

If Retribution simply felt dated in the way that Duke Nukem Forever and Aliens: Colonial Marines did upon release, then we could begrudgingly live with that. A small sum must have been laid out at some point as the cut-scenes were directed at Universal Studios while the story – which is set during the 1960s – was penned by movie maker Tom Smetham. Perhaps it was thought by somebody, somewhere, that they ought to try and scrape back the money invested in 2008. Skip forward to earlier this year and Deep Silver had seemingly regained faith in the Ride to Hell brand, announcing two new games – XBLA & PSN download Route 666 and a beat ’em up for mobiles – alongside the resurrection of Retribution. The words “f**k,” “sh*t,” and “c*cksucker” can be heard in dialogue.What happened in the years to follow is a bit of a mystery, but we assume that it was put on hiatus while the studio focused on creating Activision’s NASCAR games. The game also includes a strip-club setting in which a topless pole dancer appears ("pasties" cover her nipples). A handful of cutscenes depict fully clothed characters engaging in sexual acts in one sequence, two women perform fellatio on the central character-the camera cuts away from the act. During the course of the game, defeated enemies sometimes leave cash and small bags of drugs behind players are permitted to sell the drugs to dealers for cash the dialogue also references drugs (e.g., “I know my weed from my weed” and “I'll set you up with. One cinematic cutscene depicts a prolonged scene involving a dismembered human finger another cutscene depicts a man shot in the knees and groin before being killed.

Large blood-splatter effects occur frequently. Players can also use objects in the environment to perform attacks (e.g., throwing enemies into rotating blades, slamming enemies' heads against walls).

Rage attacks can be used to inflict more severe damage, depicting close-up views of enemies pummeled or stabbed. Combat is accompanied by screams of pain, realistic gunfire, and slow-motion effects. Players use machine guns, pistols, shotguns, and melee weapons (e.g., crowbars, knives, wrenches) to kill human enemies. This is an action-adventure game in which players assume the role of a Vietnam veteran seeking revenge on a biker gang that killed his brother.
