BBFC: Seriously, THQ is publishing 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

And I'm actually NOT sorry, but I thought I'd throw that out there because I fear that 50 Cent will come to my house and shoot me if I didn't... I'm sure that's how this game started development in the first place.

speak for yourself.

I want to try to sell the idea of how awesome this game will be to you, and I promise that I'm entirely serious:

It's Fiddy and G-unit and an armoured 4x4 fighting the war on terror. How is this not worth at least a rent?

@ Haggard

The fact that this game needs someone to explain its value does not bode well for its replay value... nor its monetary value.

I think it's entirely possible that this game may be the new canon of Western Civilization (in video game form). Seriously.

Yay! [+]'s for everyone in this comment line! :)

Seriously, does anyone want a game just because it has Fiddly in it?

Imagine that you don't know who 50 Cent is, and somebody told you you were looking at a trailer for Mercenaries 3 or something. It looks like just about everything you'd want in this sort of game. Yeah it could suck, but it looks fun.

I could take the argument "Seriously, does anyone want a game just because it has Fiddly in it?" and hand you the near-converse, "Why do you not want to consider a game's potential for 'fun' just because Fiddy's in it?"


And Wiizer... "The fact that this game needs someone to explain its value does not bode well for its replay value... nor its monetary value."

Eh, buddy, people are just trying to help you out from potentially missing out on something that might be great tongue-in-cheek ridiculous fun. As for explaining 'a point' to it's value, I think you're missing the entire point yourself: the 'value' here is that this game has one of the top-selling music stars from the last decade as its brand, something that will reach out and connect to more people that are less than die-hard videogame blog readers, setting it apart from generic versions of the same game type, as well as probably having a bangin' soundtrack if you buy into the whole 50 Cent 'brand' in the first place.

Paraphrasing an old quote: "Those who need an explanation will never understand, while those who understand will need no explanation."

If you take out the Fiddly branding then it gets even worse. You're left with what looks like a ridiculous Gear of War shooter with some God of War quick-time kills. All done in a Middle East setting.

With so many games to play what on earth makes this stand up out of the muck?

yeah, kiss had psycho circus

My problem with the game is that it is not merely a licensed property but a vehicle to fuel 50 Cent's ego. He is a badass superman mowing down the bad guys with his assault rifle. Tough attitudes always rub me the wrong way.

Also, Def Jam Vendetta was a well received game.

or maybe everyone hates it because this is the series that proved that people will eat anything up as long as it has the face of a mainstream 'artist' on the cover.

Did you seriously say that people that hate rap automatically are racist?

I hate, neigh, LOATHE rap cos it's just people talking all this crap about how many chicks they've done and who they did last night and how smooth they tried to be and how sexy the girls are and all the music videos and songs are derogatory to women.

But am I racist? No. I just have a proper taste in what actually classifies as 'music'.

BIGFAT

its called rap not rape

@ Bowser

Eminem pwns 50 Cent all the way imho, but he doesn't act like a "gangsta who can fuck everbody up, niggas and hos!" so the analogy of replacing 50 Cent with him going to fight in Iraq isn't very smart.

Rape music eh? DO NOT WANT.

Maybe some of the rejection has to do with the fact that it's yet another ego-building exercise for a misogynistic, homophobic, arsehole that seems proud that he's pissed off enough people to get shot 8 times.

That was the dumbest thing I think anyone has ever said. May God have mercy on your soul.

"But am I racist? No. I just have a proper taste in what actually classifies as 'music'."

...LAME. If you were open to different kinds of music you'd know that that's not what rap and hip hop are, and that to take what is popular in the mainstream and act as though that's all that the genre is... well, I could do that right now by saying ALL music sucks.

Yeah, mainstream hip hop sucks. From your definition, though, it's incredibly obvious that you have no experience with it outside of the mainstream and that you're quick to generalize a whole genre. And that ticks me off a bit. Especially since there are plenty of quality artists out there who never get the recognition they deserve 'cuz of folks like you.

TFoK has a valid point, I'm quite strongly into metal but I wouldn't dream of listening to any of the 'metal' that gets played on MTV and gets into the charts.

And I have a friend who's into rap and the stuff he listens to (and I have as well) is obscure and nearly without exception pretty good.

BURRRRRN!!!

I paid 27p for a tape of MC Hammer's 'please hammer, don't hurt 'em'. I find it a source of constant amusement that this was about 50 Cent at the time.

Mark Rein liked it. I think this game will be very good compared to what everyone is expecting.

Resistance it can't possibly be as bad as people are expecting, it's physically impossible.

Read that as 'Resistance can't be as bad..'

Five seconds of confusion ensued.

I would disagree, it's by a man who has time and time again proven his abstract brilliance, and has a pretty original concept.

no the harder the better

Hey! Typos are no laughing matter, young man! Stop loling this instant!

I think everyone is going to rent it and discover that it isnt a bad game at all

And that story is what is going to make it awesome. The movie Evil Dead had just as stupid storyline, and yet some hail it as the best B-movie ever.

Yeah, people don't play Sam and Max for its gritty portrayal of the human spirit.

It sounds like it's really not taking itself too seriously, and the gameplay I've seen has potential.

That's it, I'm gonna pre-order. That sounds too ridiculous to pass on

I was going to compliment you on coming up with a completely ridiculous storyline off the top of your head that made absolutely no sense. I didn't scroll all the way down because I was rolling with laughter. Then I read the btw, now I'm sad.

I think cowbane put it well above.