Suffering Ties That Bind
Suffering: Ties That Bind is a revolutionary action-horror game that emphasizes the disturbing terror of its predecessor, with all-new twisted creatures and a few familiar faces. Set in the slums and prisons of Baltimore, the player once again controls Torque as he seeks revenge against the mysterious grand manipulator Caleb Blackmore, a man somehow tied to the death of Torque's family. Players will explore the tough and unforgiving inner-city streets, with poverty and urban injustices trapping people just as effective as a physical prison. The unique morality system returns, as players delve into the perverse world of Torque's sanity to discover his past and struggle to control his future. A Seedy, Urban World - Explore the gritty slums, streets, and prisons of Baltimore, battling urban injustices and demons spawned from historical events of urban squalor Refined and Enhanced Gameplay - Featuring a redesigned and streamlined inventory, expanded player movement mechanics, refined controls, more varied and advanced enemy AI and a large arsenal of weapons Ties that Bind melds big action sequences with visceral horror elements.
Suffering Ties That Bind Accessories
 The Suffering
Manhunt
Darkwatch
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
The Warriors
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil
The Thing
Cold Fear
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Suffering Ties That Bind Reviews
Although some parts of the game were difficult, it was quite fun & I enjoyed the challenge. Great horror, action game.
The fact that you can carry over the first games' data over to it plus you can make your character good or evil makes it a game to play time and again. This game is surprisingly interesting. The multiple endings are also a noteworthy notion.
The enviornments are creepy and disturbing(not to mention varied.)., and the creatures that call them home are even more so; You battle man and monsters here, some of the more memorable ones back from the first game, designed by Effects-God Stan Winston; There are plenty of nice additions.The dogs who attack you w/knives and have human faces is a personal fave; Plus, this game is challenging; It's takes a little bit to adjust to the feel of the controls, but once you're used to them, this game is good scary fun; You can toggle between 1st and 3rd person, too.Nice hallucination sequences, too(in the style of the 'Fatal Frame' games.). I love the first game, but the 2nd is even better; You know the general plot: Escape the monsters while trying to figure out your 'past', which is shaped by the choices you make in the game. At $15.00, horror/shooter/action fans just can't go wrong here.
What is annoying about this is that if you have just one tiny bit of health missing and you open a locker with pills inside, he eats the whole bottle and it was pretty much wasted. It instantly locks up. Aren't characters supposed to gain NEW abilities in sequels instead of lose them. I guess wasting health unintentionally and backtracking was supposed to make the game scary, but I just find it annoying.
That out of the way just leaves me with my complaints about the game itself. Due to the way this one is set up, I find myself saving in every room and reloading to try again if I get hit. When that isn't happening, I'm usually low on health and have to backtrack looking for more that I passed over earlier. First of all, the game is virtually unplayable sometimes if you are using 480p HD. Torque has apparently promised his parole officer that he won't carry prescription drugs on him anymore because now he will only consume them on the spot. On the plus side, the levels are well designed as are the enemies, I just find the problems make it difficult to enjoy. After turning HD off (no biggie.graphics aren't everything) most of the bugs went away but it has still locked up a number of times.
During the scene where Torque is riding in the back of the truck shooting, it literally dropped down to 1 frame every 5 seconds toward the end. Just plain dumb. The first game, I just played through it without saving except for the checkpoints. Also, Torque can now only carry two weapons. I really loved and completed the first Suffering game. Also, when using HD, you can't go into the archives and open the journals. I believe I am almost all the way through this one, but I am considering not playing it anymore.
I found all of these problems pretty quickly. Can he seriously not stick a revolver in his pocket and a shotgun on his back. It was a much more immersive experience. I could swear I'm playing an unpatched PC game. If Midway doesn't want to hire game testers, I'll do it for free to keep them from ruining what would have been a great game.
Later. What makes it even more difficult is that when you fight bosses you must do it from far away. Just like they said the difficulty is alot harder on hard mode. I played the first one a while back on hard mode in the Xbox so i knew what i was getting myself into. Just get used to it and you wont even worry about the camera as long as you master it. when you see a gun (machine gun or tommy gun) on easy mode instead of a gun there will be a pole on hard mode.
the graphics are surreal, the sound makes for a very scary game, the gameplay is kinda difficult since one joystick moves him and the other uses to look around. Some will say that thats why the camera sucks. Sometimes its kinda impossible but thats the fun of it.
Without knowing they will surround you and there will be 3 on easy mode/8 on hard mode. Choose your guns wisely cause you might pick one up and only find ammo for that gun once in a lifetime. This will be a game where you still have it and are stuck on a part (depending on difficulty).
This game is worth your money PERIOD. This one is totally different. OVERALL id give this game a 5 because its not something that you beat and then trade it.
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