Kane and Lynch 2 walked so that Max Payne 3 could run.

This game is dirty, disgusting, it's a chore to play, you'll be playing in uniteresting places, shooting mechanics are bland and it feels like he camera is fighting you. All of this is of course the point, the game is meant to be outrageous and unpleasant, the developers wanted to make a dirty game which is why the reception K&L2 gets is so baffling to me.

IO Interactive knowns how to make good games. It's obvious that nobody at IO looked at the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ camera mechanics in this game and said "Mhm, this is an improvement over Hitman: Blood Money!". The concept of games being "bad" intentionally isn't new and wasn't at the time K&L2 released, Ice-Pick Lodge did it in 2005 with "Pathologic" which is arguably a worse experience than this game, Running with Scissors is only known because of "Postal 2" and their just recently released Postal 4 is sitting at very positive reviews because the game a ♥♥♥♥ like it's supposed to. I don't know what the secret ingredient is. Does it need to be explained somehow? I don't think Pathologic does anything special to show it's true intentions.

Anyway, the game was designed as an "anti-game" and i think it did it well as demostrated by all the negative reviews. If you keep the design direction in mind then you might appreciate it for what it is. It's around 4 hours long and can be bought for a dollar on humble bundle.

Reveal trailer will show you what you'll get: https://youtu.be/JsUEhe8Tshg

Kane and Lynch 2 walked so that Max Payne 3 could run. This game is dirty, disgusting, it's a chore to play, you'll be playing in uniteresting places, shooting mechanics are bland and it feels like he camera is fighting you. All of this is of course the point, the game is meant to be outrageous and unpleasant, the developers wanted to make a dirty game which is why the reception K&L2 gets is so baffling to me. IO Interactive knowns how to make good games. It's obvious that nobody at IO looked at the shitty camera mechanics in this game and said "Mhm, this is an improvement over Hitman: Blood Money!". The concept of games being "bad" intentionally isn't new and wasn't at the time K&L2 released, Ice-Pick Lodge did it in 2005 with "Pathologic" which is arguably a worse experience than this game, Running with Scissors is only known because of "Postal 2" and their just recently released Postal 4 is sitting at very positive reviews because the game a shit like it's supposed to. I don't know what the secret ingredient is. Does it need to be explained somehow? I don't think Pathologic does anything special to show it's true intentions. Anyway, the game was designed as an "anti-game" and i think it did it well as demostrated by all the negative reviews. If you keep the design direction in mind then you might appreciate it for what it is. It's around 4 hours long and can be bought for a dollar on humble bundle. Reveal trailer will show you what you'll get: https://youtu.be/JsUEhe8Tshg