PS3 Review – G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Yo Joe! Gamers have long cringed at the mere thought of movie-based titles. It’s because, unfortunately, most suck. Bad camera, horrible controls, awful graphics; you name it. Is G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is one of those title? Or does the game finally get rid of the stereotype that all movie tie-in games are awful?
Honestly? No, it doesn’t. The team behind the title, Double Helix Games, have delivered a less than par game, with the G.I Joe name behind it. The game is summed up like this, “Go to objective, shoot bad guys, get next objective, shoot more bad guys, rinse, repeat.”
G.I Joe is a very linear title, and is most definitely aimed for kids. Controls are simple, R2 to shoot, L2 to strafe, X for cover (and also to roll), and R1 to switch between characters. The game features an aim and cover system, though aiming is extremely annoying. It does feature a target lock (L1), however it doesn’t make up how frustrating the aiming system is. Sometimes you’ll aim at something you don’t want to, and take about 5 seconds to respond to where you wanted to aim in the first place. At least the cover system is better, with a simple click of X to lock on to a surface. Holding R2 to shoot gets you out of cover, and releasing lets you go back in.
Gameplay is not awful, but it isn’t good either. You run around with two players (two can be human, or you can play by yourself with a partner you choose), and shoot your way through the level. You start the game with two characters, Duke and Scarlett, and eventually unlock more players as you go along. Back to levels, which are played out in a very linear fashion. You basically run from checkpoint to checkpoint, shooting some baddies in between. This goes on throughout the entire game.
You have no control of the camera in this game, which is quite annoying and can be quite obstructive. At some points the camera would go off and the player would be out of sight, and so on. The game is played from sort of a over-the-top angle, which could have potential, but did not reach it. At all.
Enemies are very plain in the game. You have your COBRA guys, who shout the same lines over and over, and robots. You also have your occasional robotic spiders. They’re not very dumb, but they still walk into objects and keep walking. There are other glitches in the game too, that developer Double Helix did not catch, like shooting through objects, and running through environments.
Boss battles are quite plain as well. They’re actually a chore to beat them, and are not fun at all. One boss battle showcased you and your partner against a giant enemy ship. You had to shoot this ship over and over, until it left, and new enemies popped up. Once those enemies were gone, the ship came back, and you would repeat this process. Sigh.
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14 Responses to “PS3 Review – G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”
“Awful graphics make this title look like a PS2 or Xbox game from late 2004 or early 2005.”
I said basically the same from seeing the commercials, it looked like a joke or PSP game XD
game looked pitiful every time i saw something on it.
Ok, Mr. Dan Massi, what did you do? Must have been something bad to get stuck playing and reviewing this garbage. Keep it up and you’ll be relegated to a life of playing and reviewing third party Wii games. That’s the game reviewers equivalent to “water boarding”.
i’ve heard nothing but horrible about this game. sorry you had to suffer through it Dan. i’d buy you a cold one (or twelve) if i could. might help wash away the memories, if only for a while.
Ouch.
Makes you wonder why they even bother. Considering the horrible reviews, I don’t think it would get too many rentals even from little kids who just saw the movie.
@ Mitch Cumstein
I was asked to review the game, haha. You can’t really deny when the person you work for asks you.
OMG that last screenshot looked like a gimpy PSP game not a full blown PS3 title.
this was definitely the worst game I have EVER played. I honestly don’t know how some developers sleep at night knowing they are releasing such a horrible piece of garbage. I would have given it a 0/5
perhaps it will win worst game of the year, someone has to, right?
I wonder when would they stop making garbage movie games. *sigh* I guess when a name could sell, why not right? I would just want to do alot of thinking in making games based on movies. It just needs to be fun.
wow l was going to rent this but a 1 rating is now making me hesitant. l don’t want a repeat with Prince of Persia
i expected this game to suck.. rarly do movie based game do good.
@shadowjin
the reason they dont is because they hide the story or they cant branch in another direction.