Dead to Rights II Xbox
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7.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: Dead to Rights II marks the return of action-hero Jack Slate and his K-9 companion, Shadow. In this sequel, Jack and Shadow find themselves once again in the mean streets of Grant City, ensnared in a labyrinth of crime, corruption, and betrayal. Although he swore he'd never return to the city that left him for dead, the plight of an innocent girl draws Jack back. The game features Hong Kong cinema-style action and new gameplay mechanics such as greater interaction with Shadow, disarm moves, a 360-degree fighting engine, melee weapon battles, and a dramatic spherical slow-motion diving system.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 35
  3. Negative: 10 out of 35
  1. BonusStage
    75
    Many of you will undoubtedly find Dead to Rights II too unoriginal and repetitive to give a chance, but from my perspective this game is a great rental experience worth checking out on a rainy weekend.
  2. Xequted
    72
    The meat (ahem) of the game is quite fun. It's the fist fights, the repetition, and camera problems that plague it enough to keep it from being more then average.
  3. Worth Playing
    70
    This is not a game that anyone will accuse of vast depth. It revels in action-movie cliches, from Jack's nearly-constant bad puns ("This ought to heat things up," he says, grabbing a Molotov cocktail) to the near-invisible story to the waves of idiot cannon-fodder who populate each stage.
  4. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    48
    What we have here is a title that tries hard to impress with its flash, yet stumbles over fundamentally busted gameplay. [June 2005, p.99]
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  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
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  1. Deviant
    10
    Your all so critical, its so fun just slaughtering endless amounts of enemys, and the tension just melts away after a hard day, its kinda like Painkiller or Serious Sam, only theres bullet time, ooo and a dog!!! :O… Expand
  2. JeffreyN.
    7
    This game was o.k. Better than Doom 3 though. Better graphics and awsome moves in this one. The first one was good but this one is too. This game is very challenging. It is fun but it could be very frustrating.… Expand
  3. Gamefreak
    5
    Why do companies even bother making these horrible Max payne style games anymore? Max Payne wasn't that good to begin with, so why keep making these cookie-cutter 3rd person shooters on Xbox? I expect the PS2 to have a million 3rd person shooters and hack-n-slashers, but enough of this bargain bin garbage on Xbox. Did they actually think they could compete with Doom 3 and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory?… Expand
  4. BlueFalcon
    5
    While the gameplay is similar to max payne, the quality isn't even close. The graphics are decent, but the gameplay is ultra repetitive here. Also the enemies all look the same and are uber stupid. I really don't like the flow of the game either. All of a sudden you're stripped of all your gun weapons and forced into hand to hand combat. While the mild change is appreciated, it makes no sense to just suddenly have no weapons when you move into the next room. On the plus side, this does feel old school - just shooting 100s of mindless minions. I could probably play it through to the end if I was bored - there's some entertainment value here.… Expand