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Joe Danger 2: The Movie

PlatformRacingIndie

Overview

Joe Danger 2: The Movie is a racing and platform video game developed by Hello Games for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and PlayStation Vita. As reported by Hello Games' managing director, it is "kind of" a sequel to the successful Joe Danger. The game was announced in August 2011 and released for Xbox 360 on 14 September 2012 and 9 October 2012 for PlayStation 3. A Microsoft Windows version was released on 24 June 2013, followed by Mac OS X and Linux on 7 January 2014, and PlayStation Vita in January 2015. The game centers around the titular character, stuntman Joe Danger, as he performs stunts for an action film.

Joe Danger 2: The Movie is a pseudo-sequel to its predecessor. In it, stuntman Joe Danger has gained favor with a movie director in Hollywood and is brought on to perform all the stunts on set. The fictional movie sequences consist entirely of cliche action stunts, and so he must perform chase scenes on mini carts, skis, and police bikes. This spans 25 stages across five acts, with a director's cut unlocking once all stages are complete. This gives alternative stages and scenarios to play.

Following the commercial success of Joe Danger, Hello Games began to run job adverts on their website, indicating work on a new project. They began to hire and moved offices towards the end of the year. After an announcement on Hello Games' website the week before, Joe Danger: The Movie, as it was then known, was presented for the first time at Gamescom in Cologne in August 2011. The game has similar gameplay, but takes place on the set of a film about the daredevil; players complete objectives unique to each level set by a "mysterious director". IGN noted that the premise is a "good excuse" to parody famous scenes from certain films.

Joe Danger 2: The Movie received generally favorable reviews. On review aggregator Metacritic it holds a score of 78/100, 79/100, 82/100 and 82/100 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360, respectively.