Dead to Rights II
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{{Short description|2005 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Dead to Rights II
|image = Dead to Rights II.jpg
|caption = PAL cover art featuring Jack Slate (top) and his pet and K-9 Shadow (bottom).
|developer = Widescreen Games (PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
Namco (PC)
|publisher = {{vgrelease|NA|Namco Hometek|EU|Electronic Arts{{cite web | url=https://www.eurogamer.net/news070305roundup | title=Monday News Roundup | website=Eurogamer | date=March 7, 2005 }}}}
|series = Dead to Rights
|engine = RenderWare
|platforms = PlayStation 2
Xbox
Windows
|released = PlayStation 2 & Xbox
{{vgrelease|NA|April 12, 2005|EU|October 28, 2005}}Windows
{{vgrelease|NA|August 15, 2005|EU|2005}}
|genre = Action, third-person shooter
|modes = Single-player
|designer =
}}
Dead to Rights II is a third-person action video game developed by Widescreen Games, published by Namco, and released in 2005. It is a prequel to Dead to Rights. A prequel to Dead to Rights II for the PlayStation Portable, titled Dead to Rights: Reckoning, was released in June 2005.
Gameplay
Dead to Rights II is primarily a third person action game with a focus on shooting and fist fighting.{{cite web |last=Kasavin |first=Greg |date=April 15, 2005 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/dead-to-rights-ii-review/1900-6122347/ |title=Dead to Rights II Review |website=GameSpot |accessdate=September 10, 2024}} Levels were designed for the player to be able to run and gun while providing the option to take cover and play more tactfully. The game uses an action camera which allows the player to target the nearest enemy without having to aim and would switch targets to the next enemy upon defeating the first. The targeting system is color coded to show how accurate and damaging a shot will be, red reflecting poor accuracy and damage and green indicating high accuracy and maximum damage.
The player can initiate a dive maneuver, where time slows down and the player can still shoot multiple targets, while consuming energy. Energy is a resource which replenishes after defeating an enemy, over time or disarming and enemy. It is used to dive, take human shields and get the players' canine companion to take enemies down and retrieve their weapons. The player has a wide variety of guns to choose from. While the player can not reload their weapon, when the gun is out of ammunition the player will drop that weapon and use one of the many other ones available.
There are explosives which can be shot to damage targets as well as grenades and explosive canisters the player can use to defeat enemies. The player can also vault over obstacles in the environment and use them for cover. The fist fighting segments take a back role to the shooting, but the player can perform melee kills and take downs and has a wide range of melee weapons to choose from.
Plot
A reputable judge Alfred McGuffin uncovers a citywide crime syndicate, and is kidnapped. The judge was a friend of Jack's father, so the cop is obligated to send a few hundred men to their graves in order to make things right. Before long, all hell breaks loose, so Jack and his K-9 cohort Shadow must take on a powerful mob in the fight of their lives to break the city's spiral of betrayal and corruption. In the end, the judge is murdered and although Jack gets the killer, goons of a high-ranking Russian crime lord named Blanchov get the judge's files. Jack's girlfriend Ruby is murdered by Blanchov and although Jack never retrieves the files (they were likely Hennesey's files from the first game), he goes after Blanchov for revenge. Jack kills Blanchov, but gets no satisfaction out of it knowing that Blanchov is just a highly placed puppet that can easily be replaced. Having lost Ruby, Jack has nothing to really live for anymore. Also he claims that who has him Dead to Rights as they got the files and he ended up with nothing.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| PS2 = true
| XBOX = true
| na = true
| Edge_XBOX = 3/10{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |title=Dead to Rights II (Xbox) |magazine=Edge |issue=153 |date=July 2005 |page=91}}
| EGM_PS2 = 4.83/10{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=Dead to Rights II |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |issue=192 |date=June 2005 |page=99}}
| EuroG_PS2 = 6/10{{cite web |last=Coxall |first=Martin |date=November 8, 2005 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_deadtorights2_ps2 |title=Dead to Rights 2 (PS2) |website=Eurogamer |accessdate=March 28, 2016 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408211934/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_deadtorights2_ps2 |url-status=live }}
| GI_PS2 = 5/10{{cite magazine |last=Miller |first=Matt |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/FE7449E8-F479-48E5-A0F6-8D4803978ADB.htm |title=Dead to Rights 2 [sic] |magazine=Game Informer |issue=146 |date=June 2005 |page=126 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051104062851/http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/FE7449E8-F479-48E5-A0F6-8D4803978ADB.htm |archive-date=November 4, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=March 28, 2016}}
| GamePro_PS2 = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |author=Manny LaMancha |date=April 13, 2005 |url=http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/44370.shtml |title=Dead to Rights II: Hell to Pay |magazine=GamePro |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050415052645/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/44370.shtml |archivedate=April 15, 2005 |url-status=dead |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}
| GamePro_XBOX = {{Rating|3|5}}
| GameRev_PS2 = D{{cite web |last=Gee |first=Brian |date=May 10, 2005 |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/dead-to-rights-2 |title=Dead to Rights 2 [sic] Review |publisher=Game Revolution |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}
| GSpy_PS2 = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Fischer |first=Russ |date=April 20, 2005 |url=http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/dead-to-rights-ii-hell-to-pay/606276p1.html |title=GameSpy: Dead To Rights II (PS2) |publisher=GameSpy |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051217224032/http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/dead-to-rights-ii-hell-to-pay/606276p1.html |archivedate=December 17, 2005 |url-status=dead |accessdate=March 28, 2016}}
| IGN_PS2 = 6.8/10{{cite web |last=Clayman |first=David |date=April 12, 2005 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/04/13/dead-to-rights-ii |title=Dead to Rights II |website=IGN |accessdate=March 28, 2016 |archive-date=April 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409074821/http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/04/13/dead-to-rights-ii |url-status=live }}
| OPM_PS2 = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Dead to Rights II |magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |date=July 2005 |page=76}}
| OXM_XBOX = 6.3/10{{cite magazine |title=Dead to Rights II |magazine=Official Xbox Magazine |date=June 2005 |page=74}}
| MC_PS2 = 51/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/dead-to-rights-ii/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2 |title=Dead to Rights II for PlayStation 2 Reviews |website=Metacritic |accessdate=March 28, 2016 |archive-date=March 29, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250329143905/https://www.metacritic.com/game/dead-to-rights-ii/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2 |url-status=live }}
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The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions received "mixed" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.
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