Just point and shoot and shoot and...
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JMichaud
(BETHESDA, MD)
Aug 9, 2009
Member since Jan 2008
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They fight for freedom whever there's trouble G.I. Joe is there - and you can join the fun - sort of - as they take on the powerful forces of COBRA.
G.I. Joe is a shooter and nothing more than that. You get mission after mission of you blasting bad guys, blowing up vehicles, and destroying several other targets as you try to foil COBRA's plan for wold domination.
That's just about it. See bad guys, shoot bad guys by holding down the B button until they die or blow up, dodge their attack, and move on to the next batch of bad guys. Repeat until you get to the end of the level.
You may have to hold down the A button to acess panels, or blast bad guys with vehicles or an orbiting laser. But you'll be mostly running and gunning the bad guys.
With each level completed, you get a score and G.I. Joe emblems based on that score. You use those emblems to buy other characters you free during the missions.
Then go on to the next mission and do it all over again. If you don't like this type of game, then stay away from G.I. Joe the video game.
For me, G.I. Joe, the videogame's biggest flaws are in a few tech issues. First, the fixed camera. It makes it hard to find out which way to go, and it can hide some bad guys who are lucky enough to sneak in behind the camera.
Then, there's the lock on; it likes to target harmless boxes rather than the guys that are shooting at me. Sure, I can adjust the selected target, but why should I constantly have to do that?
The game's got some length to it - about six hours to get through all the missions. And it's a lot of fun to play with a buddy in two player co op mode.
Also, fans of the cartoon will want to find out which charcters they can play as in the game.
G.I. Joe is a better than average movie title based game (that's not saying much), but the fixed camera, the mindlessly basic gameplay, and the flawed lock on system takes some of the enjoyment out of it. It's fun, but not worth $50. RENT IT.
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