Shank 2

Shank 2 is a sidescrolling beat em up game developed by Klei Entertainment, released on February 7th, 2012.

The main character carries two main weapons: a heavy weapon and a ranged weapon. The weapons are mapped to a face button which allows players to seamlessly switch weapons. Shank also contains many basic elements of platforming games, which include the players jumping and scaling buildings, and using knives to climb.

Plot[]

The story begins with Shank riding a bus back to his hometown,looking at a picture of Elena. Suddenly,the bus is pulled over by armed men who kidnap the bus driver and force everyone off the bus. One of them sees Shank in the back,drinking and looking at the picture. The thug taunts Shank,calling him a clown before slapping the bottle from his hand. He responds by slicing the thug's hand off,standing up and walking off the bus. Shank fights his way through town,freeing a civilian on the way that gives him a chainsaw. Shank reaches a junkyard,where he meets the first boss,Razor. He throws a flaming tire at Shank,then laughs before attacking again. They fight,and Shank slices him up with his shanks before grabbing Razor's chain and headbutting him into a stack of gas barrels. Shank kicks a flaming tire,causing the barrels to explode and the hideout to go up in flames. The bus driver appears and has Shank get on,telling him about Magnus and the rebellion against the militia.

After this,Shank heads to a bar,drinking again and looking at the picture. Corina shows up to talk to him,asking for his help with the resistance. He says he doesn't do causes,before taking another drink. We cut to a man with one eye and a flamethrower jumping out of a car,asking the townspeople who killed Razor and lit their camp on fire. When no one replies,he sets the houses on fire,causing the screams to get Shank's attention. He heads that way,fighting more militia before hallucinating

Features[]

The game features an all-new Survival Mode, allowing the player to team up with a friend (either online or offline) to take down increasingly difficult waves of enemies (maximum of 30 waves). Using the new, multi-weapon combat system, you now have countless of ways to take them down, ranging from counter moves to weapon combos!

The game also feature richer and interactive environments that the player can use to take down enemy goons, all in a unique and stunning visual style. The player also has the ability to use enemies weapons against them.

Many aspects of the first game were polished in order to make the gameplay more flowing.

Overrall gameplay is faster.

Pounce is a lot faster, and is now based on "target priority", where it'll target the last enemy the player hit, or in case none has been hit, the nearest one.
Switching between light, heavy and ranged attacks are a lot faster and allows the player to pull longer strings of combos.
The player can cancel animations by using jump and/or dodge buttons.

Screenshots[]

Main article: Shank 2 Screenshots

Trivia[]

Some weapons from the original game cant be used in the campaign mode by Shank , but can be used by his new partner, Corina. Other can only be accesed by playing the co-op Survival Mode, while other's were removed compleatly, like the Chains or the Flamethrower .
Corina isnt mentioned in the first Shank game, so it might suprise some players that she is Shank's new partner.
Falcone , Cesar and Classic Shank all make an appearence as unlockable skins/costumes. To unlock them you have to complete in game tasks.