Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2 review

Reviewed on: PC

Bonasera, Bonasera…

Sequel to the hit released in 2015, Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2 once again tries to please nostalgic gamers looking for a game packed with action and well-defined objectives. The little story serving as a backdrop shows this well: 15 years have passed since the Thugtown massacre. Vinnie Cannoli, the only survivor of that massacre, is now hunted by the mob and has to fend for himself to stay alive and find out who the poor soul was that put a price on his head.

And that’s it. Right after the game’s introduction, Crazy Monkey Studios throws you into a world packed with gunfights, chainsaws and clubbing.

What’s this game about?

The game’s proposal is simple: go out shooting, clear the whole screen and keep spraying everything as if there were no tomorrow. Is that bad? No, quite the opposite. Moving through the adventure without worrying about extra missions and mazes is, in my opinion, the great charm of this game, which harks back to the classics Contra and Metal Slug.

Dozens of weapons are at our choice, all collected around the scenery after we take down some enemies, ranging from a baseball bat to a wonderful rocket launcher that should always be used with great care. Anyway, the game doesn’t require you to be an expert, and I can say calmly that you can solve the whole mess using just the little pistol, but the sound and visual effects of unloading a heavy weapon on the crowd are very rewarding.

Speaking of the crowd, the enemies in this game are mobsters, zombies (humans, rodents and juiced-up freaks fall into this category) and Nazi soldiers. Yes, I forgot to mention that this game takes place at the end of the Second World War, so I’ll tell you ahead of time that you’ll see yourself landing in Normandy on the famous D-Day.

On the visual and audio side, we notice a significant improvement over the original game. Well-detailed scenery and rich animations of pain and mutilation help improve what was already good. The animations and their respective voice-overs remain excellent and further enrich the mocking atmosphere offered to us. As for the soundtrack, there is always a stray radio in the scenery playing a lively little tune that contributes even more to a fun bloodbath.

The gameplay flows well and considering that here you can shoot in 360º, it is highly recommended that you play with keyboard and mouse (the adaptation is quick and you won’t find yourself making a mess, which happened to me when I tried playing with a joystick).

The whole game is very well executed and you won’t have trouble finishing the story in 3 hours of slaughter. Yes, it’s short, but that’s part of the game’s proposal and doesn’t sound like a negative aspect.

Is it worth buying?

So… I recommend this game for 3 types of players:

1. Nostalgics of the 16-bit era.
2. Everyone who watched The Godfather.
3. Everyone who is going to watch The Godfather.

Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2 entertains without making you hit furniture and appliances, brings cool dialogue and a story that could definitely be more elaborate, but that clearly serves only as an excuse for you to kill anything that moves. Highly recommended by the Japanese-Brazilian writing this.

Narrative: 7
AUDIOVISUAL: 9
MECHANICS: 9

Review done on the Steam version kindly provided by Crazy Monkey Studios