G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (videogame)

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Production information
Developer	Double Helix Games (PS2/PS3/PSP/X360/Wii) Backbone Entertainment (DS)
Publisher	Electronic Arts
Platform/console	Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360, Mobile phone
Release date	August 4, 2009
General information
Continuity	Movie continuity

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a video game based on the film of the same name, but introducing a new storyline that takes place after the film.

Gameplay

Duke and Snake-Eyes take aim at a Cobra Gunship.

Among the character classes included are "Commandoes" who do well at close range, "Heavy Weapons" who possess extraordinary shooting skills but do it best from a distance and "Soldiers" who are a balance between the two. The classic "Yo Joe!" battle cry is used as an invulnerability power-up when the G.I. Joe character gains access to the Accelerator Suit, allowing them to be undamaged while attacking Cobra troops and vehicles.

Appearances

Commando

G.I. Joe	Cobra
Agent Helix Kamakura Scarlett Snake Eyes	Baroness Storm Shadow

Heavy Weapons

G.I. Joe	Cobra
Backblast Flash Gung-Ho Heavy Duty	Destro

Soldier

G.I. Joe	Cobra
Beachhead Duke Ripcord Shipwreck	Firefly

Cameos

G.I. Joe	Cobra
Breaker Dataframe Dialtone Dusty General Hawk Lift Ticket Recondo Shipwreck Snowjob Stalker Tunnel Rat Wild Bill	Black Viper Cobra Commander Iron Grenadiers M.A.R.S. Security Trooper Night Creeper

Plot summary

Duke and Scarlett travel to the Arctic and free Heavy Duty, Ripcord and Snake-Eyes from the M.A.R.S Detention Center. They also capture the Baroness and bring her to the Pit. In Egypt, the Joes defeat Firefly and learn that Cobra are taking the Apep gem. In the jungle, the Joes defeat Destro and learn that Cobra has been building a pyramid on the rooftop of the Pyramid Building. Finally, they defeated Cobra Commander and Storm Shadow at the North Pole Volcano Base.

Other notes

Voice-over cast

• Nancy Truman ... Agent Helix
• Chopper Bernet ... Backblast
• Grey DeLisle ... Baroness
• Joe Hanna ... Beachhead
• Charles Fathy ... Breaker
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt ... Cobra Commander
• Wally Wingert ... Dataframe
• Robin Atkin Downes ... Destro
• Aimee Miles ... Dialtone
• Roger Craig Smith ... Duke/Lift Ticket
• Chris Fries ... Dusty
• Matthew Moy ... Firefly
• Joseph Robert Thompson as General Hawk
• Steven Blum as Gung Ho/Iron Grenadiers
• Rodney Saulsbury as Heavy Duty
• Chris Edgerly as Kamakura
• Patrick Seitz as M.A.R.S. Security Trooper/Black Viper
• Matt Malloy as M.A.R.S. Security Trooper/Black Viper
• Andrew Kishino as Night Creeper
• Brian Bloom as Recondo
• Ajani Perkins as Ripcord
• Leigh Allyn Baker as Scarlett
• Andy Milder as Sgt. Flash
• Pete Sepenek as Shipwreck
• Scott McCray as Snowjob
• Dave B. Mitchell as Stalker
• Tim Joe as Storm Shadow
• Bumper Robinson as Tunnel Rat
• Zach Hanks as Wild Bill

Reception

The game received a rating of 44 out of 100 from Metacritic.

IGN.com gave the main console version a 5.8 / 10, criticizing the game's bad graphics and bad gameplay. IGN also gave the DS version a 7.1 / 10 .

G4TV's X-Play gave the game a 1 / 5, saying, "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is the new gold standard for lazy and uninspired cash-in licensed games. It could perhaps be argued that the developers didn't have much to work with given the source material, but that doesn't help the unfortunate consumer who ends up stuck with this Junkyard Dog of a game in his collection."

External links

• Official website
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra at IGN
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (video game) at the Internet Movie Database
• Review at GeneralsJoes.com

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