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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a action, co-op and third-person shooter game
developed by IO Interactive
and published by Square Enix.
Released on August 17th 2010 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 8,877 reviews of which 5,816 were positive and 3,061 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 5.73€ on Eneba.
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- OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7
- Processor: Intel 3.0 GHz or AMD 2.5 GHz or higher
- Memory: 1 GB (XP), 2 GB (Vista)
- Graphics: Nvidia 7800 / ATI X1800 or better (Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB Video Memory)
- DirectX®: 9.0c
- Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card
- Controller Support: Xbox 360 Controller
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It's fascinating that the modern indie game climate is so desperately chasing grit and realism through faux VHS filters and simplified graphics when the film industry figured it out pre-2000 with French Extremity, Or trying to make inherently player-hostile games as an art form, whilst simultaneously chasing a replayability that earns them a place in their favourite youtuber's free advertising catalogue. Games like Fear and Hunger and Darkest Dungeon deparately want to appear as if they're coyly disinterested in your experience as a player. "Oh, you've grown attached to your favourite character? Now they're dead in the most humiliating and meaningless way possible! How do you feel about that?" But they all make the same mistake, in that along with their attempt to appear nihilistic, they are still trying to sell you an entertaining, escapist experience. Kane and Lynch 2 makes no such attempt. The camera is nausea-inducing, the AI is pathetic even by standards at the time, the guns range from frustratingly inaccurate to painfully weak. There is nothing about Kane and Lynch 2 that is especially fun to play aside from a bare-bones cover shooting framework that has been better executed by some mobile games than this triple-A IP. But the shooting isn't where the game shines, a terrifying thought from a title that initially has nothing else to offer. Where other titles are merely pretending to be against you, K&L2 actively hates you to its marrow. It maintains a constant, unyielding tone of oppressive anxiety and grit that I honestly think would be impossible to replicate in this climate, both figuratively and literally with regards to its chosen setting. The art style invokes the experience of watching a liveleak video on a Nokia 9000. The violence is so viscerally opaque that it starts to feel unnatural that even the game itself doesn't acknowledge it. The dialogue is sharp and very rarely boils over to being excessive, even at its most intense moments. And the characters of Kane and Lynch themselves get almost no positive exposure in any way other than their unsteady partnership with eachother. The game vehemently rejects any attempt at avoiding the inevitable chaos which is every shootout. I was shocked when I managed to sneak up on a guard for a stealthy takedown, only for Lynch to put a gun to his head and execute him, immediately alerting everyone and forcing me back into the grueling gunplay that saturates every moment of the game. I knew I was playing something unique when even its most ridiculous set pieces are played so straight that I was forced to look at them objectively. There is a part after the torture scene (presented as a flashback in the opening cinematic, just after the game's latest section of pure misery) where you shoot through the streets of Shanghai, with regular people running around, whilst completely naked aside from a pixilated, 90's era censor bar covering you. I haven't bothered to look, but undoubtedly there's a plethora of gaming youtubers laughing at this section for a reaction, but playing it on my own, without a sycophantic audience watching, I felt nothing but the same discomfort I had felt for the previous three hours of gameplay as I watched the characters I'm supposed to sympathise with hit another, lower low. It's this feeling that epitomises Kane and Lynch 2 both thematically and mechanically. There's no bright side, any catharsis is short lived, any feeling of power fantasy is intrinsically dragged down by it's suffocating gameplay. It's not fun to play, it's a buggy and unpolished. But I truly believe that it is the closest the gaming industry ever came to creating a deliberately unpleasant, depressing experience for the sake of art. The Outsider, or Salò for the video game industry, and it gives me great joy in the recent resurgance of people who think the same. I'm sure Square Enix regrets releasing this, but to me at least it's a testament to gaming as an artistic medium, and perhaps a depressing, oxymoronic look at what could have been without the sanitised market that gaming as a majorly profitable entertainment industry has become. Play Kane and Lynch 2 for an experience like no other game since, or perhaps, ever again.
Absolute cinema Some people say this is the kind of game you play once and forget about. But among the few people I know who’ve already played it (and usually that was like 15 years ago), I’m an outlier. I only picked it up about three-four years ago, but judging by my total playtime, I’ve already beaten it around ten times since then. And honestly, I don’t even remember how that happened. I’m not saying it has crazy replay value, it’s still a linear, self-contained story. I just found a certain kind of dark comfort in it, something that keeps pulling me back. Kane & Lynch 2 reminds me a lot of Anders Thomas Jensen's films. The extreme, filthy grit and absurd violence actually mask a dark drama about two deeply lonely people who have nothing left but their loyalty to each other. There is no classic happy ending here, and the finale cuts to black abruptly, leaving the characters in absolute despair. The heart of this game isn't about everything turning out fine, it's about the fact that in the middle of a literal hell, these two never abandoned one another. The cinematic comparison is spot-on because the entire game is built around this exact aesthetic. And it’s awesome. Humanity has created very few games that manage to pull off such a powerful art-house cinema vibe. And unfortunately, the industry has pretty much stopped trying to make anything like it. Kane & Lynch 2 also captures that unique, nostalgic vibe of the late 2000s and early 2010s. Another game that gives me a very similar feeling is Sleeping Dogs, which I also highly recommend. At first glance, the game can be pretty off-putting. Its technical state is far from perfect, the gunplay is mediocre, the enemy AI is stupid, and the gameplay itself has this somewhat twitchy, unstable quality to it. But once the story gets its hooks into you, all of that just stops mattering.
you will not play a game that’s even remotely close to this. 4 hours of the most chaotic, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, ear ringing, mind numbing experience seeing two characters willing to risk their sad lives for some money. one minute you would blow a guys head off with a shotgun so bad that the camera would blur it out to next minute spraying an absolute ear ringing lmg down a choke point through the dirty disgusting and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ugly areas of shanghai with the camera shaking so much to the point where you can’t even see if you’re hitting a single target while you can barely hear your coop partner through the sheer noise of bullets, explosions and call outs. it’s beautiful. this game is a gem and i ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love what they did here. play it.
Just turn on steady cam on if you hate the shake bro.. I know this game isn't long.. uh growing up when I was a console peasant this game flew under my radar. Whenever I play this game I feel like I'm playing something that would vibe with manhunt.. max payne 3.. or payday. This game has that found footage 2000s cam corder vibe. Quality third person shooter. I know the guns are not the most accurate at times but that's kinda the point, you don't play as a trained military soliders. idk this game just has a very dark vibe and I love games set in the 2000s world. You don't see many games set in china and playing as two americans makes it feel like a vactation from hell. 10/10 get this game on sale and hook up a controller.. play on aspect ratio 5:4 or the one below 16:9 for that cinematic experience.
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
No, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days received 5,816 positive votes out of a total of 8,877 achieving a rating of 6.45.
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days was developed by IO Interactive and published by Square Enix.
Yes, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is not playable on MacOS.
No, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days does not support VR.
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
Yes, there are 3 DLCs available for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. Explore additional content available for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days on Steam.
No, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
IO Interactive
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Square Enix
Release
17 Aug 2010
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