Shank 2

The most striking thing about the first Shank, an old-school 2D shoot-and-slash ‘em up for downloadable services, was how it looked. Smooth, crisp and downright beautiful 2D animation was the star of the show, but the way the game actually played left...

Shank, much like the tool it was named after, was a quick and bloody game. There certainly were some rough edges to work out, but it was still an effective brawler in its own right. The sequel doesn't stray far from the path set out by its predecessor...

I was sold on the original Shank in about 30 seconds; from seeing the main character linking combos, moving like an acrobat, and grinning in his half-cute/half-sadistically violent yet incredibly clean art style. As long as the developers didn't mess...

Shank was an awesome 2D action game that made a splash on the downloadable market last year. Made by Klei Entertainment, it paid homage to old grindhouse exploitation movies that sold themselves on action and violence before plot. Shank 2 is pretty...

There's a certain level of nostalgia at work in Shank 2. All those 2D and 3D side-scrolling beat 'em ups from the days when arcades dominated the gaming scene are somehow encapsulated in Shank 2, a violent cartoon world filled with shot-gunned...

The core of the first game remains intact, of course -- if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right? -- but Shank 2 is the embodiment of grand change on a small scale. Developer Klei was aggressive about smoothing rougher edges, and the minor tweaks in...