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interesting

Drew, always enjoyed your presence on the site over the years, how you played all different kinds of games, and your commentary. Best wishes on your future goals.

Disagree with a lot of this because the game really did have some unique features, but at least you gave your reasons. The games aren't entirely amazing, but some people just dismiss these games based on the history around them. You didn't talk about the really innovative multiplayer modes. The trailers for the game are great and give a good sense of the atmosphere. TrailerTrailer

For some alternative and more favorable retrospectives on Kane and Lynch 2:

https://www.inverse.com/article/16496-enough-with-hitman-already-it-s-time-for-kane-lynch-3

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/why-i-love-kane-and-lynch-2-dog-days

http://xanderkishblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/kane-and-lynch-2-anti-shooter-before.html

http://www.pcgamer.com/revisiting-the-bleak-bloody-world-of-kane-lynch-2/

And the first game:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-21-kane-and-lynch-dead-men-retrospective

There characters and atmosphere were some of the most interesting and unique of this genre. The two voice actors were great, and so was the interaction between the characters. Unlike some other companies games, it doesn't play too heavily into obvious movie references but only just uses just enough influence. There were some slightly funny moments in the game as well.

The gameplay was basic 3rd person action, nothing really bad but not amazing or anything, however the atmosphere voice acting really added to the game. The multiplayer did have great modes.

For many fans of Max Payne 1 and 2, the 3rd game was too big of a departure in style, tone, and writing. That makes sense because it had a different developer on it. Max Payne 3 just felt like it was trying to make some blatent, and wasn't as coherent with it's narrative.

The developers from this company really do have an interesting way of story telling and building game worlds and narratives. A third game that finishes out the story of Kane and Lynch with the same voice actors would be interesting.

Ryan was a great part of this website and always made enjoyable videos and podcast and seemed like a nice guy.

Heat had a great soundtrack and dialogue. The Town wasn't bad, but it just seems over the top in comparison.

Can you buy premium with those prepaid cards you get at convenience stores? (US) Does anyone know of a specific card that works?

@mb: I was thinking that it may have been something along those lines, and after double checking, it appears that may be the case. However, I'm quite sure I've read about people claiming they are paying for 50 megabytes and get 25 megabytes download (about half what is advertised), or paying for 105 and getting about 50.

The cable internet I'm paying for is supposed to be 25mbs per second download (I know that is just a theoretical maximum). Using wifi on my 4 year old laptop from the wireless router, I average right around 2mbs per second. When I stand next to it, I get about 2.5mbps, and when I plug it into the router using Ethernet I get about 3mbs. This has been my average day or night for a long time.

Using one of those online speed tests I get around 20mbs download, but I never get close to that when I try to download a file. My router is a N150 which is supposed to be capable of 150Mbps.

Does this sound normal? I'm not expecting 25mbps but 2 is pretty far below that. Any idea if there's something I need to configure? I've tried restarting the modem. Thanks.