• Summary: ShellShock 2: Blood Trails is a violent, first-person, survival horror game set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Gameplay centers on the use of psychological horror and fear, relying on the power of suggestion, mood, tension and foreshadowing - implying the notion of danger, potential danger, imminent danger, and horrifying acts that have or are implied to have occurred or will come to pass. On course for war torn Vietnam, a plane carrying a top-secret cargo known only as Whiteknight is lost over the uncharted jungles of Cambodia. The special ops squad sent in to retrieve it disappear wtihout trace. Until, a month later, one of them walks out. Something in the darkness has driven him insane... Something from the darkness has followed him out. [Eidos Interactive] Expand
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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
  3. Negative: 21 out of 21
  1. 46
    A budget title and it shows. The visuals, level design, AI, and just about anything else you can think of can't match up with the top-tier first-person shooters. On top of that, you only get 10 brief stages and no multiplayer options.
  2. Horror and shooter fans alike may find some cheap thrills within Blood Trails, but ultimately the majority of the game is quite simply a very unsatisfying experience.
  3. ShellShock 2: Blood Trails spices up Vietnam with a liberal application of zombies, but the controls and the generic shooter gameplay leave a lot to be desired.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. ChrisM
    9
    I recently purchased this game and have played it about 4 hours. I actually like this game and do not care if it does not have multiplayer capabilities. I love how you fight in the jungle and all the while actually feel that the war in Vietnam was alot like this having grown up during that era. Vietnam was unlike any war ever fought and I thought the developers brought alot of the realism of the war in this game. I do not know why this game received such a low rating I thought it was good and it held my interest and there are some very challenging moments. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. (Written by AnotherSociety and x Joelene x) The Story So Far You play as Nate Walker drafted into the US army in the height of the Vietnam War. Not giving away too much you join your brother Cal who joined the US army way before you after finding out there father was dishonorably discharged for cowardice due to shellshock. Cal wanted to show that the whole family was not the same and quickly moved up through the ranks with his bravery and courage. Basically you need to get to cal and find out what White Knight is all about. Having played the first shell shock (shellshock Nam 67) I wasn’t blown away by it. It was just another straight forward shooter even back then and this just seems to follow along the same path. Look and Feel Sadly the graphics and controls seem to be stuck back there too. The story was the only thing that kept my attention through out this game. Sadly even that was a bit all over the place at times. The cut-scenes are pretty good there gruesome and violent but again they wont blow you away graphically. Running is very similar to medal of honor with the camera moving about the place. There are also button sequences through out the game which may sometimes catch you off guard. This is my Boomstick If you a fan of ‘Hour of Victory’ or ‘History Channel Battle for the Pacific’ you will be right at home. The slow controls and the feel or the lack of feel from the guns is not the best whether you use a hand gun or a AK47 the feel is the same. The grenades and RPG’s have little or no explosions which look really bad when detonated. The selection of weapons is run of the mill handgun, M1 carbine, M16, Ak47, Shotgun Japanese rifle which feels a lot like the Kar98 for Call of Duty 3, RPG and Grenades. Even the heavy mounted machine guns are not the best. Overall Not one of the best World War 2 games I have ever played but it’s worth a go. Defiantly give it a rent at least as there’s no multiplayer and you will easy finish it in a day or two. Recommend playing it on hard though as it’s very easy the toughest part was near the end of the game if you get stuck I have a small vid click in videos section that will get you through it ; ) Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. 0
    A crappy game. Not even worth the money. The game is easy even on the hardest difficulty, the story is ridiculous, and the flashlight is practically useless. DO NOT BUY. Expand
    • 1 of 2 users said yes

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