Spy Hunter 2
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| Developer(s) | Angel Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Midway Games |
| Series | Spy Hunter |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Xbox |
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| Genre(s) | Vehicular combat |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Publication | Score | |
| PS2 | Xbox | |
| EGM | 5/10 | 5/10 |
| Game Informer | 6/10 | 6/10 |
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N/A |
| Game Revolution | D | D |
| GameSpot | 5.8/10 | 6/10 |
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| GameZone | 6.7/10 | 7/10 |
| IGN | 7/10 | 7/10 |
| OPM (US) | |
N/A |
| OXM (US) | N/A | 6/10 |
| Aggregate score | ||
| Metacritic | 57/100 | 57/100 |
Spy Hunter 2 is a video game published by Midway in 2003 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. This game is the sequel to the 2001 remake of the 1983 game Spy Hunter. The player takes off his 1st mission in Russia, right where the last level left off from leaving Petra, Jordan and the NOSTRA organization completely decimated initializing a sequel from the 2001 remake; he begins his cooperation with Agent Duvelle. Traveling in various locations all around the planet including the USA, Asia, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, and Antarctica. The weapons van is brought back again and equipped this time with an automatic turret / machine gun being that the player can utilize in extreme vehicular combat resolutions. The newly acquired Interceptor SpyHunter vehicle can enter off-road mode and transform itself into a jet-ski, a snow-mobile, a motor-tricycle, and a speedboat. The player can also choose an arsenal of weapons upon their liking that are coming from the background of James Bond 007 and a chocolate sparkle of Mission Impossible. The various armament includes Mines, Smoke Screen, Oil Slick, Machine Guns, Rockets, Missiles, Lasers and Cannons. The soundtrack features the song "Dark Carnival" (see below) recorded by Vanessa Carlton.
The theme song of this game, Dark Carnival by Vanessa Carlton, is a reworked version of "Carnival", a track on her unreleased debut album, Rinse. Carlton said the song is "kind of electronica-esque by design", adding that she had "always wanted to write about espionage." It introduced an entire new sound for Carlton that was much darker than her previous work.MTV News described the song, which is about a mysterious femme fatale, as "[an] edgy and brooding ballad" that "gets even more eerie when a sparse, plinky bridge reminiscent of the Halloween theme arises."
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