{"id":17480,"date":"2018-02-19T00:01:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T00:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=17480"},"modified":"2018-02-05T04:18:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T04:18:26","slug":"bleed-2-ps4-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/19\/bleed-2-ps4-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bleed 2 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Not even six months ago I reviewed the original Bleed game<\/strong><\/a>, and now there\u2019s already a sequel you can download on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC (reviewed on PS4 here).\u00a0 It plays and looks nearly identical to the original, but they\u2019ve added a few improvements and tweaks here and there.\u00a0 Once again you play as the heroine from the first game who must defeat evil.\u00a0 It\u2019s a fairly unique run and gun shooter with retro graphics and sensibilities.<\/p>\n

In the game you move left and right in 2-D space, but you jump using the R trigger button.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit unconventional, but the reason it\u2019s that way is because you use the right analog stick to aim and shoot in any direction.\u00a0 So it\u2019s like a twin stick shooter mixed with a 2-D platformer.\u00a0 Press the jump button in midair and you can do a triple jump\/dash move.\u00a0 Hold down the L button to slow down time for a short while.\u00a0 One new mechanic they added is you can also swing a sword by flicking the right analog stick.\u00a0 You can reflect pink colored projectiles by doing this, and they use this new move in unique ways as you play.<\/p>\n

Instead of a shop like in the first game, you get new weapons, playable characters, and cheats by defeating the game in one of four difficulty modes.\u00a0 You can play through the Story, or challenge yourself with one life in Arcade Mode.\u00a0 Endless Mode gives you randomly generated levels to tackle, and Challenge Mode has you fight bosses in a row.<\/p>\n

The game may be a bit short, but it\u2019s meant to be that way. \u00a0Kind of like a Treasure game like Gunstar Heroes.\u00a0 While I couldn\u2019t beat the first game on Easy Mode, I could beat this one. \u00a0Because of that and the new gameplay additions and improvements, I liked this one better than the first.\u00a0 If you enjoyed Bleed or Treasure-like run and gun games, you should definitely check this one out.\u00a0 Plus it has a neat rockin\u2019 Mega Man X-like soundtrack.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bleed 2 is rated T for Teen with an ESRB descriptor of Violence. \u00a0You shoot all manner of silly enemies that explode into pixels when defeated.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, and some gamers may find the challenge too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not even six months ago I reviewed the original Bleed game, and now there\u2019s already a sequel you can download on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC (reviewed on PS4 here).\u00a0 It plays and looks nearly identical to the original, but they\u2019ve added a few improvements and tweaks here and there.\u00a0 Once again you play […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17480"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17482,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17480\/revisions\/17482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}