complex melee mechanics, which Lico calls "more game-y", particularly the introduction of 1137:." Searching forum postings and both critical and user reviews, the team wanted "to determine what the users thought needed to be improved for a sequel." Indeed, so thorough was this process that the "feature list nearly entirely driven from the public's input." Similarly, Stein says, "we devoured every review and forum post after release. Transitioning to the sequel, everyone had a list of improvements to explore." 1668:, which outlaws the dissemination or public display of media "which describe cruel or otherwise inhuman acts of violence against human beings in a manner which expresses a glorification or rendering harmless of such acts of violence or which represents the cruel or inhuman aspects of the event in a manner which injures human dignity". Although it is not illegal to own the game, it is illegal to distribute it. 795:, with parts of her skin peeled off, and lumps of muscle torn from the bone. Also by her body is a piece of paper with a hand-drawn X. Pointing out that Leland Vanhorn's body was never found, Rosa speculates that perhaps he didn't die, and was nursed back to health by Malcolm until Leland killed him. Thomas also finds blood-stained pieces of metal, which appear to have been ripped from Mars's body. 639: 541: 1707:. Asked if he had approached any developers himself, he said, "I have not approached anyone. I have received some inquiries over the last 24 hours. Ultimately I tell them to just send me a proposal for consideration. I place no limiting parameters on the proposal. My desire is to fully empower an indie developer with all the decision-making authority." If the project were to go ahead, he stated, 970:. Hasle assured fans that this was due to the mandates of the material rather than any dissatisfaction with Grunberg's work; "we were very happy with the voice-work he performed for us but we've taken a darker turn with Ethan and wanted to find a voice that better represented that edgy darkness." After fans proved unhappy with the decision to recast the part, Hasle explained, 1489: 1460: 1484: 1479: 1474: 1469: 1455: 1450: 1445: 1440: 704:

long-range combat only, the player must defend the police), "Streets of Rage" (the player and four AI-controlled allies must defend a building against waves of enemies, the game ends when all five defenders are dead), "Smoke 'Em" (the player must kill as many enemies as quickly as they can) and "Deadly Daycare" (the player must kill 100 exploding dolls).

1163:, Rooke clarifies, "realism was never a goal." Similarly, lead character animator Scott Shepherd states, "realism wasn't the goal. We felt with the first one we had the beginnings of something, possibly the best first-person melee combat system out there. We really wanted to continue to develop and expand that into a fully fledged skill based system." 830:, and very unique vocal cords, and the resulting sounds can be enhanced with the implantation of metal apparatuses throughout the body. Meanwhile, Thomas learns that "Rememdium" refers to a myth; someone capable of resonating a sound so powerful it can destroy flesh and bone and could potentially wipe out the Oro. 1171:

fun they were having using the arenas, the designers decided to make them available in the game. According to Hasle, "it seemed simple enough. But it then quickly grew in June and July to not only a Practice Arena but to also include five different environments with five unique challenges, and a slew of unique

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as the player can only take a few melee hits before dying. A successful block momentarily knocks an enemy off balance, giving the player a chance to attack. The player can also use a quick-kick, which is available at all times; if the player is unarmed, if they are carrying a firearm, or if they are

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was the Bloodshot Fight Club. Originally called Hobo Fight Club, it was created as a simple way for the designers to test various aspects of the gameplay and to allow them to easily demonstrate the game for Sega. It was never intended for release to the public. However, after they realised how much

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I believe that the best approach to this is to let a passionate developer do what they do best without interference or limitations imposed by me. Once I decide to grant the rights to a team, they are the boss. I plan on making a real commitment to that. I've developed many games in my career and I

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As with the changes to Thomas's character, the evolution of the plot also caused disagreement amongst the designers. According to Rooke, there was a push to fill in the narrative blanks and resolve the open-ended mysteries from the first game. However, "in my opinion, and I feel mostly responsible

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Meanwhile, Rosa informs Thomas that Farrell has disappeared. Thomas finds him held captive by Leland and asks Leland why he killed Malcolm and Mars, to which Leland says, "their bodies possessed the Oro's secret." As Thomas and Farrell leave, they are trapped by Dorland. Farrell sacrifices his own

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investigation, which has been overhauled since the first game. Once the player has been alerted that they are in a "study area", they must select the appropriate tool to record and/or collect the evidence. Upon doing so, the player is presented with multiple statements about that evidence and they

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is not necessarily a single feature but a philosophy, a goal if you will, to add depth and variety to all facets of the game." Speaking in 2020, he said of the original game, "there were things that we could have done better or expanded upon, which later became the starting point for the sequel."

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only, this mode of play puts the player in arena-like environments where they must fight waves of opponents. There are six arenas available: "Practice" (a customisable fight against a never-ending wave of opponents), "Lockdown" (make as many kills as possible in five minutes), Riot Control (using

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which can be used to temporarily stun a target. This does minimal damage, but it does allow the player to seize the stunned enemy's weapon. However, the taser can only be used a limited number of times before the battery is drained, meaning it cannot be used as a regular substitute for the game's

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designer Jonathan Stein says that "level theming was more centred around "what environments would be new?" than concern over a cohesive whole after we had our environments, the story was threaded between them." This approach was yet another cause of disagreement; Stein explains, "some – myself

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Constantine Hantzopoulos stated that Monolith had been in contact with the board and had decided to remove several of the more violent environmental kills; "we're working closely with the ESRB to make sure everything goes through okay but there's stuff we've cut already." Examples of cut content

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Discovering the secret Oro base from which the sounds are being transmitted to Metro, Thomas heads there and shortly after arriving, realises he can use "The Voice." He battles his way through the Oro members, destroys the sonic machinery, and is confronted by Dorland. He explains that the Oro's

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s Dan Amrich scored it 8 out of 10 and praised the atmosphere, graphics, and sound, finding it to be an improvement in almost all aspects over the original. Calling the atmosphere "its finest creation", he said that the world "looks disgustingly tangible". He also praised the use of silence for

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As the game begins, Malcolm Vanhorn is missing and Lt. Rosa convinces a reluctant Thomas to help find him. Narrowing Vanhorn's last location to a derelict hotel, Serial Crimes Unit (SCU) Director Ike Farrell dispatches Thomas, Cmdr. John Dorland, and Sgt. Pierce Le Rue to investigate. They find

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s Anthony Burch scored it 3 out of 10. He was impressed with the improvements to the combat system, but little else, arguing that the level design was "irritating" and the gameplay "repetitive." He was heavily critical of the shooting mechanics, the forensic tools, and the changes to Thomas's

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s Andrew Kelly scored the PlayStation 3 version 8.1 out of 10, calling it "incredibly well-designed." He was particularly impressed with how much the character animations and physics enhanced the feeling of combat. On the other hand, he was critical of the shooting mechanics and storyline. He

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s Ben Reeves scored the PlayStation 3 version 8.75 out of 10 calling it "an atmospheric powerhouse" and "the best survival horror title this generation." He especially praised the combat mechanics and level design, citing the bear chase as one of "the most memorable gaming moments of 2008."

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s Kristan Reed scored it 8 out of 10, calling it "a one-of-a-kind horror title" and seeing it as "improved in every area" from the first game. He was especially impressed with the atmosphere and environments. He was critical of multiplayer, which he found pointless, but he concluded,

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this way we don't have to worry about frame rate, so we can add as many lights and as much shadow-casting geometry as we want, and we also don't have to worry about memory, since we were rendering it on a beefy PC. The memory stuff allowed us to up the resolution on all of the

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had confirmed the title was in development, Play.com listed a release date of November 30, 2007, with the game selling for £39.99. Sega declined to comment on the authenticity of the listing. Nothing more was heard about the game until May, when Sega and Monolith released a

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Frank Rooke argued that "the main character's transformation between the first and second games was evolutionary. Who the character was reflected the turmoil of the narrative." He pointed out that "in the first game, Ethan was just discovering the dark world around him. In

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and chain attacks without betraying the core of the original. Critics lauded Monolith for listening to fans and attempting to address their grievances. Common points of criticism included the storyline, an overuse of firearms, and what was perceived as a pointless online

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Kevin VanOrd scored the game 8.5 out of 10, praising the "thick, dreadful atmosphere" and citing "the most decrepit and decayed visual design in recent memory." He also praised the sound design, voice acting, score, weapon variety, depth of the combat mechanics, and AI.

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motives are "to create hostility, the unwavering desire to fight, to unknowingly become our protectors". Thomas asks what they are protecting against, but Dorland doesn't know. Thomas kills him by using the Voice and escapes in a helicopter with Rosa and Le Rue.

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period. In November, producer David Hasle said, "we're being pro-active about this. Whatever we do we're running by the certification people. If a red flag comes up we're going to address it, we're not going to get to the end and have some big media blow-up."

733:"Crime Scene" – four Influenced versus four SCU agents; the Influenced must hide two cases of evidence, while the SCU must use their equipment to find and scan the evidence before the timer reaches zero. The SCU can use firearms, whereas the Influenced cannot. 41: 3068:: To complicate matters, my nephew, the person you know as SKX, just recently found hope in the Oro. It was never my intention This put my nephew and me at odds resulting in the current state of my affairs. He will stop at nothing to become one of them. 1623:

s Erik Brudvig scored it 8 out of 10, saying it "tackles every criticism levelled at the franchise." He was critical of the "unsatisfying" story and "pointless" multiplayer, but praised the melee combat, sound, graphics, artistic design, and atmosphere.

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may have higher damage and range stats than a pipe, but the pipe may have higher speed. There are three classes of melee weapon; light weapons, heavy weapons, and exotic weapons. Light weapons are fast but weak, and include 2x4s, pipes, signs,

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will begin, which allows the player to chain up to four attacks. Combos can be performed at any time and require a specific sequence of attack types, but if the player takes damage mid-combo, the combo resets and must be restarted.

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is taking off." But in the end, we had to make that really hard choice about the type of character that Ethan has become. In the first game, Ethan wasn't as hard or dark as he is now and the voice had to go into a new and darker

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known as the Oro, but when they left they were killed. Thomas's existence was kept secret from the Oro by Vanhorn but when Leland learned of the Oro, he became obsessed with joining, leading to Thomas's exposure to the cult.

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franchise in general, and the chosen developer will be able to pick what kind of game they want to make. They can choose their vision of the content. They can build up momentum. Perhaps a prequel. Perhaps a simple

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that was never brought to fruition, he pointed out that all the potential for different mediums is still there; "perhaps it would make sense for a mobile app developer to make one kind of game derived from the

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scored it 5 out of 10, and said that the game had sacrificed the original's tight storyline in favor of violence, in which guns and gore "occur anywhere and everywhere to ever-decreasing effect."

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Hall also said that he would not impose any restrictions regarding how funding was raised, or on what platforms the game was to appear. He would not even mandate that it be a full

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and lodge, Thomas heads there. En route, Farrell contacts him and says, "some of us see you as a threat - the enemy. I see you as an asset, a special tool too great to be wasted.

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and hallucinations, and for those with a natural tendency for violence to become significantly more violent. Sonic Generation requires a hollow sternum, a higher than normal

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and other forms of uncontrolled violent behavior. It goes on to say that people with natural tendencies to be violent become even more so when exposed to sonic emissions.

1914: 806:." Finding Dorland's men all over the reserve, Thomas sneaks in and finds a computer on which Vanhorn has left him a message. He explains that Thomas's parents were in a 568:. Additionally, the variety of weapons available to the player has been significantly increased, and throwable weapons have been included (including bottles, bricks, and 2836: 1634:"creating a hyper-aware environment that is terrifying in its lack of ambience." However, he was critical of the "hit and miss" voice acting and the forensic tools. 1700:

games sold well, he said, "I am contemplating finding an interested and proven Indie development team so that they can take over the franchise and move it forward."

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The team's initial task was to seek out and understand what people had disliked about the first game. Hasle explains, "one thing we did when we decided to make

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it was a very, very hard decision. We loved working with Greg and he was excited about working on the game himself. When he found out that we were making

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as a backup weapon. As the game progresses, the holster can be upgraded to hold larger weaponry. A new component to firearm combat is the addition of

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Another significant difference is that whether fighting with a melee weapon or fighting bare fist, the player can now chain attacks and achieve

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like a finely tuned instrument. Now get this; various metal apparatuses, surgically implanted into the bone and skin, can amplify the effect.

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character. He concluded, "the story sucks, the level design is even worse, and the graphics are grimy to the point of being ridiculous."

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must pick answers to communicate to Rosa in the lab. For example, the player might need to determine if a wound is an entry or an

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but does not match known foundry formulas. Blood, human tissue, and bone fragments are present on all surfaces of the sample. /

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aiming. When using an iron sight, the gun will begin to shake and the screen will fade in and out of focus. This is caused by

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In relation to the environments, as with the first game, the artists had visited various real-world locations, including the

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included – were concerned that the environment, the story, and the enemies felt schizophrenic, or at least not cohesive."

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s Ethan didn't quite hit the mark and a darker tone was desired for the sequel. But some felt Ethan was too different in

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receives a note, and upon reading it, has an apparent heart attack. The note reads, "The Remedy is among us!!!" In a

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Three hours later, at a press conference to address the violence and social disorder that is now nationwide, the

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Unusually, the game's storyline was constructed around the environments, rather than the other way around. Lead

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As Rosa continues to study the Oro, she learns the group is over three thousand years old, and Oro is short for

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When using a firearm, as in the first game, each firearm lasts only as long as there are bullets in the current

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through someone's eye. This close working relationship between Monolith and the ESRB continued throughout the

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mechanics. At the same time, they attempted to enhance or expand upon every aspect of the original; from the

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lighting and tweaking effects rather than moving things into Mental Ray and trying to replicate our in-game

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know how unpleasant it is to have 'the brand' lording over every design/gameplay decision you are making.

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The melee combat system differs from the system used in the previous game in several ways. For example,

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artists want to take the franchise and produce a book. There is room here for all these things/ideas."

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received "generally favorable reviews", with the Xbox 360 version holding a score of 80 out of 100 on

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Richard Lico says that the changes to the character was a subject of disagreement; "some felt that

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The following week, after his post received a very positive response, Hall was interviewed by

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for this, the result revealed explanations for things that should have remained a mystery."

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was to seek out every piece of feedback on the first game we could find and apply that to

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which means "Invincible Voice". Their goal involves "Sonic Generation"; sounds that cause

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shortly after and basically disappeared. He's probably passed out in some gutter. /

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in his personnel file, which would have shown his vocal cords if the area wasn't

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in April 2008. In October, all copies of the game were confiscated because of

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resolution and animation fidelity." This led to some of the shots looking

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would not be reprising his role as Ethan Thomas; instead, Thomas would be

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listed it on their website and began taking preorders. Although neither

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to render the cinematics, it meant they could use the latest in-game

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for starters. It's all on the table. I'm open to hearing new ideas.

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Vanhorn's mutilated body, and back at SCU, Rosa discovers that the

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In 2020, speaking of the changes to Thomas's tone and appearance,

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Another area that the team particularly wanted to tackle was the

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of my chest. You showed me this during the SKX investigation. /

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concluded by calling it "one of the best action games on PS3."

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for rendering, which freed up time, allowing them to focus on

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tools, and so they decided to completely overhaul not just the

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Meanwhile, Mayor Rachel Mars's body is found in Metro Museum,

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can support up to eight players. There are four game modes;

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of any firearm as a melee weapon. The player also has a

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