Red Steel 2 dev diary brings a sword to a gunfight

by David Hinkle { Oct 1st 2009 at 5:30PM }

Most of the doubt surrounding Red Steel 2 has to do with the swordplay -- and it's for good reason. The bandana'd thug-slashing permeating the entirety of its predecessor just flat out didn't work, most of us can surely agree. But this latest video diary shows how the addition of Wii MotionPlus has really changed the experience in the sequel, at least from a slashing and stabbing perspective. See for yourself in the footage above.

Tags: dev-diary, motionplus, red-steel, red-steel-2, ubisoft, ubisoft-montreal, wii-motionplus

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Obie @ Oct 1st 2009 5:34PM

"You wanna know how you do it? Here's how, they pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way!"

WREturns (Looking for a graphic designer) @ Oct 1st 2009 5:41PM

"How good of a sword fighter are you?"

Exactly.

Fernando Rocker @ Oct 1st 2009 5:46PM

Jason Vandenbergh look is very awesome... I wish I could grow up a moustache and beard like him.

ripslymemc @ Oct 1st 2009 5:55PM

Was that the guy with long hair?

Seriously, I was listening attentively the whole time to him, he's really good at explaining the game. Oh, and he has a pretty deep voice also. He should be a game announcer...and as weird as this might sound, I'd love to have him in my games.

Red Steel 2 looks great too!

Fernando Rocker @ Oct 1st 2009 6:01PM

Yeah, it was him...

When I buy Red Steel 2, I'm going to pretend that the main character is actually him...

=p

TheElderFrog @ Oct 1st 2009 5:49PM

"how good of a sword fighter are you?"

I'm glad the entire game isn't complete realistic sword fighting but it would be a cool side mini game:)

tuunicopapi @ Oct 1st 2009 5:51PM

so if i hold the Wiimote sideways it'll do the samething in the game!? =D now i really want this game!

Marco le Polo @ Oct 1st 2009 5:53PM

No speakers = FAIL

Adv2k1 @ Oct 1st 2009 6:01PM

I want multiplayer for this game. PLEASE include it.

Local and Online please.

It looks like a badass game but I don't want to spend $50 on a game that will only last me a dozen hours. Multiplayer in FPS games is mandatory unless you have a lengthy single player.

Mr. Fister @ Oct 1st 2009 6:21PM

Actually, I don't think multiplayer would work very well in Red Steel 2. It just doesn't have that whole "play with a friend" vibe to it at all, and besides, other FPS games (Metroid Prime, for example) lacked multiplayer and it still turned out to be really good.

Mr Khan @ Oct 1st 2009 6:29PM

It was an odd choice to exclude it. Part of the reasons that make me wonder why they bothered to call this Red Steel, since this new game is pretty much completely new, aside from the loose premises of east meets west and gun + sword

The only other reason i can think of is the original's million-seller status. Piggy-back a bit.

[ArchiGamer] [Soon to be a major religion] @ Oct 1st 2009 6:27PM

"For Cold Blooded Accuracy"

I can only say, SWEEEET!!

ill trooper @ Oct 1st 2009 7:07PM

I wish the 'tokyo/modern' motif of the first game was in this game too, I like that more than the wild west vibe, but it seems they're really doing their work to deliver the gameplay what people wanted in the first place, obviously not possible until the MotionPlus addition. Looks cool. I probably won't play it but I hope it does well.

And Joystiq, those ads along the bottom of the video are ANNOYING... God, I don't like where the internet is heading.