State of Emergency 2 is a third person adventure game that was released for the Sony PlayStation 2 in the United States. The title was developed by VIS Entertainment and published by Rockstar Games. The game places the player in a near future urban environment where a powerful corporation has seized control of the city and a resistance movement fights back. The player assumes the role of a former police officer turned rebel who must complete a series of missions that involve combat stealth and vehicular sequences. The gameplay is presented from a third person perspective and features an open world layout that allows limited exploration between scripted objectives. Missions are structured around objectives such as rescuing hostages destroying key installations and escorting allies through hostile districts. Combat mechanics combine gunplay with melee attacks and the use of environmental objects as weapons. The game includes a variety of weapons ranging from pistols and shotguns to heavy machine guns and explosive devices. Vehicles such as motorcycles cars and armored trucks can be commandeered and used to traverse the city quickly or to ram enemy positions. A notable feature is the destructible environment which reacts to gunfire and explosions allowing players to create new paths or cause collateral damage. The artificial intelligence of enemy forces adapts to the player tactics and will call for reinforcements when pressed. The title also offers a split screen multiplayer mode where two players can cooperate on missions or compete in deathmatch style arenas. Critical reception at launch was mixed with reviewers praising the ambitious scope and the chaotic action but criticizing repetitive mission design and technical issues such as frame rate drops and occasional texture pop in. Commercially the game achieved modest sales figures and developed a cult following among fans of open world action games on the PlayStation 2. The item was added to the iOctavio.com database on February 19 2006 and was originally categorized by the user as a third person adventure and placed within the third person adventure genre to aid in web searches.