Here's a pleasant surprise for fans of the old PC game MDK2- the game is now coming to WiiWare. In addition to that, the game will also be getting some sort of remake entitled "MDK2 HD" for PC's. Here's the official PR-
(June 24th, 2010) — Interplay Entertainment Corp. and Beamdog partner to bring MDK2 to the Nintendo Wii™ and MDK2 HD to the PC.
“It is a great pleasure to announce that we are returning to the adventures of Kurt Hectic, Dr. Hawkins and the 6-legged gun-toting robotic dog Max,” said Hervé Caen, CEO of Interplay. “MDK2 was a great title to work on and we're happy to have some of the original team working on these new versions,” seconded Trent Oster, co-Founder of Beamdog.
MDK2 for Wii™ is expected to be released during coming Winter and is planned for electronic distribution through Nintendo's WiiWare™ service. MDK2 HD will follow on the PC through the Beamdog digital distribution platform. [/p]
Very excited, and i'm glad this old classic is getting new life! I personally spent a huge amount of my childhood playing this gem on PC. It's a fantastic third person shooter originally developed by Bioware and published by Interplay. You may even recall the first MDK back in the mid-90's which was developed by Shiny Entertainment (Earthworm Jim). MDK2 was a shining example of how to make an engaging third person shooter, and featured some diverse gameplay thanks to the three different characters you could play as. I'd probably categorize it as a run and gun third person alien shooter, but it has some platforming and puzzle elements too. You play as three heroes who are trying to thwart an alien attack on earth. It is a direct continuation of the first game. Kurt Hectic is the Doc's janitor, a reluctant hero who is forced to battle alien hostiles on earth. When fitted with the jumpsuit the Doc invented, he has a machine gun, as well as a sniper rifle to pick enemies apart from afar. He can also glide thanks to his retractable parachute in his jumpsuit suit. Max is a badass cigar smoking robotic dog made by Doc Hawkings with 4 arms which he uses to hold 4 guns at once. He can equip a weapon in each individual hand (you can customize the weapon for each hand) and he has a huge arsenal including magnums, shotguns, uzis, gatling guns, etc. He can also use a jetpack in some levels for some cool platforming. Doctor Hawking has the most unique gameplay though. He's a rather silly old mad scientist whose primary form of weaponry is being creative with random everyday household items to create weapons and tools. His levels are more adventure-oriented and sometimes require you to solve unique puzzles, while making creative items from household items or even food. He's quite weak though (being so old I guess), he can't jump nearly as high and his health is much lower than the other two characters.
The game is also hilarious and features some really funny voice acting and cutscenes. It has a really cool comic book style for some of the intro cutscenes. I'm not sure what they plan for the HD PC version (the game could already run at HD resolutions even on weaker PC's), but the WiiWare version is likely to be identical to the original or perhaps the PS2 version (which was subtitled Armageddon). The game worked best with a mouse and keyboard combination, so the motion controls could really make this a fun experience. MDK2 was originally released on Dreamcast, PC, and PS2. It is a classic i can recommend to almost anyone. I'm not even a huge shooter fan, but it has a wide array of gameplay styles. Even people not into action shooters can probably find something they like here!
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