Shank

beat em up 2D game with simple combat mechanics . move around shoot hostile and move through stages .
short story campaign and a co op campaign , the story is also cool , definitely worth the money and the time .

nice game

10\10 game |

Nice Co Op Game

its Cool And Fun Experience But its Short

What a phenomenal game, would give it a 10 if there's no local coop achievement tied to it.

Great beat-them-up type of game with stylized graphics. That's the type of game which will not feel old as it was released in 2010 and I play it for the first time in 2025 - If someone would tell me it was released recently I would believe it. . Story is also engaging and has interesting story, but steam version has a bit changed cutscenes. I recommend you watching original cutscenes as it adds a depth to the story. If not for steam discussions I wouldn't be aware of it and it's worth to see original vs cut version.

It just feels really bad to play and the characters and story are just trying way too hard.

Fun

i rather be shank than superman (if batman never wasn't an option)

You wanna know about Shank?

Combine John Wick with Brock Samson. That's Shank. It's so over-the-top, and I love it.

This game can undoubtedly provide you with a cool and entertaining beat 'em up experience...
A good combat system, a variety of weapons and enemies, level design, and of course, a cool soundtrack are just some of the strengths of Shank game...
I highly recommend this game to fans of the beat 'em up genre and 2D shooters.

Short but sweet. Buy at full price since it's cheap.

Shank is a sidescrolling beat-em-up putting you in the shoes of a man falling in with the wrong crowd and losing everything as a result, setting him on a path of revenge to give some much needed payback to the ones who wronged him.

The game honestly feels like a 2D Devil May Cry in the way that you can juggle enemies in the air and swap between two collections of weapons, one melee and one ranged, as well as a couple types of grabs you can chain into executions that deal heavy damage. There's also a decent bit of parkour across the environment (shimmying, wall climbing, sliding down cliffs, wall running, swinging, etc).

The art direction, voice acting and music is what really keeps this entertaining though, with the artstyle resembling something from a 2000's action cartoon (though it IS a 2010 game).

Very fun.

I beat em up good...

shank 1 is a absolute masterpiece however today i finally beat the game on HARD MODE ! the reason why im saying this is that if your a trophy hunter like me the "Im just that good" trophy is absolute HELL the church where Angelo is shooting rockets the come at you the player at amazing speeds that ALMOST INSTA-KILL YOU and then there's the Fertile Grounds it's the longest level and there is a couple minibosses in the level like TORO! which isn't hard unless you don't know how to bait him into a grapple attack also there is a co-op campaign so unless you have friends then your unable to achieve the "Backstory" trophy thats all bye!

a lot of fun and especially worth it i would suggest getting both the first and second but in my personal opinion the first is the best but try it for yourselves

小精品 能玩 但是有点过时了 画风挺有特点的

A classic!! Must play!! Worth it

Man, the game is 15 years old and still solid and better than most of the games of these days. The 2D graphic is cool, as is most indie games. Always loved the beat em up game style. Story is very short and that's disappointing. I recommend it for everyone play this masterpiece. Have fun slaughtering the enemies in the game, folks!

A nice 2d game, simple story, quick game play and push through missions.

SHANK
-Has great hack-n-slash mechanics.
-Has a nice art style to it.
-Has a cliche' revenge story.
-Has a mature tone.
-Has lots of gore.
Great title & fun to play.

fun side scroller beat em up good soundtrack and animation reminds me of genndy tartakovsky takes like 5 hours to beat buy on sale

This game has the most Newgrounds energy I've ever seen, and I mean that in both positive and negative ways.

As an action game, it's really solid. Juggling enemies and keeping one horde at bay while focusing on another is satisfying, especially as you get more powerful weapons as you play. But other than new weapons, there are very few new elements to gameplay. There's even some light platforming too, but I would have loved at least one time-trial-esque sequence to really test my footwork. When I say the game has Newgrounds energy, this lack of long term progression or extra gameplay variety is what I'm referring to. The game is great to look at and play, but little about it feels substantially better than a really good Flash game.

The combat, though satisfying, can be a bit frustrating at times. Enemies telegraph moves in a split second, and dozens of them get thrown at you at once, so it can be hard knowing when to dodge and avoid damage. This lead to several somewhat frustrating sections where I could find the time to swing my chainsaw or blash the shotgun when I was busy trying to wrangle enemies or dodge bullets from the other end of the screen. Also, many of the boss fights require a specific action to open them up to substantial damage, but the environment doesn't telegraph this much at all. Instead, after dying, a newly added tooltip would clue me into that info. This feels like an obvious design flaw, but the pace is so fast that it comes off more as just a minor speed bump.

Another element that feels Newgrounds-ish is the tone. This is grindhouse to the fullest extent, and the 2d animated style that is a hallmark of Klei Entertainment makes the graphic violence a little less abrasive and easier to swallow for me. I'd never be able to watch a movie like this, as live-action gore makes me sick. But in a game, I can handle it, and the artstyle makes that even easier to stomach. But man, the violence really is all this game has to offer it seems. There is a story, though a bare-bones and generic one, and I do appreciate the very decent voice acting here, though a subtitle option is sorely missing.

Shank is a fun game and a very gamey game. But there's not much about it that really blows me away. Played Shank 2 through PS+ way back on PS3, so I always wanted to complete the series. Now that I have, I can say Shanke 2 is the superior game, but the gap in quality barely exists. These games are so similar that they might as well be one, and I will remember both fondly. There are better 2D platformers, better 2D hack & slashers, and even more satisfyingly gratuitous power fantasies. But the over-the-top adolescent edge of these games gives them a soft spot in my heart that they may not fully deserve, but will have anyway, likely for some time.

fun really enjoyed the animation

This is a fun hack and slash. plenty of checkpoints and great game play with plenty of combos.

The game is begging for a remaster, but Klei Entertainment just keep looking at Don't Starve and nothing else in their past game catalog other than Mark of the Ninja.

shank where are you going shank?

deserves a third game

It's alright from what i recall, you only get like 3 hours worth of a game for whatever the price is.

One of the best PS3 games I played in my childhood, I just 100% all shank games lol.

Amazing game and creative developers

great gore, awesome action for one hell of a thrill time.

Classics Games Lads

++++

Underrated Gem <3

One of my favorite games of all time, I give this game a solid 30/10!

Perfecto

epik

It's exactly what it looks like.

Short and boring.

Great Game

nice artwork

[H3]The keyboard controls are just terrible.

Fun and classic

Давно играл в детстве с братом во 2-ую часть, приобрёл что бы понастольгировать и полностью посмотреть сюжет

<3

this game made my child hood and i love it , this game is very stylish and cool i like but the only problem is when you want lunch this game the game won't open if your monitor frame rate is more than 60hz but you can use CRU too fix it.

Shank is a sidescrolling beat-em-up where you play as a man trying to get revenge for his girlfriend's death. The gameplay is very straightforward, you kill the enemies, and then the bosses. You can chain combos using your light, heavy, and ranged weapons. And for boss fights, there's usually a way to stun them so that you can do heavy damage. The combat system is pretty satisfying, it does get a bit hard and annoying at times though.

While the singleplayer campaign is good, the sad thing is that they have a co-op campaign, but rather than being the singleplayer with 2 characters, its a whole new backstory. Which is annoying because most people want more story but have trouble finding people to play with. Some of the cutscenes are also shortened, even though you can switch to the beta version which contains them all. Gameplay is better in the final version though, and the saves aren't compatible.

Overall, if you like beat-em-up sidescrollers, you'd probably enjoy Shank. The artstyle is unique and reminds me of Klei's other games, mostly Mark of the Ninja. But I still say that having the co-op campaign doable solo or with AI would be better. Lastly, this game is playable on keyboard, but it's really recommended to use a controller, it's far smoother.

A beautiful but old experience

It was ahead of its time. It was a Mexican God of war In 2D aesthetic. Made soul efforts In the Xbox arcade in the late 2000's. It was awesome.