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: MDK 2

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Binding: Video Game
EAN: 0040421005567
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Label: Interplay
Manufacturer: Interplay
Platform: Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Interplay
Sales Rank: 13543
Studio: Interplay



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Editorial Review:
Playing MDK2 is like riding a roller coaster or watching a good action movie. In fact, fighting aliens has never been this much fun.

You begin the adventure as Kurt, a human in a Batman-like suit equipped with some loopy but lethal accessories. Kurt packs a powerful chain gun and a built-in parachute for gliding around levels. Kurt also has access to a simple-to-use sniper mode that allows you to smoothly zoom between multiple magnification levels (1x to 75x) for long-range kills. As the game progresses, you'll eventually be able to control Kurt's six-legged dog, Max. This is no ordinary housebroken pet. This not-so-cuddly creature can carry up to four guns at once for immense firepower. In addition, Max uses a jetpack to fly around (à la Boba Fett of Star Wars fame). Finally, there is Dr. Hawkins, who uses his scientific skills to combine common household objects into weapons of mass destruction. The diversity (and strangeness) of these characters adds a unique twist to the otherwise conventional gameplay.

Most of the environments you'll encounter in MDK2 are rendered in dark colors--perfectly suited for showing off the game's outstanding lighting effects. The graphics overall are crisp, incredibly detailed, and brimming with personality. Numerous cut-scenes are rendered using the game's 3-D engine, which lends much drama (not to mention comedy) to the storyline. This is one of those rare games that is as fun to watch as it is to play, and it belongs in the library of any action fan with a Dreamcast. --T. Byrl Baker

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - One of the BEST Dreamcast games i've ever played
MDK 2 is one of the best games of all time!! I really love what was done with this game...the graphics, the scenery, the humor, the challenge are all top notch. This is definitely one to own and one to keep. Get MDK 2 without a second thought...you won't regret it.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Game lover
I have to agree that the game is difficult, but not that difficult. I am only at the second level, but it is not too hard. Here is the key: if you are kurt, you can bet your bottom dollar the hint is in snipering. If you are max, it's shooting your environment. If its the doctor, it's all in what you concoct. That's basically it. If you remember that, you ought to do all right. Good Luck!


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Incredibly fun and unbelievably difficult . . .
MDK2 takes the b-movie aliens theme to some wonderful conclusions. The space ships all have a bit of a surreal cartoonish feel to them. The aliens are rubbery, vile, enormous, and at least somewhat muppet-like. The dialogue is silly but not stupid.

As a first person shooter on the Dreamcast, this game has impeccable control and beautiful scenery to take in along the way. I experienced SOME slow down, but not nearly as much as I expected. When this game is at its best, and there are plenty of great moments, it is very fast, very fun, and is filled with wild pyrotechnics, cool experiences, and good humor.

At the game's worst, it's nearly impossibly difficult. I repeat, it is very very VERY hard. There are puzzles that are so slight you may miss them. There are jumping levels which allow no room for even the smallest misstep. There are shooting levels where a seemingly neverending wave of well armed and suicidal aliens comes at you, slowly wearing you down, using up your ammo, and then picking you off. There are bosses the size of a city block with seemingly unstoppable attacks. Then, when you think you've seen it all, you get all of the above in the very same level.

In short -- there are parts of this game, that even with a strategy guide, are just plain sadistic. The only saving grace is that even at this game's most difficult, it is consistent: the control stays the same, there are no glitches in gameplay, and the enemies do not cheat. You have a small, but "fair" shot at clearing every board. Even if you may have to play a particular level nearly perfectly, it is possible to advance. The question is: do you really want to put yourself through that kind of torture.

Upon completing this game, I felt more of a sense of satisfaction than I ever have in completing any other game, but that's not so much a cautious endorsement as a warning.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - MDK 2, If you like challenging games, then buy this one
I had the demo for the original MDK, and was so intrigued by the gameplay that I decided to by the sequal when it was released for Dreamcast. As I expected, the sequal was amazing; beautiful graphics and gameplay. After spending 2 hours on the first level and maybe 1 more on the boss of the first level, I realized that if this game was already so hard, what would the rest be like? From the first level, it only gets harder. Please don't play this game if you have no patience, you will bash your Dreamcast to pieces.

There are three charcters to control, each has their own type of level and controls. Kurt, has a sniper scope helmet, so his levels usually have something to do with shooting distant objects or targets. Max, the robotic dog, carries four guns. His levels are pretty much carnage. And finally, Dr. Hawkins. Being the ingenius scientist that he is, his levels are primarilly complex puzzles.

The controls are a bit strange and take a while to get used to. the A, B, X, and Y buttons control the character. A makes the character move forward, Y backwards, et cetra. The analog stick is the camera stick.

If you want to spend 120+ hours on one video game, then buy this one. I must be insane, because I don't know anyone else that is this obsessed with a like this. Anyone that plays this game at my house gives up after 10 minutes, so be prepared to die a lot and have to redo many sequences multiple times.

The music in MDK 2 is amazing, a great selection of techno and trance, you will see how well the music fits in with the game.

An example of how hard the game gets: In the eight level, (Max is used here), there is a giant nuclear tube that you must climb using a jetpack that automatically refuels when not being used. Around the walls are very small platforms to land on. You must slowly ascend the giant piller stepping platform to platform, while having to deal with 20 or so little spheres that home in on you and shoot. After you finish this painful climb, you realize pointing the camera up, that you are 1/8 done! Now a vertical climb stopping on platforms that are placed above eachother, some that can't be stepped on, if you do, you fall.

It will take to much space to explain more, but that should give you a good idea on the type of challenge in this game. Of course this is one type of challenge, there are lot's of other different types of challenges in this game also. Remember, this is a perfect game for those who like challenge. If your really like challenge then you will really enjoy the final boss, I am convinced that he is impossible to conquear.


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - MDK: Murder, Death, Kill Myself
Let me tell you, this game is great in many ways... absolutely stunning graphics, 3 unique characters, a fun premise. So why only three stars? This game is unbelievably, totally, ...-crazily, ludicriously, ridiculously hard. I can't tell you how frustrating it is. I gave up. The enemies are so hard that you think they are bosses, and soon, you actually come to a boss and you just play over and over, and over, and over again...and it never helps. So, I was so mad, I stooped to the lowest level, and no...MDK2 is not supported by Gameshark. So, unless you are a game master over the age of 16, I don't recommend this game.

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