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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
After the events of the film, Duke and Scarlett travels to the Arctic and free Heavy Duty, Ripcord and Snake Eyes from the M.A.R.S Detention Center. Also, they fight the Baroness and bring her to the Pit. In Egypt, the Joes learn that Cobra is taking the Apep (Gem), and must defeat Firefly. In the jungle, the Joes learn that Cobra is making a pyram...
Details
- Released
- August 3, 2009
- Developer
- Double Helix Games
- Genres
- Shooter
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
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The game’s ugly as sin but it at least has a fun design to fall back upon – G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is an energetic DS game that’s a cool, simplistic diversion. If you’re a fan of blowing crap to high heaven, this game will be right up your alley – just don’t expect to be floored by the visuals and you’ll be fine.
There’s something depressing about the way this game fails to achieve its own lowly goals.
If you and up to three friends all have your own copies of the game (so very unlikely), you can team up for some interesting multiplayer modes. The game does not support single-card multiplayer or the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, though, so your options are extremely limited. You'd be better off ignoring G.I. Joe on the DS entirely and just seeing the movie instead, which I understand is awesome. The game, obviously, does not follow suit.
GI Joe? Who the hell are GI Joe? Now I had a bunch of toys by the name of Action Force, but this GI Joe malarkey means nothing to me. What do you mean they are the same? While the cultural boundaries may have blurred a little during my childhood, and resulted in the very American GI Joe being renamed for my more gentile British tastes, that does not mean I do not appreciate how much ass those quality little toys actually kicked. This game alone brings back memories of a bunch of troops, all w...
The G.I. Joe video game will feature an exclusive storyline that picks up where the live-action movie leaves off, allowing players to re-create and re-live the greatest moments from the film, cartoon series and action figure toy line.