Sierra Spring Break: 50 Cent II
2008-04-30 10:27:57 by Snoopers
Sierra Spring Break still, and now it's time to talk about 50 Cent II: Blood in the Sand. There a galery of images of course, but I can also share my first impressions with you since I attended a gameplay presentation of the game. Besides the 50 Cent character that you're free to like or hate, I was quite impressed by the gameplay, a cool mix of Gears of War's hide'n pop action style and The Club totally arcade-ish scoring system. It looked really solid and surprising. never judge a game on its cover !
Update: Added the trailer, so ridiculous and over the top it's awesome.
1 linked game : 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
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Since 1333 Days
2008-04-30 19:35:08
looks good....but people will hate this game no matter what coz of 50 cent
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Since 1215 Days
2008-04-30 21:27:33 In reply to Dangerous (2008-04-30 19:35:08)
Since 1222 Days
2008-04-30 22:29:09
This game looks fucking intense. That trailer was the mutts nuts. Seriously.
Stop attacking the game just because 50 is tied into it. That's like hating Viva Pinata just because it has pinatas in. Or not playing Half Life 2 because you don't like scientists.
Seems like the devs actually put some work into this game.
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marketing
Since 1003 Days
2008-04-30 23:46:21
seriously WTF
thugs with terrorist, what is gaming nowadays
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Bernard Pavot
Since 514 Days
2008-04-30 23:58:44
The day they announce Batman in a Mortal Kombat game, I can finally retire from videogaming.
Wait...they did.
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Since 1215 Days
2008-05-01 00:46:02 In reply to cooleo_no1 (2008-04-30 22:29:09)
Stop attacking the game just because 50 is tied into it. That's like hating Viva Pinata just because it has pinatas in. Or not playing Half Life 2 because you don't like scientists.
Seems like the devs actually put some work into this game.
Since 379 Days
2008-05-01 10:20:10 In reply to cooleo_no1 (2008-04-30 22:29:09)
Stop attacking the game just because 50 is tied into it. That's like hating Viva Pinata just because it has pinatas in. Or not playing Half Life 2 because you don't like scientists.
Seems like the devs actually put some work into this game.
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Since 1222 Days
2008-05-01 14:11:21 In reply to Corellianrogue (2008-05-01 10:20:10)
Ok you're still not really getting my point.
It's not about who the character is, as the story is already so ridiculous that you know you're not meant to take it seriously.
It just looks like a bit of fun.
Also, I'm not even sure if 50 cent has done any crimes. He seems like the sort of guy to just say he's done lots of stuff and then stroll to the bank as all his followers relentlessly buy trainers with his name.
Since 252 Days
2008-05-01 14:36:05
Your not getting there point, he gets royalties that he does not deserve.
Since 379 Days
2008-05-01 17:17:20 In reply to cooleo_no1 (2008-05-01 14:11:21)
It's not about who the character is, as the story is already so ridiculous that you know you're not meant to take it seriously.
It just looks like a bit of fun.
Also, I'm not even sure if 50 cent has done any crimes. He seems like the sort of guy to just say he's done lots of stuff and then stroll to the bank as all his followers relentlessly buy trainers with his name.
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Stacy>>>>>>>>>>Fergie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne0rqn_VAOE
Kids Incorporated (original members)>>>>>>>>>>Any band since! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gbcgNhYC7M
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Since 1215 Days
2008-05-01 19:48:23 In reply to spearchukka (2008-05-01 14:36:05)
Frankly, I'd pick up a gun and start shooting people if they stole my crystal skull too. This game is going to rock. Don't worry, I'll by three copies to make up for your lack of interest--and I'll make the money back slinging rock.
PS. Your name is f'n racist. Oh, and you're MTYF. Neat.
Since 1222 Days
2008-05-02 02:23:22
Crime is something people do when they need money (most of the time).
In order to prevent 50 cent from needing money and therefore resorting to crime, I suggest you buy this game.
Argue against that. I dare you. =)
Since 379 Days
2008-05-02 04:39:42 In reply to GriftGFX (2008-05-01 19:48:23)
Frankly, I'd pick up a gun and start shooting people if they stole my crystal skull too. This game is going to rock. Don't worry, I'll by three copies to make up for your lack of interest--and I'll make the money back slinging rock.
PS. Your name is f'n racist. Oh, and you're MTYF. Neat.
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Stacy>>>>>>>>>>Fergie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne0rqn_VAOE
Kids Incorporated (original members)>>>>>>>>>>Any band since! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gbcgNhYC7M
Since 379 Days
2008-05-02 04:48:48 In reply to cooleo_no1 (2008-05-02 02:23:22)
In order to prevent 50 cent from needing money and therefore resorting to crime, I suggest you buy this game.
Argue against that. I dare you. =)
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Stacy>>>>>>>>>>Fergie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne0rqn_VAOE
Kids Incorporated (original members)>>>>>>>>>>Any band since! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gbcgNhYC7M
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Since 1215 Days
2008-05-02 05:16:38 In reply to Corellianrogue (2008-05-02 04:39:42)
But hey, if you feel like judging people beyond the capacity of the state, that's your business. Maybe you're right, and we should kill everyone who has ever sold drugs or carried a weapon without a permit. That's justice!
50 Cent is the reason that there's crime, after all.
PS. I'm as white as they come, and I'm pretty certain that 50 Cent has never been convicted of murder, so you must know something that we don't.
Junior Detective
Since 1190 Days
2008-05-02 07:54:30
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Since 379 Days
2008-05-02 10:53:31 In reply to GriftGFX (2008-05-02 05:16:38)
But hey, if you feel like judging people beyond the capacity of the state, that's your business. Maybe you're right, and we should kill everyone who has ever sold drugs or carried a weapon without a permit. That's justice!
50 Cent is the reason that there's crime, after all.
PS. I'm as white as they come, and I'm pretty certain that 50 Cent has never been convicted of murder, so you must know something that we don't.
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Stacy>>>>>>>>>>Fergie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne0rqn_VAOE
Kids Incorporated (original members)>>>>>>>>>>Any band since! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gbcgNhYC7M
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Since 1215 Days
2008-05-02 11:07:35
Maybe you should quit gaming instead. I hear Jack Thompson needs an assistant.
I'm not a big fan of the supposed "war on drugs" either, so I think you're wasting your breath. Never mind the fact that ex-convicts have rights and you make it sound like the majority of convicted criminals should be executed or detained for life. Completion of a criminal sentence and parole implies some sort of rehabilitation into society, you don't seem to understand that--if you're free, you're free, and you're not a criminal unless you're convicted of a subsequent crime. Ever hear the term, "innocent until proven guilty?" Apparently not, considering how you choose to judge the man for what he could have done--You have an interesting understanding of justice.
Plus, if 50 Cent killed my best friend by selling him some bad shit, my friend should be in prison anyway.. or maybe just shot in the street eh? Because god knows that recreational drug users and addicts are criminals, and the strong arm of the law is exactly what they need to make them better..
Boy am I glad you don't make the rules. Our prisons are already overcrowded, but then again most of those people deserve to die anyway!
PS. While I do enjoy a fair amount of rap, gangsta rap even, I'm not a big fan of 50 Cent or G-Unit--but this game looks hilariously bad. The premise is something straight out of an oldschool arcade game. This is like a b-movie--it's so bad that it's awesome. I would never buy this, that's for sure, but I'd sure as hell play it.
But you know what's really criminal? Not using paragraph breaks.
Since 379 Days
2008-05-02 15:46:43
ALL ILLEGAL DRUG USERS ARE CRIMINALS!!! WHY CAN'T YOU GET THAT THROUGH YOU THICK SKULL??? Are "recreational" serial killers OK by you too? "50 Cent" should have never left jail so don't give me any of that "he did his time" crap. He kept re-offending and getting sent back to jail so he obviously wasn't rehabilitated and the most likely reason he isn't in jail right now is because he's become famous. (Although it wouldn't surprise me if he gets arrested again any day, although even if he does they'll go easy on him because not only is he a celebrity but I'm sure he's got plenty of people to pay off police, prosecutors and judges or threaten them and their families depending on whether they're corrupt or not.) Not only should scum like him not be walking the streets but they sure as hell shouldn't be millionaires and preaching their filth all over TV and radio, let alone videogames! If he's given his freedom then every single penny he earns, minus just enough for food and rent, should go towards the victims of crime. Oh, and by the way, the victims of drugs aren't the users like all the politically correct retards want everybody to believe, they're the rest of society who DON'T sell or use drugs. And who cares if the prisons are overcrowded? That just proves my point that there are too many criminals around and not enough is being done to prevent crime altogether. (Like ridding the world of drugs and not letting people like "50 Cent" corrupt society by promoting them and their crimes in the media.) As for the Jack Thompson crap, since when did I say that videogames were bad?? I said making a videogame about a criminal where he's the hero and that criminal getting paid for it is bad. How would you feel if there was a game where your character was Hitler and neo Nazi's got royalties from the game? Or how about Super Bin Laden Brothers or Suicide Bomberman with all profits going to Al Qaeda? If you don't agree with that happening then you're a hypocrite but if you do agree with that then you're total scum. So what are you, hypocrite or scum? (Or, more likely, both?)
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Kids Incorporated (original members)>>>>>>>>>>Any band since! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gbcgNhYC7M
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Since 1215 Days
2008-05-02 18:27:00 In reply to Corellianrogue (2008-05-02 15:46:43)
Thankfully, you're the one on the fringe here.. because if you did make the rules, half the world would probably be in prison or dead by now, and boy, that would really make society a better place.. people would be guilty by default, and concepts like reform would never be a part of punishment.
For what it's worth, which is likely nothing to you, I just think the "b-movie" nature of this game is rather hilarious. I would actually agree to a certain degree that the glorification of certain crimes in that culture is no good, especially for children or people who can't differentiate fantasy from reality.. but lets not pretend that there aren't plenty of games (which is where that "Jack Thompson crap" comes into play) and movies that walk that same line with or without 50 Cent's help. You certainly can't be okay with the glamor of crime in a game like Grand Theft Auto either.. but hey, if that's the case.. that's cool too.
Anyway.. I didn't mean to get you all hot and bothered. You're entitled to your opinions and you should take comfort in knowing that very few people here (like, next to no one) is going to buy this game anyway. I know I sure as hell won't.
I'm done here. You win.
Since 379 Days
2008-05-03 17:53:56 In reply to GriftGFX (2008-05-02 18:27:00)
Anyway.. I didn't mean to get you all hot and bothered. You're entitled to your opinions and you should take comfort in knowing that very few people here (like, next to no one) is going to buy this game anyway. I know I sure as hell won't.
I'm done here. You win.
1. Just because someone completes their parole doesn't mean they suddenly become a good person or, like I said before, their crime(s) and consequences of their crime(s) are erased.
2. Criminals serve however long the prison sentence is they are given (or in too many cases, no time at all) by the judge (or in the occasional case the government, no I'm not talking about just terrorists I'm referring to cases like the Jamie Bulger case here in the UK you may or may not of heard about and I'm on the fence about governments being involved in sentencing although I agreed with Jamie Bulger's killers getting their sentences extended) and they, the defence and the prosecution use the law to come up with the final sentence. However law and justice are not the same thing and quite often justice is not done, whether it's a guilty person geting off scott free (or only getting a fraction of the punishment they deserve) or an innocent person being punished.
3. If I was in charge I doubt half the world would be in prison or dead. For a start I wouldn't be in charge of the world as I've never in my life said that 1 person should be in charge of the whole world, let alone in my posts. If I pretend you said country instead of world for a second then I still doubt that half of the country would be in prison or dead. For a start I wouldn't re-introduce the death penalty unless the rest of the public wanted it. (I'd probably give the country a referendum.) There would probably be more people in jail to begin with (although there would most likely be some people set free too) but once my policies really kicked in their would be less crime so therefore less people in jail.
3. It isn't the gameplay I object to in this game it's 50 Cent's involvement. I have no problem with "violence" in videogames because all it is at the end of the day is a game game of skill were you try to get your pixels to beat opposing pixels. Of course people like Jack Thompson will say that it's glorifying real life violence as the graphics in certain games clearly display guns and punching and kicking etc however I'd disagree with that as long as the hero character isn't really doing anything wrong and is just defending themselves or in the case of something like Halo or Call Of Duty is part of a group who have to defeat the bad guys. However, if there are games where your character is supposed to do bad things like say kill innocent people or perform other illegal acts that aren't being done for a good reason (like maybe a game that includes breaking into somewhere to collect evidence againt the bad guys) then I'd be against those games. So, yes, I an against the Grand Theft Auto games and think it's a shame that such groundbreaking technology and gameplay is first being used in such a game. In fact the technological and gameplay experience sounds so good that I would like to try it from that perspective so will probably play it when my brother can get it (it's completely sold out everywhere, at least on the Xbox360, if you haven't noticed, lol!) even if I don't buy it myself. The difference between the Grand Theft Auto games and 50 Cent 2 is that it's not promoting a real life criminal and hopefully crime isn't funded by it. (I don't know if any of the developer's employees have a criminal record, let alone have committed crimes as bad as 50 Cent, but even if any do I'm sure nobody buying the game knows about them so at least they're not knowingly giving money to criminals or funding crime.) By the way, 1 exception to what I said about doing good or bad things in the game is games that gives you the choice between good and evil, then it's it's purely the player who decides the morality of the game. In fact I was actually torn over The Force Unleashed as I love Star Wars but don't want to have to play the bad guy. However Lucasarts have hinted at a few things that have made me feel a bit better about the game. (I won't say what I think they were hinting at but it's pretty obvious if you've heard/read what they've said, lol!)
4. I'm glad you're not planning on buying this game, but it's unfortunate your choice is based on the wrong reasons. In fact why aren't you planning on buying the game? Apart from 50 Cent's involvement the game looks pretty good from the videos I've seen and I don't think games should be judged (ethical reasons aside) until either you can play them or at least until they're almost finished unless they look so awful when first shown that you don't think they could possibly be salvaged. Then again maybe I shouldn't have said that on this game's comments as it might encourage more people to buy it, DOH!
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Stacy>>>>>>>>>>Fergie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne0rqn_VAOE
Kids Incorporated (original members)>>>>>>>>>>Any band since! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gbcgNhYC7M
Since 1222 Days
2008-05-05 19:11:29
Haha. Oh deary dear.
Look out everyone, only one opinion is allowed on this website!
Seriously though, your final point is practically what I've been trying to say this whole time. Only you've been too busy picturing me as a 50 Cent-loving (and therefore crime-committing) member of society. I've got some bad news for you, I'm not actually a fan of 50 cent. I'm a fan of video games.
This video game looks pretty good. Case closed.
Take your wholly unsupported claims elsewhere, along with your warped sense of justice. Let's talk about games.
Since 379 Days
2008-05-05 21:19:07
My final point was about gameplay however I don't think this game should have ever been made and everybody who buys a copy is funding crime. I understand that you can't judge a game's gameplay by character in it even if you don't like them however this goes way beyond just not liking someone as the guy is a convicted criminal who should still be locked up! And they're not wildly unsupported claims, they're (well known) facts!:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/262...
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2ptunvk&s=3
http://z.about.com/d/crime/1/0/_/8/50cent.jpg
The guy is scum and anybody who defends him is scum, period. By the way, people who support 50 Cent and his videogames are just giving ammunition to people like Jack Thompson because he can say "Oh look at these awful videogames, not only do they have ficticious criminal main characters in games like Grand Theft Auto but now they have real-life criminal main characters like 50 Cent and they fund crime!" And maybe he'll manage to get more restrictions placed on perfectly innocent videogames because of it. Do you want that??? Despite what you might think I don't want lots of censorship in games, I just don't want blatent evil, immorality and criminality condoned or promoted in games or funded by them. You can have a villain and enemies who are the most evil and sadistic characters ever created and there can be the most violent and gruesome scenes ever seen in a videogame or even movie, just so long as you play the good guy who gets to blow the scum away or beat the crap out of them! And I don't see how wanting to get rid of crime and having the guilty punished and the innocent left alone is a warped sense of justice, what on earth is your idea of justice? Letting all criminals roam the streets doing whatever they want to whoever they want without any fear of punishment and silencing all innocent people who are opposed to it??? I'm so sorry that I have morals and stick to them no matter what but you'll just have to deal with it as I'm not going to change.
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Stacy>>>>>>>>>>Fergie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne0rqn_VAOE
Kids Incorporated (original members)>>>>>>>>>>Any band since! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gbcgNhYC7M