Shank
Shank is the cult-classic revival of the sidescrolling beat-em-up. Play as Shank in an over-the-top grindhouse game, packed to the rim with enemies, bosses, combos, and more by the award-winning team at Klei…
Shank is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Klei Entertainment, released 24 August 2010 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 3 hrs to finish.
What Shank is
Shank is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Klei Entertainment and released in 2010. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Shank is a 2D side-scrolling hack and slash video game developed by Canadian independent studio Klei Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts in 2010. In December 2011, it was re-released as part of the collection Humble Indie Bundle 4.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Shank holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 2 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 70, across 110 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 3 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium 4 running at 1.7 GHz or Greater; Athlon 64 running at 1.7GHz or greater with support for SSE2 instructions, 1 GB of ram, 1.5 GB (Vista and Windows 7) GB RAM and ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB and the Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB cards. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Shank launched on 24 August 2010, within three weeks of Halo: Reach, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Mafia II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Halo: Reach, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Mafia II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shank yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Characters
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