About This Game "Get in, get out, get paid."PAKO 2 is an arcade driving game where you explore vast cities as a getaway driver, perform robberies with your crew and shoot twin-stick style while escaping the law.Successful getaways reward you money which can be used to buy upgrades, guns, items, new rides and locations.Key Features- Single player drive-by shooting action- Pick up crew members and transport them into destinations- Partial 2-player support: Player2 can shoot while Player1 drives- Handcrafted levels full of detail- Take screenshots in "Photo Mode" - Upgradeable cars with skill points- Various guns and special perk items- Survival challenge- Pumping soundtrack by DKSTR- Leaderboards to compete- Achievements 7aa9394dea Title: PAKO 2Genre: Action, RacingDeveloper:Tree Men GamesPublisher:Tree Men GamesRelease Date: 16 Nov, 2017 PAKO 2 Activation Code [License] Crazy Taxi but with crazy cops and crazy combat. Really fun arcade goodness packed with VHS aesthethic and surprisingly large and detailed levels. Soundtrack is pretty sweet too.. Only two complaints:1- Rebalance some of the vehicle stats. The "Heavy Van" is still not as good as the regular van, even when they are both fully upgraded. An armoured bank truck is still not as tough as a panel van a plumber would drive. Seriously? Also, some vehicles feel to slow such as the Pick-Up and Station Wagon.2- Include the in-game soundtrack in the soundtrack. I loved the version of 'Don't Stop' used in the game and in the trailer. I searched it up on Youtube and found what I can only presume is the origional version. I bought the soundtrack thinking that it would contain the in-game version, but only found the origional version. I could have saved money and just dowloaded the song off Youtube. However, everything else about the game is fun.. Brief overview:What is it?Pako 2 in it's most simple form can be described as a twin-stick shooter, getaway driving simulator. You start yourself off with either a sedan or a van and from there enter the world of Pako 2Once ingame you either follow the marker or make your own way to one of the many jobs and pickup the criminals.Once the criminals are in your car, you put your foot to the floor, or rather your finger to the trigger or button in some cases,trying to get them to their escape point where you'll be given a set amount of cash depending on how fast you were.Gameplay:Pako 2 improves on the previous game by giving you purpose and meaning behind the driving. Before it was simply don't get arrested.Now with the incentive of money and wanting to upgrade your guns or cars, you make your way from job to job, stacking as muchcash as you feel comfortable with before making for an escape. With each of the 20+ jobs possible in each level you do, you'll also be rewarded with a multiplier on the money and even an extra chunk of cash for actually escaping the police. But be sure to remember thatafter so many jobs, police will keep coming back, harder and better than before, in a more intense attempt at taking you down.While using one thumbstick to turn your vehicle, your other thumb is focused on shooting the cops and even clearing traffic at times.As I mentioned, upgrading guns is a big thing in Pako 2. Every gun plays differently from one another. From the pistol you startwith dealing a barely usable amount of damage you can move to a shotgun which will deal damage across multiple cop cars at once,or maybe even go to a minigun where you can fire out a more focused blast of damage toward the cops.It's fun trying them all and seeing what fits your preference and gameplay style. While there are a wide range of vehicles to be chosen ingame, and some of them look interesting and unique,In my personal time of playing Pako 2, I didn't feel as if I needed to swap vehicles so I mainly kept to my starting two and justupgraded them as I progressed and had the money available to me. However sometihng to do with the cars that really appealed to mewas the ability to have a "Mod" and what these mods would do is things like slow down time with the "bullet time" mod.Then there were others such as "Mines" which well, they let you drop a mine behind you as you drove on. While there are onlyfour different mods, each one makes the game feel quiet different which is nice to see from something that seems like such a smalloption.Visuals:As far as visuals go, Pako 2 goes for an eighties VHS kind of feel and I personally really am a fan of it. You can turn this VHS mode off in the settings but why would you?I personally believe it gives the game a bit more character and personality than without it. Aside from that however the visuals are somewhat simplistic and won't take anythingmore than a Nvidia 8600 GT to run the game, at least according to the steam page. With most steam users running the GTX 1060 followed by the GTX 750ti graphics card according to Rock paper shotgun, 60fps should be no issue at all.Replayability:Pako 2 is all about replayability. The game is's all about building up your cars, getting new guns and trying out abilities. There are so many different combinations of vehicles, abilities and guns that you could replay this gamea very large number of times and end up sinking more time than you expect into it. Not only is it fun but it's somewhat mindless fun, once you get used to everything you can take it as a pretty chilled out game.Do a couple jobs, escape, upgrade, repeat. However on the flip side of that, you can go full tryhard mode and attempt to complete all of the level's jobs within one run followed by escaping. Something I have yet to do but hope I'll be able to at some point.Verdict:Pako 2 is a major improvement from the first game and is overall a really fun time waster with enough depth and replayability to keep you coming back for more. However there are times when the game can be a bit too challangingand while that's more than likely to be a lack of skill, it may push some casual players off from wanting to pick up and have a go at this game.. Pretty great so far! Really good sense of style, both in terms of visual presentation and the sound throughout. Core gameplay loop doesn't sound like much at first, but it's surprisingly addictive! Runs can take anywhere from 1 to 10 minutes plus, so it can work quite nicely as something to play while you're waiting for your teammates to die in PUBG, for example. Great variety in terms of maps, cars and weapons, all of which make for pretty drastic changes in how the game plays out. The only real criticism I have is that it could use a few more enemy and Mod options - that's pretty much it!. Great arcade action to drop in for a few rounds every now and again and a really well implemented aesthetic.
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