VideoGamer writes: "We really wanted to see Deep Silver's Ride to Hell at Games Convention 2008. The idea of being in a motorcycle gang in a GTA-like open-world game just sounds like it will be great fun, so we eagerly headed to the behind-closed-doors demo room expecting greatness. As the anticipation in the room grew and life-saving energy drinks were consumed we pondered just what we really wanted in a game like this. Before we got a chance to think too hard a Deep Silver rep took to the podium to reveal the key ideas behind Ride to Hell: Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll. It's as if he could read minds."
Jake Conway, fresh out of the army and a Vietnam vet, returns to his home town of Dead End to find his kid brother rocking their father’s biker gang vest and trying to be cool. It only takes about ten seconds for a rival gang, The Devil’s Hand, to take interest and cut him up. Cue a pathetic tale of revenge that is to scattered, pointless and thin the only analogy I can come up with is confetti.It’s like confetti.
There isn’t one main problem; the entire plot seems problematic. The characters are either so poorly written it’s impossible to care or they are just plain repulsive. Jake is a dumb brick shithouse with about as much personality as a doorstop. When you aggressively want your lead character to shut up every time he opens his mouth, there’s something wrong. Mack, the obligatory Krist Kristofferson-like older father figure, is equally boorish, grumbling through line after line of exposition.
Ride to Hell: Retribution appears on Xbox site with more info and pictures.
Player Attack: While we're not sure what's different about it, mysterious title Ride to Hell: Retribution has been re-classified in Australia, given a new codename: Cook's Mad Recipe. Whatever you want to call it, this upcoming, open-world story of a returning Vietnam veteran looks set to be Australia's first R-rated game featuring "high impact sexual references".
