Publisher Reef Entertainment and developer Teyon thought that a gameplay trailer for their upcoming action title Rambo: The Video Game couldn't hurt, but the bullet-storm of YouTube commenters would beg to differ.
Maybe it's the fact that the trailer flaunts QTEs, that the game looks like an on-rails shooter, that a tank sounds like a flock of birds dying in a vat of hot oil, or that the in-game shadowing looks like a smattering of poop smears. Whatever the case, the amount of hatred is seething:
Movie tie-ins were a staple of the video game industry not too long ago. Only within the last few years, movie studios figured out that unless you can commit the finances and time to make a good game, a movie tie in could do more harm for the brand than good. Game Guider Oscar Giggins takes a look at the top 3 best and worst movie tie-in games and looks at what made them either a memorable part of gaming history or a notorious mistake destined for the trash.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are in.
Enter the Gungeon (PS4) – 7/7/8/8 [30/40]
The Genius of Sappheiros V (PSV) – 7/7/7/6 [29/40]
Rambo: The Video Game (PS3) – 6/7/6/7 [26/40]
Rocketbirds 2: Evolution (PS4) – 8/7/8/8 [31/40]
Rocketbirds 2: Evolution (PSV) – 8/7/8/8 [31/40]
PP: A while back there was a Rambo game released for PS3 that used the PS Move. It didn’t go down too well with most who played it, so we’re actually quite surprised to be sat here writing that it’s getting a free DLC update tomorrow in the form of Baker Team.
That's incredibly bizarre but okay... I guess that's great for the three masochists who still play it!
At this point, it almost seems like they should just drop the game and move on with their lives.
it's just-- it's ugly. plain and simple. and the trailer? it's laughable!
The YouTube comments are hilarious. If it was going to be an on-rails shooter, they should have just ported the SEGA arcade game. I play that at Dave & Busters, it's not bad.
Seriously whats the point of this game, i mean why would you want to put this on your resume as a developer. everything about this game is just wrong
LOL