I'm not sure if I've ever seen a sequel that was this stripped down. The non-linear levels from the original Rico are gone, as are weapon loadouts, maps of level layouts and the horde mode. All you're left with is a campaign made up of ninety minutes of slow-motion breaching and clearing and a "Daily Play" mode that is a twenty-minute variation of the campaign.

That said, as someone who isn't a big fan of roguelikes, the option to play the campaign without permadeath meant I had more fun with Rico London than its predecessor. If I'd paid $35 for this at launch I would probably be harsher on it, but for about 60 cents as part of a Fanatical bundle, it was a decent two-hour time-killer.

I find it funny that Lionsgate has commissioned two shooters (this one coming eleven years after the first and twenty-five years after its namesake) based on a heist film where the centerpiece action scene happens offscreen.

The gimmick in Bloody Days is actually rather interesting. You play one of the team, then rewind time to play the next member. Enemy AI reacts to everyone at once, so there can be a puzzle-like aspect to keeping enemies in the first guy's line of fire (or he might be left shooting into thin air). It's janky, to be sure, but for a game that was released in May 2017 and delisted in November 2017, I expected a lot worse.