After all, those are American citizens you're shooting at, soldier! By the end of the chapter, you find yourself sympathizing with poor mass-murdering John Rambo, because he really didn't mean to hurt anyone. Throughout the remainder of the first chapter of story missions, you're encouraged to avoid killing your foes, because simply disarming them gives bonus points. The quick-time events in the game offer more points if you press them with proper timing, but mostly act as a boring and clichéd way to add interactivity to cinematic events. As the bully deputies attempt to shave Rambo with a straight razor, he rebels and escapes through a series of nothing but properly timed button presses.
But it's not prison that makes his life hell. Rambo is thrown into jail by the sheriff of Hope, Washington. Which is worse, shaving dry or dull quick-time events?Īfter war, regular life just isn't the same. The mission also introduces you to the wrath bar, and Wrath mode, which enables you to regain your health and get back to going Rambo by killing as many enemies as possible before the bar depletes. It's a step up from the arcade limitation that typically leaves you with "in cover" or "shooting" as your only options. Here you discover the game's cover system, which allows you to take cover in three different directions at any given time, leaving you exposed to some foes while shielded from others depending on the direction you take. From there, you play a flashback mission as the war hero John Rambo in Vietnam, guns ablazin' as you attempt to escape being a prisoner of war.
These are the words you hear at the funeral that launches the game. "I'm here to talk to you about a man who killed dozens. From moment to moment, the action is simple but frantic, inviting you to set aside your expectations of what a Rambo video game should be, and enjoy it for what it is. Kill streaks multiply your score and increase the multiplier based off how rapidly you kill. Headshots are worth more, in terms of both damage and point values, and the game encourages you to kill as much as fast as you can. It made Rambo a rail shooter that leads you through its levels by the nose, letting you instead focus on hovering your targeting reticle over the bad guys and gunning them down. With all of the tools available today, a veritable sandbox could have been made of the jungles of Vietnam and the city of Hope, Washington. And for the first time in many years, we have a video game that lets you inhabit the role of John Rambo.ĭeveloper Teyon could have done a lot of things with Rambo: The Video Game. The testosterone-flooded film series that began with First Blood in the '80s has given us the term "going Rambo" anytime someone decides to take on insurmountable challenges in a video game.
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