Saw II: Flesh & Blood Image
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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 34 Critics What's this?

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

  • Summary: Step into the dark and tormented world of Saw 2 and experience the gruesome traps that Jigsaw has created to test your will to survive. With new traps, puzzles, and combat system players will need to think fast and act quick to pass the rigors of the tests Jigsaw has engineered. Set between the Saw and Saw II movies, the game follows Detective Tapp's estranged son Michael, who become Jigsaw's next subject while he is investigating father's recent death. Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 34
  2. Negative: 15 out of 34
  1. Jan 11, 2011
    75
    Overall, Saw II: Flesh and Blood certainly feels unique based on the strength of its puzzles and traps.
  2. Dec 25, 2010
    74
    A better puzzler than action game but Saww 2 does little that the previous game didn't already. [Issue#232, p.95.]
  3. Switch off your critical faculties and there's a decent enough weekend rental here. [Issue#98, p.104]
  4. 48
    The original Saw hardly set the world alight back in 2009, yet the unexpected sequel seems like a step backwards rather than a marked improvement. The subpar graphics and tired story fail to mask what is a fairly simple collection of mini-games; none of which are really clever enough to do the film series justice.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Negative: 2 out of 4
  1. The first Saw game captured the feel of the movies perfectly, had great puzzles, and added a good cannon story between the first and second movies, and this game is a great sequel, it takes place almost immediately after the events of the first Saw game, and adds it's own fun unique and challenging puzzles, the story is also great, and honestly if your a fan of the series or just liked the first game you will like this, while it's mostly the same game the new additions they added like trying to avoid being killed by psychopaths, outrunning a slicer, and running in between cover to avoid being shot are great new additions, and has replay value dot to the fact that now you have to play through it twice to see the different endings, and the many collectibles scattered throughout, however it's not as good as the first do to some flaws, for one thing it's a lot more repetitive, the graphics are worse, voice acting ranges from mediocre to bad, and the new combat system is worse than the first, but if your a hardcore Saw fan like myself you'll be able to overlook these flaws and see what a great game this can be. Expand
  2. Great improvement over the dull original. Same atmosphere, slightly better graphics, much improved gameplay. The first one was a drag after the first hour and extremely repetitive. This sequel does it right and gets more variety on the levels and the puzzles. Some GREAT puzzles are here. Not just "signal flow" puzzles, but logical "adventure style" puzzles. Mostly trying to figure out a 3-digit number but fun nonetheless. ps. The combat was already bad in the original, so the qte in this one doesn't make it so much worse. Expand
  3. Terrible combat system and filled with pointless button mashing cut scenes, It ruins the game imo. Graphics are ok but environments have no variety and characters could have looked a lot better as well. Audio Tape and Case File collectibles provide quite a bit of backstory but the puzzle pieces as well as billy puppets are pointless and didn't need to be added at all, It's just a waste of time to collect them. Quite a few mini games that are fun to play. Quite a few noticeable bugs. Gore is far too turned down as well and difficulty is uneven at times. It's an incredibly flawed game that ruins everything good about the first one. Expand
  4. This is a hard, dumb game with all knoweledge out the window. The only so called "fun" trap is the key in the eye, which we have seen 18,000 times... such a shame. Collapse