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.

* [[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.

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