50 Cent: Blood on the Sand: Difference between revisions

{{quote|'''''"Bitch took my skull!"'''''|''50 Cent'', describing the game's central conflict}}

 

 

The majority of said value is related to the game's [[High Concept]] plot: The game begins with 50 Cent and the G-Unit finishing a concert in an [[Qurac|unnamed, war-torn Middle Eastern country]], only for the promoter to refuse to pay the promised $10 million fee due to an alleged robbery. After 50 Cent [[Sociopathic Hero|points a gun to the promoter's head]], the latter gives 50 a priceless ''[[MacGuffin|diamond encrusted skull]]'' as collateral. 50 accepts only for the skull to be stolen as soon as he walks out the door by a paramilitary group connected to a local warlord. The rest of the game involves 50 and a selected G-Unit partner slaughtering their way through the Middle East to recover the skull.

Yeah, you can see why this game is better regarded than its predecessor.

 

* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Some cultures actually decorated human skulls in ornate manners, though possibly not to the extent of the skull in this game.

* [[Badass]]: 50 Cent and the G-Unit. They rap songs, make their fans happy and get filthy rich. They also fight through war-torn cities and kill crazy terrorists and highly-paid and trained mercs.

** Fifty can take three rockets to the torso and he doesn't even flinch.

* [[Blatant Item Placement]]: Lampshaded when 50 can order guns while inside a burning theater.

'''50''': "[[Hand Wave|Shut the fuck up. I'm making a call.]]" }}

* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: Mostly averted, but during the cutscene when Wilder gets into the helicopter and {{spoiler|Leila betrays both of them}}, 50 shots two of Wilder's men who fall over dead without a single wound or blood splatter.

* [[Collection Sidequest]]: In which Fiddy grabs promotional posters of... himself.

* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Short-range weapons are blue and take blue ammo, assault rifles and machine guns are yellow, special weapons like sniper rifles and rocket launchers are red. Enemies will also wear shirts color-coded to this so you can tell at a glance what they're armed with.

* [[Corrupt Hick]]: Wilder.

* [[Dull Surprise]]: The default facial state for 50 and G-Unit are rather slack-jawed and blank, even when they are stabbing people to death. Fortunately they're much more expressive in cutscenes.

* [[Fisher King]]: Implied during the [[Action Commands|takedown]] animations as 50 Cent transports mooks into a stark black and white world that, in the [[Let's Play]], is called "Fiddy Space".

* [[Gatling Good]]: One sequence has you manning a helicopter mini gun and laying waste to an enemy base.

* [[Groin Attack]]: Cheezum and Ironicus in the [[Let's Play]], for no apparent reason.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: The G-Unit member lampshades several of the game's over-the-top tropes, recognizes a desert castle as Napoleonic on sight, and admires the statuary in the city you're currently destroying. Even 50 is surprised by this.

* [[Improbable Use of a Weapon]]: With the aid of explosive ammo, taking out a helicopter with a handgun.

* [[Large Ham]]: Kamal. Anwar even lampshades it:

* [[Let's Play]]: One by [http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/fiddy/ ChipCheezum and General Ironicus] which handily allows you to experience this game's lunacy without buying it.

* [[Made of Iron]]: As the [[Let's Play]] demonstrates, 50 Cent can take <s>an RPG</s> ''three RPGs'' to the chest and '''survive'''. Apparently, 50 is not simply bulletproof, but mortarproof as well.

** The LPers also theorized that, when the game was being made, the guideline "Make a sequel to ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''" eventually mutated into "Make 50 Cent bulletproof".

** Hell, at one point in the game itself, 50 actually ''[[Badass Boast|claims]]'' to be bulletproof!

* [[Multiple Endings]]: The two endings depend on whether or not 50 opens the shutters, setting off an alarm and dooming Leila and her family or going the longer way through the level.

* [[Mundane Utility]]: Once 50 gets the expensive diamond-encrusted skull back, {{spoiler|he sets it on his dashboard and uses it to hold his cigar}}.

* [[Private Military Contractors]]: Appear as the villains.

* [[Qurac]]

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Again, a game where you ''play as 50 Cent, fight your way through the war torn Middle East and gain extra points by swearing at people while you shoot them.''

* [[Stealth Parody]]: [[Zero Punctuation]]'s take on it.

* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: In addition to the dedicated swear button, 50 Cent will often yell out something like "suck on this!" when tossing a grenade.

* [[Token Romance]]: Leila {{spoiler|...and then she backstabs 50}}.

 

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