Shellshock 2: Blood Trails

Shellshock 2: Blood Trails is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Eidos Interactive for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is a sequel to Shellshock: Nam '67.

Shellshock 2: Blood Trails
Developer(s)Rebellion Developments
Publisher(s)Eidos Interactive
Producer(s)John Walsh
Designer(s)Keith Ledger
Artist(s)Daryl Clewlow
Composer(s)Martin Iveson
Ben McCullough
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release
  • EU: 13 February 2009
  • NA: 24 February 2009
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot

The plot revolves around a special operations team led by Sergeant Caleb "Cal" Walker, who vanished after being sent into the jungles of Cambodia to retrieve a mysterious cargo known as Whiteknight, which was lost after a U.S. transport plane was shot down by a North Vietnamese Air Force jet. Cal lost his men to the earliest victims of Whiteknight, the downed U.S. plane crew. Cal was infected with the virus that he meant to secure.

One month after the event, Cal comes out of the jungle alone, only to be captured and brought to a U.S. base in the Pleiku Highlands. Cal's newly drafted younger brother, Private Nathaniel "Nate" Walker was brought by Sgt. Jack Griffin to the base in order to extract info regarding Whiteknight from his deranged brother. Unfortunately, Cal was able to escape after killing some soldiers during a Viet Cong attack on Pleiku. The joint Viet Cong-North Vietnamese Army attack was orchestrated by Nguyen Van Trang, a VC officer sent to capture Cal.

Nate, with help of Griffin, and GIs that he met along the way, must hunt down Cal, moving from Pleiku to an old temple in Cambodia. Nate is also tasked to stop Nguyen Trang and his comrades from capturing Cal. Nate, through the course of his journey, combats those infected with Whiteknight, the VC, and NVA.

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic(PC) 40/100[1]
(PS3) 35/100[2]
(X360) 30/100[3]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Eurogamer2/10[4]
GameSpot(PC) 5.5/10[5]
4/10[6][7]
GamesRadar+[8]
IGN4.6/10[9]
VideoGamer.com3/10[10]

Shellshock 2: Blood Trails received "generally unfavorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[1][2][3]

References
  1. "Shellshock 2: Blood Trails for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  2. "Shellshock 2: Blood Trails for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  3. "Shellshock 2: Blood Trails Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  4. Bramwell, Tom (16 February 2009). "Shellshock 2: Blood Trails". Eurogamer. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  5. Todd, Brett (27 February 2009). "Shellshock 2: Blood Trails Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  6. Todd, Brett (12 March 2009). "Shellshock 2: Blood Trails". GameSpot. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  7. Todd, Brett (12 March 2009). "Shellshock 2: Blood Trails". GameSpot. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  8. Dean, Ian (25 February 2009). "Shellshock 2: Blood Trails review". GamesRadar. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  9. Brudvig, Erik (2 March 2009). "Shellshock 2 Review". IGN. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  10. Orry, Tom (16 February 2009). "Shellshock 2: Blood Trails Review". VideoGamer.com. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
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