EA Making A G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra Game
EA’s upcoming game based on the live action G.I. Joe flick, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, is promising a whole hell of a lot and possibly delivering not that much. The game takes place after the “film” and even though it’s tied in directly with it, it will also have major plot elements from other G.I. Joe media such as the cartoon. In fact part of the plot is supposed to derive from a major story arc in the cartoon.
From the preview write up on IGN you’d think that this was the greatest thing ever. There’s mentions of popular characters like Tunnel Rat and Stalker, there’s talk of awesome vehicle action with the likes of the iconic H.I.S.S. tank among others, and there’s even talk of awesome co-op action.
I’m a huge G.I. Joe fan. I collect the toys and I write about them all the time on a toy blog. I’m thinking the movie may suck, but hopefully it will be slightly entertaining. I don’t have any kind of hope for the game though, given any and all previous exposure to games based on movies. Especially EA games based on movies.
What do you say EA, can you prove us wrong? Can you make an amazing G.I. Joe movie tie in game? I think it’s possible, there have been a couple of good G.I. Joe games in the past.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
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