Bling? ohyefuckinggods NO.

TitillatedOcelot

Let me try and understand this preview,
50 and pals are busy rapping in some Middle Eastern country when all of a sudden he's attacked by terrorists.
50 gets angry and decides to go on a quest to defeat the terrorists who stopped his concert.
Using an arsenal of ripped off game mechanics from much better games such as: "Gangsta Time" in which he makes his best Max Payne 1 squished up face and shoots in slow motion and "run and gun" tactics, 50 Cent must go and kill who's behind this evil plan to blow up his concerts.Kanye West.

Did it control any good though?

Xideo

After getting shot by a handgun it was only natural that 50 would want to try an assault rifle round.

cactaur

@Dakobah:
50 Cent Around the World in 80 Days
50 Cent and the Half Blood Prince

Yeah, you're right! That's fuuuun!

nenet

@KaneRobot:
That's some eff'ing brilliant stuff man!

Mommar

50 cent 2 hun? You mean the dollar?

shitty game, nothing in the world will change that

HelderP

Didn't he say he was going to quit the business if Kanye's album sales beat his?

It did, and he's still here.

Damn.

nottsville

Perhaps, the developer had a large amount of middle eastern assets already made for a game (perhaps a sequel to a PS2 game) when said game might have been cancelled. Then your publisher decides to do another 50% game and lo your assets are no longer wasted and you're making a joke game.

I could be making it all up though ;)

Mr_Fujisawa

I'm holding out for The Game: The Game.

the-hypnotoad

50 cent goes to space camp

50 cent and the people from mars

50 cent and the invasion of Nickle's Smalls

50 cent Lost In New York.

yah im having fun, u to?

Dakobah

@Luuey: He did that years ago. It's a true story man!

Cchrist

@Witzbold: We are all DJ Dangerdoomed.

/fixed

Hubert Humphrey Methadone

@Luuey: To be more correct its more like saving his own ass from a terrorist threat.

Witzbold

50 cent saving us from a terrorist threat???? LMAO, are you kidding me!?

Luuey

This shit is boring.

Zuiyo

Antithesis of all that is good in the world. This game.

SorenKier

There needs to be a MF Doom videogame.

that is all.

Dauragon C. Mikado

@Zaos: I hate it when people uses the term emo wrongly.

Goddamnit people, can't you research the term before using it? Emo =/= angst.

Also, Fiddy Cents is the worst rapper ever.

Antihippy

The sad part is this shit will actually sell.

We are all doomed.

Witzbold

Does it control well or is it just the feeling that's off?

Would you say it's better than the newest Soldier of Fortune, or about the same?

keyrat

Aw, snap, dawg. Flynn be hatin' on this off the hizzy krunk glass of playa-ade!

You better represent!

The_Foo

@Ett: Have you seen the trailer? Seeing him take a shotgun blast in the chest and yet still coming smelling of roses kind of dulls the edge.

Antihippy

@Hubert Humphrey Methadone: 4 hours of whining and crying about a hard life that he didn't live =p? Like the music, hate the /emo part of it :(

Zaos

GOTY!

DesmondHume

Kanye's game will blow this out of the water.

Hubert Humphrey Methadone

@Flynn

The fact that you were dissapointed goes beyond my amazement :P

Cchrist

Stereotypical representation of rap culture: Check.

Stereotypical representation of Mid-Eastern country: Check.

More or less offensive game to anybody with a sense of morality: Check.

Yeah, this should sell a shit ton.

vanderblade

At least you get to see Fifty cent get shoot. And any game where you can see Fifty cent get shoot gets 5 out of 5 stars in my book.

Ett

What i saw in the trailer/teaser it looked like a fun game! dont know if thats a good thing, but it sure got me smiling :) Lets just see how it "raps" when it comes out, shall we.

Kaall

I'm so glad rappers are experts in anti-terrorism and helping to sort out war torn countries. Is the sequel going to be "Fiddy Cent saves Iraq"?

photoboy

Added 50 in to sell some G-Units, you mean.

Ho ho ho ho ho!

Does Not Equal

im starting to think my "50 Cent, Wanksta Mode" game might actually be a good idea.

50 Cent Contra style sounds like it would blow this out of the water.

Dogysamich

Damn, from the screens it looked like they actually had a neat game going there. I actually liked the story just because of how bat-shit crazy it was.

I do agree though that the over the top rap references have grown a little stale. I think the Def Jam wrestling games were the only ones to kind of pull that of right.

Dauragon C. Mikado

@Mister Adequate: I fail. :( /zing*

Mister Adequate

I wouldn't pay fiddy cents to get this. OHOHOHO! /sing

Mister Adequate

Hey, 50 Cent is remixing the Gears of War "Everything's Brown" philosophy of coloring.

And a "War-torn country"? Is that like CoD4's "Unspecifiedastan".

Salen

so wait.....I have no words.

And the fact that 50 would willing be a part of this shows just how ignorant he is.

Money can't buy you wisdom or cultural awareness....OR good sense I suppose.

jp182

i don't know why you hoped for anythng less than mediocre Flynn. but hey i won't knock ou for at least investagating into the matter.

zanzibarlegend

Screw this modern bullshit. When are we getting a Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince "Girls Ain't Nothin' But Trouble" 2D sidescroller, or an N.W.A. "Just Don't Bite It" RPG?

KaneRobot

YOU DID NOT MENTION THE SKULL.

*deletes Kotaku bookmark*

frostcircus

Fitty suketh

sh0tgunn0strils

@RawSteelUT: Yes, because rappers are known for not taking themselves to seriously...

SorenKier

I really liked 50 Cent:Bulletproof for two reasons.

1) It was only $5 new.
2) It was a throwback to a time in the late 90's/early 2000's where every other game for the PSX was a third-person shooter with horrible controls.

MIGGO

I'm going to get this game, multiple copies of it, and give it to people I do not like. Then I shall laugh super villain style as their brain slowly and painfully dies while they play it. MWAHAHAHA

captain_laxpants

Man, you people have NO sense of humor. This game is so stupid and campy, how can it NOT be good?

RawSteelUT

I can't imagine your expectations were very high to begin with, Flynn, and the fact that the game still disappointed hugely... that says it all right there.

If I could erase all celebrations of the gangsta thug lifestyle from all forms of media, I would do it in a heartbeat. What an embarrassment for the American culture.

seafisch

Bought the first one for the soundtrack, will likely do the same for this.

Also, screenshot heaven! (gotta see how that "Gangsta Firing Time" looks like).

Truvill

Does this mean they will make "Bulletproof" BC on the 360?

kylo4

@icepick314: I got an address in Iraq you can send some off to if you really want to rid your base of some. ;D

Witzbold

@jabedoben: Yeah, I wouldn't mind hearing N'Gai (I think that is correct) pontificate about this rubbish.

duckmouth

Just... sad.

Sad.

BlackDove

@Witzbold:

Yeah, it will definitely sell. We are doomed.

@Antihippy: - "Fiddy Cents is the worst rapper ever."

Agreed. Put Soldier Boy on that list as well.

dead_red_eyes

This Game is Racist :P

devilhunterx

Is there a bonus stage where they drink 40's, smoke blunts, and smack bitches?

jabedoben

So....

Black zombies are racist...

But somehow this is ok.

What a load of crap.

jabedoben

i still see cart full of first 50C game at my base exchange here in Misawa...

there's just no way to get rid of the stuff...except to bury it somewhere deep...

icepick314

@SorenKier: Well there was a time when rappers didn't take themselves seriously at all. (remember the Run DMC song about finding Santa's wallet and trying to give it back to him? or the Skee-lo song "I Wish" that was about wishing he was taller and better at basket ball?). But now that the image of the super tough white-t-shirt-gold-chain-wearing rapper has been heavily commercialized, that whole super serious "damn son look at how hood I look" image is all that is around anymore. At least in the mainstream anyways.

Dauragon C. Mikado

Flynn! You're not supposed to be disappointed yet!! :(

It was my dream to have this game build up a tremendous amount of hype with previews and then to have all the reviews 2.0 (aggregate score) it across the board :) Now that would be classic! :D

okenny :)

I'm not surprised that it is terrible. Why would a game that focuses on a musician be any good at all? The Kiss game sucked ass, the first 50 Cent game sucked ass so why should this be any different? Does he mumble through all the dialogue like how he mumbles in his songs? He's a terrible rapper lyrically.

Sollus

@Truvill: Somebody has to support the crappy games, man. Keep on keepin' on.

eastx

Epic Fail.

KM91

"Gangsta Firing Time."

I'd like for you all to let that sink in for a minute...

darthnader

I'm still waiting Fifty Cent: The Sell-out Edition.

Oh wait.

AndrewDB

@frostcircus: lol. Frankly, I agree. No mention of "Blood on the Sand" *shudder* is complete without pointing out that Fiddy accepts a JEWEL ENCRUSTED SKULL AS PAYMENT FOR A PERFORMANCE.

By the way, who is he performing for in this unnamed middle-eastern country? Either I'm underestimating G-Unit's popularity in that part of the world, or he is demanding payment (again, in the form of a bejeweled skull) for performing for American troops in the region.

Until now, I had no that it was possible for me to be this horrified AND this amused at the same time.

Lawya

@Sollus:

Eternal Sonata didn't suck.

Though, the correction would be more suited in saying that your mistake is considering 50 Cent a 'musician'.

Heliophage

@Witzbold: No, this is not going to sell. Even 50 cent's shit must suck in commercial rap? I mean am I right? I just hope that people's ignorance won't seep into their wallets and literally buy into 50 cent's crap.

bigdude209

@anonymousryan: When are The Boondocks going to finish airing the Second season in the US :(

Hmm. They can make a game like that. It'll probably be a better story.

ph15h needs followers

50 cent is whack. They shoulda nvr even gave him that skull in the first place and gave him a plot of land for oil. You can sell that to Bush for some money instead of lookin for some blinged out skull that's a national treasure.

ENUNCIATE, FOOL!
Listen to hip-hop people... Move pass this rap crap that 50 cent calls music. Curtis sold more internationally cuz people didn't understand the lyrics and picked out the words "fuck" and "gangsta" and thought it was a hit and the beats were nice... That's about it. Fo sho.

ph15h needs followers

Starring Air Marshall Fiddy Cent!

"I'm gon git dat crystal skull... or die tryin'"

anonymousryan

the story of this game if i understand correctly is that 50 cent doesn't get 10 million for the concert he did in the middle east and gets a crystal skull in payment then everyone trys to get the skull back? but my question is if his concert had made the money it was supposed to to begin with then the promoter would have been able to pay him.But since he sucked the middle east must suffer?

dozogovi

And what does the mush-mouthed rapper have to say about his own game? "Puh muh gae. Iz caw Bluh Uh Da Saa."

No thanks, Fifty. No thanks.

Arklop

@ph15h needs followers: The last two episodes lampoon BET and there's some speculation that Cartoon Network doesn't want to show them because they're afraid they'll be sued. You can find them on bittorrent and probs youtube, too.

anonymousryan

@bigdude209: Sadly, this game will find a market ... and I quake in fear for our society.

jayntampa

Can we just go ahead and ban anyone who comments in faux ebonics?

It is Monday after all.

Ess

Is this the unreal engine? I refuse to believe they built their own engine from the ground up for this crap.

dirkxxdiggler

Its quite sad the Gen-y boomers missed the golden boat of Hip-Hop and is left with this garbage.

Only in America can you make 50 million annually with zero substance.

However, I have to note that Fifty was major Johnny Blaze before he got shot and famous. His mixtapes were probably the best that I have ever heard and one of the best lyricist. He even beefed with class before "In da Club".

His other ventures?, Vitamin water is good and all; but I really hope he would leave the gaming genre alone. It doesn't help that his game is used as a tool for the media.

Fyren

Man, this game sounds sweet! I hope they use Shaq-Fu as well as guns. Maybe they can have a stage where Fiddy teams up with Michael Jordan to rid the Windy City of the evil Kanye...

RubyMars

@KaneRobot: OMG I want that Fresh Prince game sooooo bad.

Or maybe even a Cash Money Millionaires game ft. Puff Daddy and Ma$e.

Josimba

I still can't believe they're going through with this...

I mean, when you make a game with the sole intention of cashing in on the popularity of an IP (50 cent), at least have the decency to *pretend* its something halfway original.

Kenny

If "gangsta firing time" didn't sell you, nothing will.

Gunhaver

The thing is, although it's not trying to be (which makes it even funnier), the game sounds fucking hilarious. I think I'd seriously get a kick out of playing it. Funny enough that I may even rent it.

Samos42

@jabedoben: I know, right? Then again, shooting middle eastern people in video games isn't that bad since 9/11, so 50 Cent gets a pass.

enigma89

I can't even come to terms with how every aspect of this game does nothing but set the industry back.
Obviously it will flop, and get a metacritic score of "voided", but seriously!
Not to mention the whole rappers fighting terrorist motif. This is worse then The Super Globe Trotters.

Bluetom

"The whole game smacked of a certain stereotypical representation of the rap community that seemed a bit forced. I mean you pick up "bling" which you can then sell to buy more weapons and includes a mechanic called "Gangsta Firing Time." Haven't we moved past this sort of thing? The whole thing left me with a sort of empty feeling of a game with no real substance."

This is the ONLY bad thing about the game said, and it's completely irrelevant to whether it's actually good or not. I'm sure these representations or no more over stereotypical than what you see in every single GTA game.

I wouldn't expect much substance from this game either, and if you were expecting it you should find a new job and hobby, because you don't know much about video games.

JohnHype

'Alien Vs. Busta Ryhmes'

AplusBminus

God, when I heard the word Iraq, I immediately started to think "Team America: World Police," and "Army of Two." Yes! This time we'll see more American cultural insensitivity from a bunch of no-good rappers that ain't worth a dollar!
That's not going to stop the millions of idiots from buying this game though.

Angryrider

@Dauragon C. Mikado: The good old days, when rappers were MC's... I'd love to see a Terminator X game

SorenKier