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So psyched for this!! Also, this feels surreal; I'm referring to reading a preview for Kane & Lynch 2 on Giant Bomb.

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" I think Jeff is trying to avoid the controversy so just STFU if you respect Jeff. "

are we gonna see a Kane and Lynch website skin on giamtbomb with the review that trashes it?

Looks kind of plain to me.  

I'm hoping K&L2 impresses us actually. And on the subject of K&L1, that hasn't come up explicitly on giantbomb.com yet, and I don't think it ever will. It doesn't need to either. If Jeff can look forward to K&L2 without getting mad about the past, no one else should.

Things that were objectively kind of shit about Kane & Lynch:
 

• Cover mechanic
  Felt loose and sloppy. Just walking up behind cover and hoping that you'll stick to it is evidently not the best solution. Need button.
  
  
• AI
  Just plain garbage on both sides. For the majority of the game it wasn't particularly bothersome, but as the game ramps up near the end, and you feel the need to rely on your squad and ordering them around, it all falls apart.
  
  
• Weak weapons
  Having taken inspiration from Michael Mann movies, it's just plain weird how they managed to get this so wrong. There's very little oomph or intensity and the bullet spread is crazy.

" I'm hoping K&L2 impresses us actually. And on the subject of K&L1, that hasn't come up explicitly on giantbomb.com yet, and I don't think it ever will. It doesn't need to either. If Jeff can look forward to K&L2 without getting mad about the past, no one else should. "

That's what I call "an enthusiast journalistic impression". Word.

Wow, your previewing this game...

kane and lynch? ON MY GIANTBOMB! NEVAR!

First of all, it was never actually reported this game, Io, or Eidos had anything to do with that situation.  It's hearsay to talk about it as fact, unless you were there in the offices of CNET.  So bringing that up is just fodder for the internet as a font of bullshit and unsubstantiated rumors.  I'd also bet that Jeff would be the first to say that it was the best thing that happened to him, since now he's in control of a site that is about playing games for fun, not selling them with reviews.
 
Aside from that, the first game had some merit, the idea was strong and it pulled no punches with its vision of bad men doing bad things.  The story was fresh and at times the game was cool and did what hadn't been done in a game before.  The street shootouts were visceral and still remain one of the few highlights of the game.  It's only flaw was a rushed release that caused what should have been polished and refined to remain rough and sometimes broken.  Had it been given a few months it likely would have been remembered differently.
 
I hope this game gets it right and is allowed to show that Io are capable of some great gaming.  Freedom Fighters is proof of that.

I'm kind of interested to see the game in action, based up on how different some of the visual effects were explained.  Hey, if fast-zooms and solar flares worked for Firefly's interesting visual concept for a show; then some different things could work here.  Then again, it has to play well first. We'll see.

There's no controversy here, Jeff isn't the source of this "controversy," the controversy revolves around companies like GameSpot and Ziff Davis. If anything we should be looking to see who's going to review this game over there, not here.

Jeff, you made me excited about this coverage and your upcoming coverage of it. This is going to be great. :D

I hope this one comes out for the PC like the first did. It looks interesting enough to try out.

Let's face it, without all the comotion about the first game, we would never have Giant Bomb. 
I'm glad this site exists.

Do you people really think that Jeff would be anything but professional about this?  Yes, the first game has been forever tainted by its involvement in Gerstmanngate - Jeff himself has acknowledged that.  But neither Eidos, nor IO had anything to do with him being fired.  The whole shebang was all CNET's doing, and Jeff has nothing to gain from giving Kane & Lynch 2 a biassed or unfair review (if he even reviews it; if I were him, I'd have someone else do it solely because no matter what he thinks of it, if he's involved in the review, there's going to be backlash).  The whole "LOL KANE AND LYNCH" thing is getting as played out as "this or that" threads, China on my watch and whining about Gamespot.

Feeling nostalgic Jeff?

I don't even know who has the authority to fire jeff anymore!

Jesus, Gerstmann just give the people what they want.  
tell the people how you feel about the whole thing and how it wont effect Kane and Lynch 2 and be done with it.  
it'll only take a paragraph.  
quit pretending the whole Giantbomb community and Video Game Journalist world ain't staring at this K and L 2 preview with a microscope. 
get it outta the way so we can move on. 
and apologize for not liking Coldplay while youre at it. 

Did you just say you're looking forward to checking this game out? Dude, way to completely talk crap about this game! How can this site possibly exist when you dis a game we endorse with ads like crazy? You're fired! AGAIN!

There's an elephant in the room but we all know it doesn't really matter anymore. Bring on the coverage Mr. Gerstmann.

It doesn't seem to change enough from the first game to make it interesting. But maybe I'll be wrong.
 
Also, let's calm down with the whole GameSpot stuff. If Jeff wants to talk about it, he'll talk about it, though I doubt he does. The past is in the past. Let's leave it that way and get over it. Making references to it, I admit, is fun but stupid shit like this:
 
@Duckbutter said:

" Jesus, Gerstmann just give the people what they want.   tell the people how you feel about the whole thing and how it wont effect Kane and Lynch 2 and be done with it.   it'll only take a paragraph.   quit pretending the whole Giantbomb community and Video Game Journalist world ain't staring at this K and L 2 preview with a microscope.  get it outta the way so we can move on.  and apologize for not liking Coldplay while youre at it.  "

" Jesus, Gerstmann just give the people what they want.   tell the people how you feel about the whole thing and how it wont effect Kane and Lynch 2 and be done with it.   it'll only take a paragraph.   quit pretending the whole Giantbomb community and Video Game Journalist world ain't staring at this K and L 2 preview with a microscope.  get it outta the way so we can move on.  and apologize for not liking Coldplay while youre at it.  "

" @TheJollyRajah said:

" I think Jeff is trying to avoid the controversy so just STFU if you respect Jeff. "

seconded, if jeff doesn't find it worth mentioning, let it go. "

I really want this game to be good. Kane and Lynch are awesome characters that really deserved to be in a better game.
 
And if it wasn't for Kane and Lynch, we wouldn't have Giant Bomb...the best goddamn gaming website EVER.

If Jeff wants to talk about it, he'll talk about it

I like the visual style. Sort of a faux low-fi thing going on.

Yes, YES!  I want to play this game!

I wonder if whoever is gonna review this for Gamespot will give it a 10.0 for fear of being fired like Jeff haha, so funny seeing this on Giantbomb.

" It doesn't seem to change enough from the first game to make it interesting. But maybe I'll be wrong.
 
Also, let's calm down with the whole GameSpot stuff. If Jeff wants to talk about it, he'll talk about it, though I doubt he does. The past is in the past. Let's leave it that way and get over it. Making references to it, I admit, is fun but stupid shit like this:
 

@Duckbutter

said:

" Jesus, Gerstmann just give the people what they want.   tell the people how you feel about the whole thing and how it wont effect Kane and Lynch 2 and be done with it.   it'll only take a paragraph.   quit pretending the whole Giantbomb community and Video Game Journalist world ain't staring at this K and L 2 preview with a microscope.  get it outta the way so we can move on.  and apologize for not liking Coldplay while youre at it.  "

is not necessary. There's no reason for him to tell any of how he feels about this. This is a preview for Kane & Lynch 2. What may or may not have happened with the original has nothing to do with that. "

real irony in this being posted by jeff. it makes me wonder why they would bother to make a second following the first awful game, and the controversy surrounding it. some things cant be fixed, though maybe they'll prove otherwise.

I wonder how many people posting 'K&L was awful' actually played it.

first of all, i liked the first game.
second, if i were jeff i would be thanking the first game because without it the most awesome video game site today would not exist so, thank you kane and lynch, thank you fo your awfull cover system and shooting :)

" I wonder how many people posting 'K&L was awful' actually played it. "

meh. Nothing interesting catching my eye with this game.

if they didn't improve the gameplay drastically including the aiming i will pass, the aiming was atrocious on both console and PC and had many flaws, i enjoyed the story but the gameplay was lacking BIG TIME, i really wanted to like the first game but it was just so bad on so many levels
 
hopefully they learned from their mistakes, and jeff vs kane and lynch round 2? wonder if GB will lay him off for scoring it bad XD XD XD XD i kid i kid.

So, wait, Lynch is in Shanghai?

Are we sure this isn't Army of Two, Two, too?

I would laugh so hard if Jeff gave this a 5*... the irony would be delicious.

the elephant in the room makesa it so hard to conentrate on wether or not im actually totally non-plussed about this games existance......

" Jeff, you should give this game a mediocre review and then fire yourself. "

...This is all a little too easy. 
 
Should they have not just buried the game's future by reputation alone?

YO DOG THIS IS LIKE TOTALLY THAT ONE GAME JEFF MADDOGGED ON YEARS AGO GOT HISSELF FIRED AND SHIT RIGHT?!  
 
Seriously, you're all a bunch of children; Jeff obviously makes some overt references to "the shit" from years ago toward the end of this write-up.  He's not stupid, and he's isn't given to jerk off your flimsy egos with details on that situation or how the aftermath of it will affect his opinion.  You have to understand the questioning a journalist's integrity is roughly akin to accusing athletes of steroid usage; its a serious matter with serious implications. 
 
You don't have any right to demand ANYTHING from Jeff except the same "hey this my opinion, maybe you'll agree with me, maybe not" type of coverage he and the site in general provides.
 
 
Oh and for the record, if the man is willing to play the game and talk about it HE'S PROBABLY NOT NEARLY AS WOUND UP ABOUT IT AS SOME OF YOU SEEM TO BE.

" if you and me and a bunch of friends were sitting around and then my cock exploded with confetti and rainbows and bacon and circus clowns shooting out of it, then yea i dont have to explain it because its my cock. but we're friends. so the least i can do is say "yea i know its weird but it aint a big deal to me"instead of pretending it didn't happen. regardless of whether its a just a Kane and Lynch 2 preview or not, how hard is it to type: "just so you know, the whole Kane and Lynch 2 thing aint a big deal over here at Giantbomb, folks. it's just another game review like the rest."or"i know you're all wondering how i feel about the KnL 1 thing two years later but i cant talk about it for legal reasons.  and i'm sorry for not liking Coldpay."  it aint hard. "

Great comparison. Only that it is shit.

Jeff has no reason to explain the whole situation to anyone on the Internet. Who the fuck cares? Isn't NOT posting about the whole deal (which is also not true, as he clearly aludes to the previous game and controversy towards the end of the news) an indicator that he's not making any beef about it anymore? Writing an unnecessary paragraph concerning the whole situation would be dumb, and I bet people like you would start posting that Jeff decided to take a hit on Gamespot and C-NET, and then proceed to blast him for acting childish and being on the same level as C-NET.

Not to mention that we don't even know anything 100% about the case and we won't know until Mr. Gerstmann speaks about. Which he shouldn't do. Give the man a fucking break.

I dunno if there's any reason TOO bring up "the incident" when dealing with the second game itself. It's a game being released by a company that's trying to make something presentable and fun to play that has a purposely defined edge to it. The controversy behind the first has nothing to do with the quality of this game (or does it?). 

Fuck gamespot.