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Quick Look: Rambo: The Video Game

Vinny, Jeff, and Rambo's face reenact classic Rambo scenes, like the one where Rambo shoots dozens of cops.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Feb. 22 2014

Cast: Jeff, Vinny

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

Rambo: The Video Game

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OllyOxenFree

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Zeik

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@slightlytriangularrectangle said:

Having watched this quick look, I am of the mind that Jeff and Vinny decided even before playing the game that they were going to trash it completely, while disregarding any of its merits.

Does this game look particularly fun? Not really. But, then again, there doesn't seem (at least from the quick look) to be anything egregiously bad about it. At worst, it looks to be an average on-rails shooter, and a functional one at that.

Between Alex's coverage and this quick look, I question why GiantBomb had to waste time trashing a passable video game for the sake of humor. I suppose this video serves as another example of gaming journalism at its worst, when the internet comes together collectively to tear down something that, in the end, is not as horrific as it is made to seem. And, sadly, there were probably developers who, with a limited budget, actually put effort into making this game, who now have to face the internet's hive-minded, regurgitated scorn.

It sounds to me like one of the developers or PR people is not so happy about their game getting trashed. Sorry bud, but there's just no way you can spin this into not being laughably bad. The developers might have a totally valid excuse for why it turned out so bad, but that doesn't make it any less bad.

And honestly they could have trashed this game SO much worse than they actually did. Vinny at least seemed to go into it with an open mind. But you can't suger coat $40 crap.

10 years ago

bwmcmaste

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This just looks awful. What a waste of an opportunity to make a game that lives up to the Rambo legacy.

10 years ago

Foggen

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It is totally heartbreaking and 100% unsurprising that a modern Rambo game is terrible.

10 years ago

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Edited By Thiago123

Look kids! This is what video games were like!

10 years ago

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I'd love Rambo so I can't miss this game. Looks nice, I see how it lokks like in real.

10 years ago

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Edited By Foggen

I think this Quick Look represents 100% of my interest in this game.

10 years ago

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Edited By Budwyzer

I can't help but feel that if they had just added the second player's weapon to the left side of the screen to follow their aiming reticle, and make it seem like Rambo was dual wielding WTF ever he wanted to, then this game would have seemed way cooler.

Not even to go as far as creating a new weapon on teh left and swapping the 1st player over to the left, but just add a new weapon on the screen and make it follow P2.

10 years ago

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DREW!!! MORE RAMBO!

10 years ago

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amir90

40 USD? damn son.
5 USD, maybe, for the lulz.
10 USD for fun with friends.
BUT 40 USD? Man, I can almost buy Castlevania 2 with that money.

10 years ago

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Guys really you need to pic this one up its amazing.......cough cough

10 years ago

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This game is great.

10 years ago

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@zeik: Hahaha and they would be in the GiantBomb comment section instead of tweaking and fixing everything they read in this comment section. Its a person's opinion. Could be shit but will probably be your average shooter to go trough when just for the sake of old films...... stoned :D.

Will wait and might grab it on steam when its piss cheap. Would like to kill all em cops from first film.

10 years ago

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@budwyzer: Did i miss something about that. If i play by my self there wont be second aiming corsair. So its all good.

10 years ago

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Edited By AURON570

genuinely surprised this isn't a Wii game...

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Amazing looking game that just makes me want to watch Hot Shots part2 instead of buying it. Amazed it got this far into production but looks not that much fun, just amazing to see how far into the depths it goes.

10 years ago

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That hair physics! That lip!

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Edited By Jasoncourt

I don't get Jeff sometimes, this is gooooold...absolutely hilariously awesome. Does is 'suck' YES, but in such an entertaining way. I pay for a GiantBomb subscription FOR these type of videos. But if Jeff can't do it, he can't do it, I can respect that everyone has there video game limits. But I swear, THIS is what I want, wonderfully bad games played by people with good senses of humor...but I'm sure that not everyone has the same view/need of GiantBomb.

10 years ago