• Publisher: Namco
  • Release Date: Apr 12, 2005
Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 32
  2. Negative: 17 out of 32
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  1. 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]
  2. Play Magazine
    45
    Takes the action-shooter genre and shoves it straight through the Blanderizer 6235 to ensure any sense of novelty possibly contained therein meets is brutal end. [May 2005, p.50]
  3. A bit of the same old song and dance provided by most shooter games on the market.
  4. Cheat Code Central
    40
    The end result is a game that features the 3Ds - less depth, less detail and less difficulty.
  5. 40
    All things considered, it's probably a blessing that Dead To Rights II is a short game. Most players will easily nail the coffin shut in a weekend.
  6. Computer Games Magazine
    40
    On the easier levels, it's a silly exercise in mashing buttons to spew ammo throughout a world of bad physics, cheap animation, and tinny sound. [June 2005, p.90]
  7. Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    40
    A functional but boring game that attempts to cash in on the violent-game buzz. [July 2005, p.76]
  8. games(TM)
    40
    Contrived shooter with little to no depth... This is as generic as they come. [July 2005, p.122]
  9. AceGamez
    40
    It's almost as if the developers of Dead to Rights II decided to rip out the fun factor that flowed freely through the original, leaving an empty shell of a frustrating and quite dreadful product.
  10. Boomtown
    40
    It’s tempting to go so far as to state that this is the epitome of mainstream, generic console fare, but it doesn’t have playable rap stars or street racing in it, so it doesn’t even merit that.
  11. This is not to say that Dead to Rights is a damned awful game. Its just not a good one and has very little original thought behind it.
  12. If you’re into mindless shooting and action, Dead to Rights II might be a pleasant weekend diversion. However, if you’re looking for a game that improves on the original, delivers an interesting story, varied gameplay, and is worth $50, you need to look elsewhere.
  13. Horrid audio, a cookie-cutter storyline, mediocre graphics and gameplay that gets more and more tired the longer you chug through it all add up to a game that simply does not need to be experienced. Ever.
  14. 35
    Huge arsenal of weapons includes rocket launchers, grenades, molotov cocktails, but more importantly a HUGE waste of my time.
  15. netjak
    32
    I am seriously begging you to not buy this game. Playing it doesn't even make you feel dirty, it literally makes you unclean to the point that dirt has bonded to your skin and you can't scrub it off no matter how hard you try or how many bars of Zest you go through.
  16. Edge Magazine
    30
    We’ve a right to enjoy this kind of brainless, murderous throwback, but we’ve also a right to expect it to be made to the standards of videogames of five years ago, never mind those of today. [July 2005, p.91]
  17. It manages to stumble all over itself from the second you turn it on and never manages to recover. Simple control functions are handled clumsily, changing weapons is a chore and someone actually thought the dumb melee-exclusive levels would be a good idea. Like the rest of this stinker, it is not.
User Score
5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 12
  2. Negative: 5 out of 12
  1. Dec 6, 2021
    6
    Sencillez es la característica que mejor describe a este juego. Repartida por todos lados en el juego, la sencillez va desde los controles,Sencillez es la característica que mejor describe a este juego. Repartida por todos lados en el juego, la sencillez va desde los controles, que no son muchos y para nada difíciles de memorizar, hasta la historia que es también bastante breve destaca en este y de sucesos si bien no del todo predecible no son para nada originales y recuerdan a otras piezas mejor desarrolladas. No obstante lo sencillo no quita lo entretenido y divertido que puede llegar a ser el juego y es quizás esa sencillez, plasmada también en aspectos más profundos del juego como los gráficos y la música, lo que permite una rapidez y agilidad al jugar que hace bastante agradable la experiencia de juego, aunque también es cierto que después de pasado un tiempo de jugar puede volverse repetitivo. ¿Vale la pena jugarlo?. Totalmente. Full Review »
  2. Jan 21, 2020
    4
    At first, I was amazed by the insane shooting gallery and the amount of enemies poping up around every corner. But then it deteriorates into aAt first, I was amazed by the insane shooting gallery and the amount of enemies poping up around every corner. But then it deteriorates into a repetitive chore that ends up overwhelming you so much that you just can't take it anymore. Just run through a bunch of tight corridors and other small areas, kill everything in sight, reach a save/load next area point, rinse and repeat. And that's the whole game. There's literally nothing else, aside from a few cutscenes. You also get SurvivalHorror-level amounts of ammo and health. It all gets pretty frustrating and tiresome. Such a shame. Such a damn shame. Full Review »
  3. Oct 11, 2019
    8
    jogo regular , gostei bastante , porem tem seu defeitos como ser repetitivo demais , porem e bem divertido , vale a pena conferi-lo