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Posted on: Feb 25, 2009
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
WORDS BY: Francesca Reyes
Let’s settle one thing right now: 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand’s gonzo killing tour through a modern-day Middle Eastern city is even more high-fantasy than most JRPGs (catgirls included). If you’re willing to stomach the logic-defying weirdness of 50 Cent — and his chatty G-Unit cohorts — as some sort of RPG-toting, street-thug commando who can singlehandedly take on hundreds of military-trained badasses in gunships just to get paid, then you’re exactly the right gamer to appreciate Blood on the Sand as the pure dumb fun it is. After all, how could anyone be serious about a quest to recover a jewel-encrusted skull, used as payment for one of 50’s concerts, from some shady warlord? Only the crankiest of fussbuckets, we say.
Cramming together pilfered elements from both the Gears of War series and Sega’s The Club, Blood on the Sand’s action emphasizes the use of cover during gunfights and score multipliers earned by stringing together kills. Throw in online two-player co-op (your buddy suits up as one of three G-Unit members), and the result is fast-paced, shoot-’em-up, nine-chapter action that never slows down even for the sake of gameplay. During co-op, if you or your buddy are gunned down, you can be revived by your friend or vice versa — but you’ll never bleed out as long as they’re still alive. You’ll also auto-revive after a certain time has passed. We can’t stress enough that Blood on the Sand is meant to be played with a friend. If played alone, difficulty levels become unbalanced as the buddy A.I. plummets and grenadiers firebomb with uncanny accuracy.
And basically, without a friend, you’ve got no one to talk smack with about the deep questions this game poses: why the enemies all sorta look the same, why 50’s taunts are so-actually-not-taunts, how unintentionally funny the underlying “bros before hos” mentality of the “love interest” plot is, or just the overall cynicism of Blood on the Sand’s ridiculous premise. You’ll also have no one to remind you to leave your brain at the door and enjoy this game as it was meant to be taken — as a fairly well-built, over-the-top testosterone fantasy without all the fancy polish or (dare we say it?) smarts of, say, Gears of War, but still an incredibly satisfying shot in the arm for co-op addicts like us.
On Xbox 360
- Fast-paced, over-the-top dumb fun built for online co-op.
- Plenty of 50 Cent love for fans: videos, songs, and, well, him.
- Lacks overall polish; isn’t very balanced or fun in single-player.
- Does “I didn’t sign up for this sh*t” qualify as a taunt? (No.)
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 07:26
Posted by Tobby
'Lacks overall polish; isn’t very balanced or fun in single-player.'
I agree with this !
Seo Academy
Xbox 360
Sat, 10/17/2009 - 20:58
Posted by wickland
Yeah this one was a bummer. Normally when you take people in the real world like 50 cents, it turns out being a dink of a game, unless it's like guitar hero or something, not war games.
Sun, 03/15/2009 - 14:37
Posted by astew1975
50 should just stick to rapping, oh he isnt good at that either....oopps my bad, did I say that outloud?.
Killing isn't a means of retribution, but a means of pleasure!
Mon, 03/09/2009 - 17:25
Posted by superhobo233
rough review
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 15:31
Posted by N0Sc0P3dKiLLA00
Still looks okay though
Sat, 02/28/2009 - 19:51
Posted by Wapata
I agree wholeheartedly with Limmzz or whatever the hell his name was