GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra Comments by Kieron Gillen
Lights, Camera, Action Man.
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UKGN_Zoidberg
17/03/09 @ 07:40
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I'm still surprised they haven't changed the name of the movie to Action Man for the UK market!
I'm in the "decide when I play it" camp as well, but sounds interesting. |
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metalangel
17/03/09 @ 07:59
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Remember the GI Joe C64 game? You had to change/turn over the disks 3 times between each battle! Quite why they aren't just revamping the old toys (which were big, chunky and lovely... my Tiger Force Rattler was spectacular) rather than some naff new noes I don't understand.
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Snakehips76
17/03/09 @ 08:41
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This game must include the following:
Eagle Eyes button for total 180 degree perifory vision Blue kevlar pants that never let you down when the going gets tough A QTE with a Barbie and/or Sindy doll where you get to perform obscene adolescent karmasutra Oh, and a pull string on your back for all the dialogue |
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metalangel
17/03/09 @ 09:07
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Oh yeah, the NES game was great... hotswapping and levelling up team members... and the odd and incongruous appearance of vehicles mid-level. A shame that the toys lost the moderate realism as time went on (the originals were an Abrams tank, SuperCobra gunship and F-14 vs. Cobra who had their weird A-10 variant with rotating VTOL wings and a third engine on the tail) and became more Transformers/TMNT-esque with the Battleforce 2000 and Cobra-La stuff respectively.
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Optimaximal
17/03/09 @ 09:33
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Isn't the entire character selection moot because everyone is just going to fight over who plays Snake Eyes? He's easily the Koopa Troopa of G.I. Joe!
Also, Action Force = G.I.Joe != Action Man. |
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PlugMonkey
17/03/09 @ 10:14
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"and even the divine idiot that is Earth Defence Force 2017"
EDF! EDF! Action Force was ace. My favourite toys of the 80s. I'm placing this game on 'cautiously intrigued'. |
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Actually, Action Man was a UK 1960s version of the original 12-inch GI Joe figure, licensed to British company Palitoy from Hasbro. Palitoy then launched the smaller Action Force figures in the 80s about the same time that the US GI Joe range were shrunk down to "He-Man" size figures; then got bought out by Hasbro who soon merged everything into one range in a Snickers/Starburst style.
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Oh god. I remember when I had to drag myself to previews like this. This game is absolute shit, and Kieron knows that. But since this is a preview he has to try to just describe it and NOT sound too negative. I mean, they have a whole two months to fix the glaring weaknesses, right..? And the review will cover the opinions, right..? Sometimes being a games journalist is a horrible, horrible job.
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CountFapula
17/03/09 @ 16:20
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Yeah I'm sure going to see new games months in advance is pure torture.
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it'll be like that 3d scrolling army shooter game on the PS1, which i can't remember the name of! I do remember that it was poo though. Movie games suck, and this will be no different :o(
They should have gone side and top down scrolling madness with ultra slick graphics and re-done Contra and Smash TV imo. |
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sadakos_fury
18/03/09 @ 08:18
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Stick your GI joe up your 'fanny', Mr USA.
We want Baron Ironblood - complete with bin on head - and the Red Shadows facing off against SAS Force, Space Force, Aqua (?) Force and The Other One I've Forgotten. |
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