Thankfully, there looks to be more to Dog Days than just shaky cams and video artefacts. In a world of ever-increasing high-definition graphics, it's a massive gamble for IO to take, and while it's bound to turn some people off, it's certainly a refreshing visual change. The image cuts out when you're shot, light sources blur through the lens, and explosions distort through compression artefacts. The camera frames the action from a familiar over-the-shoulder perspective, but it's as if the camera operator were a panicked bystander, frantically struggling to capture the action on a handheld camera. In Kane & Lynch 2, this lo-fi visual style has been re-created to realistic effect. According to Lund, all of these things have come to exemplify what we now think of as "real," at least as a generation of Internet video junkies. "We researched how other forms of media communicate 'real.' We looked at user-generated content and why it looks and feels real and how that hasn't been explored in games." The director goes on to show YouTube clips of Shanghai filmed with pocket cameras, highlighting their shakiness, graininess, and overall low quality. "'Real' means a lot of different things to a lot of different people," he says. The word of the day for Lund was "real," and he used it frequently throughout our demo to highlight the driving principle behind the game. With the Xbox 360 projecting onto a huge cinema screen, it was the game's striking visual design that made the biggest impression. Our short hands-off demo took place early on in the game, starting out in a Chinese restaurant and then moving through the city itself. The two are reunited when Lynch calls Kane about the possibility of a big job, which is where Dog Days begins. In the sequel, the focus is on Lynch, who has subsequently taken refuge in Shanghai. The duo were separated at the end of the first game when Kane left Lynch to be with his daughter. They were broken out of captivity by The7, a mysterious group of criminals who demanded that Kane and Lynch hunt down a precious object for them. The first game focused on a couple of criminals called Kane and Lynch-the former a ruthless mercenary and the latter an unhinged psychopath. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
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