What Gamespot Users have to say about Shank
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Rating:9.5
Shank is a must play for any old school gamer, or someone just looking for a short fun experience.
________________________ [Good Points] Great Fast Paced action + Beautiful artistic background + interesting characters + good voice acting + co-op backstory campaign ________________________ [Bad Points] Short 4 hour... Read Full Review
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Rating:8.5
Shank, an awesome side-scrolling take no name or prisoners, hack and slash type of fun.
Shank on XBLA is an awesome side-scrolling hack and slash with plenty of blood and enemies to keep you occupied. The game play mechanics are great and the visual movements of your fighter taking apart an enemy is fun to ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:9
Makes you reminisce of the golden days of gaming...80's beat 'em up. Brillant.
This game brings back 'ol so good memories. You and a friend would join forces to punch, kick and grab someone and beat them like they stole something. You would do that for countless hours until it was time to leave and... Read Full Review
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Rating:6.5
The repetition of the hack and slash action makes bathing in the blood of your victims a little less rewarding.
Shank's revenge story might be a tale as old as time, but that is where the comparisons to a Disney film end. Instead it provides a gruesome blood bath of 2D side-scrolling violence that would do Quentin Tarantino proud... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:4.5
A shockingly bad internet casual quality disaster.
Looks - Animation poor and few frames. Character design, cartoony and only good for 2 minutes of laughter. Colours - only 3 used! Plot - Shouldn't have bothered with one. The game obviously didn't need one so the half... Read Full Review
1 of 10 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:8
Heavy Game but Light Weight as far as Length and Multiplayer Options.
Vengeance can be a scary thing nowadays. Pushing the right buttons can drive people to do the unthinkable. Vengeance seems to be video game companies' favorite plot. There is only one question to ask. Does Shank live... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:8.5
Fans of God of War and other hack-n'-slash titles will be greatly pleased, Shank entertains on many levels. No spoilers.
I have been following Shank for quite some time now; Ever since it's unveiling sometime around April 2009. The game is finally here, so I will break down different categories of the game to show it's pros and cons. G... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:9
Shank channels the greatest of 2D and 3D action games into one bloody grindhouse package
Shank is a 2D beat 'em up that channels (or recycles, depending on your view) the western aesthetic of certain grindhouse films and the storyline of Kill Bill. Despite an "unoriginal" premise, the game uses these element... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:9
Shank channels the greatest of 2D and 3D action games into one bloody grindhouse package
Shank is a 2D beat 'em up that channels (or recycles, depending on your view) the western aesthetic of certain grindhouse films and the storyline of Kill Bill. Despite an "unoriginal" premise, the game uses these element... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:7
Unique and Beautiful, yet surprisingly frustrating.
Shank is one of the coolest looking games I have seen in awhile, with combat that is quite fun....for the first hour. Don't get me wrong they did a good job on the combat, but after the first hour (and for some during it... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
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