Dead to Rights II

 PlayStation 2
  • 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. Mixed: 14 out of 32
  3. Negative: 17 out of 32
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  1. Worth Playing
    70
    This is not a game that anyone will accuse of vast depth. It revels in action-movie cliches, from Jack’s nearly-constant bad puns (“This ought to heat things up,” he says, grabbing a Molotov cocktail) to the near-invisible story to the waves of idiot cannon-fodder who populate each stage.
  2. IGN
    68
    This type of third-person shooters has been done before, and it's been done better. The game may provide a few hours of fun to people looking for a quick fix with no strings attached but it’s difficult to recommend as more than a rental.
  3. GamePro
    60
    Unfortunately, Dead to Rights II maintains its predecessor's graphics and camera glitchiness.
  5. GameSpot
    68
    So if you like playing video games to release tension, and you don't care about good stories or online multiplayer modes or any of that stuff, definitely rent this one or something.
  6. Yahoo!
    60
    Much like Dante and "Devil May Cry 2," let's hope this is just a sophomore slump, and this series will come back stronger in a future installment. If not, it truly is dead to rights.
  7. Inside Gamer Online
    66
    It's more of an anti-expansion that removes more features than it supplements.
  8. 1UP
    60
    What seemed really cool back when Namco first announced the original Dead to Rights -- the sweet disarming animations -- just aren't enough to carry another repetitive action game for more than a few levels.
  9. GameZone
    60
    Linear gameplay, long loads and some crashes did nothing to endear this game to the shooter’s heart.
  10. Game Informer
    50
    A lesson in what happens when there is an unwillingness to evolve or risk new ideas. [June 2005, p.126]
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  11. DarkStation
    60
    While the original might have a following, this sequel fails miserably with drab story and pointless combat.
  12. PSM Magazine
    70
    Though melee fights and arbitrarily thrust on the gamer and Slate's jerky hand-to-hand fighting techniques often connect when they should miss wildly, there's enough here to give this disc a spin. [July 2005, p.82]
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  13. Game Chronicles
    65
    The bottom line is Dead To Rights II tries to make like a summer action blockbuster, but ends up more like that large tub of movie popcorn; too expensive, too short-lived, and ultimately unfulfilling.
  14. Computer and Video Games
    50
    Dead to Rights II feels like a stripped down, budget version of the first game but at a top-whack price. It's content to retread old ground, which wasn't all that solid to begin with, and fails to bring anything genuinely new to the series. [PSW]
  15. Eurogamer
    60
    A classic example of a game that isn't any good yet manages to be enjoyably passable for long enough that you might come away with the mildly mistaken impression that it's actually good.

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User Score
5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 5 out of 12
  1. Mestizx
    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. AmadeusE
    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. RODRIGOGAMER
    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
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