Hopefully they can do more with the sequel since they're not being tied to launch, but I won't be holding my breath. I still want to give the first one a rent one of these days.

I hope they fucking dith the Unreal Engine 2.5 and use a better engine.. Also, I hope they use real cut scence instead of the comic style of cuts.

One more thing they better get the same people who did the music from the last one too..

Rant Over /

I kind of expected this. It will probably be better than the first one. I hope.

I thought the shooting was pretty dead on, once you moved up in levels and learned how to use the matrix buttons..

But maybe i got the huge ass Nyko sensor bar it really deos pick up the singal from 30 Ft

Played through and beat Red Steel... more because I got it at launch and I was taking breaks from Zelda, but none-the-less I did play through it. In some ways it really impressed me, some of the graphics looked so damn impressive, pillars blowing up and crazy particle and light effects; but it was very hit or miss, sometimes looking next gen and other times looking like a N64 game. At first the sword fighting was fun, but soon I was just twitching the nun-chuck and wii-mote cause the timing was all that mattered. Then there was the aiming, I could look past the terrible IR that caused the cursor to jerk like a meth-head picking bugs. Of course, the bullet-time mode saved it and let you slay the groups of guys quick while looking cool.

Sadly, the few things Ubisoft did right couldn't outweigh the many bugs, lacking graphics, and a aiming system that makes you want to perform Seppuku... aka fall on that sword you carry everywhere just in case someone decides guns are just too easy and needs a sword fight.

I mean really, how could not one person who produced or played the game before release notice that every time the game loaded something when playing the cursor jumped around like it was possessed.

That said, there was A LOT of potential in Red Steel, and it was a release title, surely rushed to meet the date. I think with a reasonable schedule, a decent team, and a somewhat decent engine to build off of, it could actually be a killer title if done right....

but it won't be done right, it'll be another flop cause they won't change enough and will try to cash in on the "sequel" aspect... Guessing 6/10

i never thought this game deserved the bad rap it got. i think the reason so many people didn't like it is it got overhyped.

also so many people try and play the game always doing the slow aiming no matter where they are, if you play it normal and only do the slow aiming when you are shooting and let go to switch to another guy the game works fairly well.

Once I actually finish the damn game, I'll be doing a post on it as a retrospective, methinks.

Score prediction: 5.0. That's from RevAnthony though, because I know he actually understands the ten point system. Everybody else will give it a seven.

red steel had to be the most dissapointing game i have ever played. it was the first wii shooter and was supposed to be real cool but the controls were shotty and the graphics sucked. i mean, the shooting controls are better in re4 wii addition. i hope they change a lot in the new one, including a different turning control and unlimited use of the sword.

predicted score? 7.5 mediocre.

Oh and DO A BARREL ROLL

4.5 its still gonna suck!