In this video I show the first 30 minutes of gameplay of 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand played in glorious 4K and 60 frames per second running on the RPCS3 emulator. This thirteen year old game holds up rather well with modern clarity. If you ever liked any of 50 Cent's rap music, there is a tonne of it in this game. It's not a great game but it's not all that bad either. This is actually a sequel to the 50 Cent: Bulletproof game from 2005 and it's much better than it's predecessor.
The game revolves around rapper 50 Cent. The co-player's character can be one of three other members of the G-Unit crew: Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks, or DJ Whoo Kid, each specializing in different combat techniques. The co-player is either run by the game or through online cooperative play.
The game is set in an urban warzone in an unnamed Middle Eastern country, where 50 Cent and G-Unit have been hired to play a rap concert. After the concert the promoter, Anwar is unable to pay them the US $10-million in cash he promised, but relents after being threatened. However, instead of the cash they were promised, he gives them a diamond-and-pearl encrusted human skull (bearing a striking resemblance to a platinum cast diamond encrusted skull by artist Damien Hirst) as collateral. This is promptly stolen by a paramilitary group led by the terrorist Kamal. 50 Cent (with the help of a selected G-Unit partner) decides to get it back at any cost and soon, they find out that there is a much bigger enemy than Kamal. In the video game, he kills Kamal, Anwar and his enemies and he retrieves his skull.
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