When did Blade II come out?

Blade II was released on 27 September 2002 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

Blade II (2002) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Blade II

For countless generations there was very little to stand between vampires and their human prey--until now. In Blade II, you are a vampire hunter who possesses all the strengths of a vampire, and none of its…

40 27 September 2002

What Blade II is

Blade II is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Mucky Foot Productions and released in 2002. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

The premise, in the publisher's words

For countless generations there was very little to stand between vampires and their human prey--until now. In Blade II, you are a vampire hunter who possesses all the strengths of a vampire, and none of its weaknesses. Skilled in martial arts, guns, and swordplay, you must protect humans from the hungering darkness. Keep the evil forces at bay with your 360-degree combat system and unstoppable rage powers. High-tech weaponry, destructive rage abilities, and over-the-top finishing moves turn every enemy encounter into an action-packed bloodbath.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Blade series

Blade II is the third of 10 entries we hold in the Blade series. It arrived 2 years after Blade. The next entry was Blade: Trinity in 2004. Its critic score of 40 is 27 points below the series average of 67. The highest-rated entry is Marvel Pinball 3D at 80.

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How it was received

Blade II holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 28 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Blade II launched on 27 September 2002, within three weeks of Battlefield 1942, TimeSplitters 2, Kingdom Hearts and Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Battlefield 1942, TimeSplitters 2, Kingdom Hearts, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.

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