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A Red Steel 2 Developer Walkthrough

Get a guided tour of this Wii MotionPlus action game straight from Ubisoft.

Aug. 20 2009

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

Red Steel 2

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Edited By sai

this game reminds me of  sukiyaki western django

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Edited By wealllikepie

looks pretty good i guess :/

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Edited By Cirdain

meh im not ganna be dissapointed again
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Edited By dbz1995

Why no blood? :(

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Looks different from a lot of stuff out there, so props for that, but it's definitely not my type.

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Edited By WickedCestus

I love the changes they made. Might make me get a Motion Plus.

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Edited By SaucySala
@Sai said:
" this game reminds me of  sukiyaki western django "
I agree completely. But with cyborg ninjas...
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Edited By Hairydutchman

It looks good, but I still don't see any red steel.

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Edited By viklanderviking

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed...
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Edited By GunnBjorn

The fact that this is the second installment of the game, the first one sold quite well, i take it?  
Hard to believe...

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Edited By InFamous91

I've seen this earlier over at Destructoid. I'm quite interest in Red Steel 2, just hoping that it plays better than the original. Also, I like the western feel to this game.

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Edited By mcscriv

looks surpirisingly good!

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Edited By Shabs

Wow, that actually looks like a lot of fun.

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Well the AI looks awful, even in a video edited by the dev team. I can't imagine what it'd look like in a raw feed quicklook.

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Edited By bulletstorm

Oh gosh that looks boring.

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Edited By Foggen
@viklanderviking:  That's exactly right.  They're pushing the Gunslinger button pretty hard, which means they'd better god damned deliver.
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Edited By PeasForFees

Blood Anyone?

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Edited By moush

Woah, was that Jeff Goldblum?

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Edited By offsprnvid24

The combat looks a lot better. The levels seem way to empty tho.

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Edited By landon

I wish they would call it something else. Naming a game "Red" Steel and having no blood is dumb.

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Edited By crushed

There does actually appear to be blood when he does special moves.

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Edited By Regal

Wouldn't this game use the motion plus? From the video it seems like it takes no advantage of the tech, like he could just as well be playing with a 360 controller.

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Edited By Ignor

The game title is obviously meant to be ironic (duh).
I was a fan of TimeSplitters 2, so poor AI is not a concern of mine. I've seen worse.

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Looks pretty dumb.
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@Hairydutchman said:
" It looks good, but I still don't see any red steel. "
This.
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Edited By Anthony_Galindo

Well it looks pretty, I'll give it that.

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Edited By TabooTongue

I don't care for the graphic style. And it's a modern game with swords with no blood or even wear\tear damage.
Main character does look interesting and seems like 'someone I'd want to play as' though.
Controls seem a little funny. Almost too-regular.

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Edited By Nets

It... Actually looks cool! Still, why the hell is there no blood? Seriously, it's RED Steel, goddamnit.
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Edited By Canteu

The art style kinda reminds me of XIII but i can tell it's going to be nowhere near as good.

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Edited By 88Fingers

Ugh!
GameCube graphics (ugly)
Flickering-Disappearing-dead Enemies (outdated hardware)
+ ooh lookie wookie waggle control (lame kiddie game)
 
equals FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Edited By super_machine

Leave it up to ubisoft to make a sequel that has nothing to do with the first game. Far cry 2, cough cough.

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Edited By ashogo
@Regal said:
" Wouldn't this game use the motion plus? From the video it seems like it takes no advantage of the tech, like he could just as well be playing with a 360 controller. "
As far as I know it's not using wm+.
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@88Fingers said:
" Ugh! GameCube graphics (ugly) Flickering-Disappearing-dead Enemies (outdated hardware) + ooh lookie wookie waggle control (lame kiddie game) equals FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "
Only fail here is you. 
 
@ashogo said:
" @Regal said:
" Wouldn't this game use the motion plus? From the video it seems like it takes no advantage of the tech, like he could just as well be playing with a 360 controller. "
As far as I know it's not using wm+. "
WM+ is bundled with it.
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@ashogo: The recent trailer showed it using one.  
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Edited By piropeople13

Where is the blood? 

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Edited By ashogo
@Fleafa: no kidding? That's great, though I wonder how well it will work with the short notice they had.
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Edited By Benjamin_Sisko

So how long has George Clooney been a developer for Ubisoft? haha
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Edited By Number

It doesn't look that much better than Red Steel 1, they've deepened the combat some but it seems like it would get boring pretty quickly.

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Wish they would make a game with Wii Sports Resort kinda swordplay, felt very responsive to me

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Edited By Rourkey

Hmm... cowboy lookin guy chasing foe across a desert... Dark Tower anyone?

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Edited By MagikGimp

Seems a lot better than the original. I found myself begin to think in an all-round combat way.

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Edited By fishinwithguns

It started to look cool near the end, but I dunno.  I'd be surprised if this is any better received than the last...they have compelling ideas though.

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Edited By FunExplosions

Ahhhhh. They're calling these ones "Walkthroughs" now. Smart. I hated the developer "Quick Looks."
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Not bad at all...

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Certainly looking better than Red Steel 1.
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Edited By senrat

The dissapearing bodies were terrible. Blinking bodies are a thing of the pask they need to get rid of that. I was dissapointed by first one so im not getting this.
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A quick look with George Clooney?

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Edited By koukou
@Crushed:@Crushed said:  @ashogo said:
" @Regal said:
" Wouldn't this game use the motion plus? From the video it seems like it takes no advantage of the tech, like he could just as well be playing with a 360 controller. "
As far as I know it's not using wm+. "
WM+ is bundled with it. "
Oh, but you have the 1-1 sword idle!
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Edited By haoshiro

I thought the art style looked nice, this is what developers should do on the Wii!  Stylized art makes up for the lower graphics power and looks nice too. 
 
It does use motion plus as is evident from the very beginning of the video, but you might not be able to tell the impact it has unless you were able to compare with and without side by side. 
 
Looking fun too, I might actually make this my 4th wii game... heh.

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Edited By Yelix

The game is MotionPlus exclusive.