I’m calling it – 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand will actually be a good game, and will be everyone’s biggest guilty pleasure ever since THQ and Yukes came out with the Smackdown! games for the PlayStation One. Despite the ridiculous premise and having nothing to build on except the rather lackluster first game on the PlayStation 2 (i.e 50 Cent: Bulletproof), this upcoming third person shooter for the PS3 and Xbox 360 does look like it’s going to turn quite a few heads. We arrive at this optimistic conclusion via the recently-released trailer of the game, titled Skull Retriever.

Watching the trailer, it’s really clear that a lot of work has been done to make it look the way it was. The in-game graphics look sharp, the cutscenes look decently directed and the gameplay looks nothing less than solid, despite resembling your typical TPS fare. There’s also a healthy bit of close-combat action in the trailer, with clips of Fiddy whaling on some unfortunate soul – and it just adds to how, well, professional everything seems. This isn’t just some whimsical endeavor by some rap artist with too much cash on his hands, this does look like a game you can sit down with and play seriously. Here’s hoping that the actual gameplay is as polished.

You can view the trailer here.