The Suffering: Ties That Bind (PlayStation 2, 2005)

I loved the first game and waited with baited breath for this game. This sequel game was not as scary and lacked a level of creativity that the first one did, maybe to be expected on the second title? The first game made me work for the end titles whereas Ties That Bind took me little time to complete leaving me disappointed for spending what i did on it. If you can get it here on ebay real cheap you may feel like you get enough bang and gore for your buck if you are looking for a quick finishing game.

This game has it all - its action packed, has a lot of enemies, and storyline is out of this world. Insanity mode is impressive as well - with "impale" and "special attack". This game also allows you to use the settings that have been saved from the original Suffering and allows you to choose from Good, Neutral, or Evil style of the game right from the beginning!!! Weapons are also in wide selection, from knives to heavy M-60 machine gun to automatic grenade launcher to blow away the bad guys. Good job Midway!

The GREATEST action game in a long time. It has a great story line and the characters I can relate to because I've been to jail and I know how real life is between good and evil.

I enjoyed the first Suffering outing, with all it's messed up goodness. It ranks up there with messed up video games that I have played in my many years of gameplay. When the sequel came out, I was excited to continue the disturbed saga of Torque. Unfortunately, what started off as a game full of promise became a torturous experience that I hope to soon be rid of.

First, I will discuss the aspects that didn't make me want to reach for my gun and open fire on my PS2. The graphics are on par with the first game and other PS2 games that had been released at this point. The sound effects are fine as well and the voice acting is excellent as far as voice acting in video games is concerned.

Well, that concludes the good, now with the rage inducing bad. One of the things that is very important in a first and/or third person shooting game is precise control. I am one of those fools who likes to take the auto aim off for added challenge and will only resort to using it under extreme situations, like unnecessarily difficult gameplay with crappy aiming. The aiming was not smooth, but more choppy causing the aiming reticule to move further than you intended. I tried adjusted the sensitivity, but it only made things worse. This is unacceptable when you are trying to make a precise shot. Instead you are reduced to aiming close to where you want to hit and spray the area with bullets.

Also, the amount of ammo you have to pump into your enemies seemed to be on the much side. For some reason, I could take a creature down with 6 shots from a .45, but I would have to empty an entire 60 round clip into the same creature with the grease gun. I never understood why in video games, it takes much more ammo from a fully automatic weapon to kill someone than it does from a pistol.

Along with these gameplay handicaps, the difficulty can be downright unreasonable. When you are forced to kill wave after wave of enemies you can't aim at or have to empty all you ammo into and not have any left for the next wave, things can get to where you may need to be on blood pressure medication. Points of particular frustration are the Drowning Pool and the final battle. Oh, and to make things just that much worse, the camera sucks.

There are a few things I like to pride myself when playing a video game. I like to manually aim, not resort to reading guides, and not use any cheats like God mode or replenish health or ammo. In the case of this game, I broke all those rules and I feel like less of a man because so. Even when I broke said rules, I still had my work cut out for me. When I finally watched the final cinematic and watched the credits roll, I opened my PS2, took The Suffering: The Ties That Bind disc out and put it back in its case, and promptly banished it to my gaming no man's land where it shall never be played again.

it was a good game and it was in vrey good shape, thank you for sending it as fast as you did. I hope that the next time I need a game, that you will have it for me.

This game is a prelude to 'the suffering' all tho i haven't played it yet Ive read reviews and seen game trailers as well as watched game play vids and vids from the developers and if its anything like the first game ( which they clam it is ) then its all action and no filler so if you like eerie horror games like resident evil or twisted games like manhunt then your going to love this game it has a great story but also has alot of great weapons great monsters/enemies and some creative bosses all around a great shoot um up horror game

it was great no problem it has cool levels works perfectly
i enjoy playing it.

This was the fasting shipping ever! I bought game on a friday and received game 2 days later..what an awesome seller Keep up the good work!

heard it was a good game and i got it at a good price..................................................................................................................................................................

I haven't got to play it yet but it looks to be in good condition. The disk looks to be in good condition no scatches but I'm waiting for my ps 2 I bought in ebay to arrive so that i might finally get to play it

The Suffering:Tie that Binds is an excellent Horror/Action game, excellent graphics, not too easy to beat, good gameplay, excellent action

its a good game and the shipping was good and i wanted this game because i bought the first one and i like these types of games.

this games rules. gore rules.guns rule. story rules.monsters rule. gameplay rules. f*ck the world. buy this. woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooP!

Ties that Bind starts off right where the first one left ended. You follow Torque as he must fight his way through Baltimore looking for answers to his past. The cool thing is that say you finished the first one with the good ending you start the second one with the good start and the game progresses from there. The major downside to Ties that Bind is that it isn't as scary as the first one. This game is more about running and gunning and doesn't have many edge-of-your-seat moments. It also takes a lot away from the monsters that you fight meaning it seems that you are fighting more humans then the monsters. Although there are plenty new creatures in the game it just isn't enough to give this game a perfect score.

Final Verdict- 4 out of 5 stars

I feel that this is a true sequil to the original. The Suffering: Ties That Bind follows through with dark characters and sometimes challenging monsters to kill. At times there are onslaughts of beasts to fight wich makes the game more challenging, but extremely more fun. Much like the first, you have to make decisions to save, kill, or let the monsters kill the innocents that you will come accross in the game. Although some of the controls are different than the original and they take some time to get used to. I have to say on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 = sucks and 10 = extraordinary) I would rate The Ties That Bind an 8.

I havent quite finished the game yet but comparing it to the first it's not as good as the original one. He's back in his old neighborhood and is not only being chased by monsters from the island where they originally came from, even though there's a whole new set of monsters now that dont look like the old ones, why? I dont know. He's also being chased by some hoods because of some big gang lord that wants him dead. I also gathered that when his neighbors were starving the local preacher fed them human meat to keep them from starving. It is by no means at the same level with the original game. The first one was a masterpiece but I will keep playing and write another review when I finish maybe everything will fall into place. P.s Not nearly as scary as the 1st one.

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