The control scheme resembles that of your everyday first person shooter. Without trying it yourself it may sound like a complete no-no but the Sony gamepad actually handles pretty well. There is, however, an option to play with the trusty old DualShock 3. The grenadiers, in particular, can be a right nuisance, lobbing insta-kills projectiles at your face like they’re going out of fashion.Īs with other on-rails shooter, Rambo is best when using both the PlayStation Move and Nav controllers.
They certainly help to change up the pace but occasionally feel more like unnecessarily obstacles more than anything else. As players move from chapter to chapter, a wider variety will also start to appear, including armoured, shotgun-wielding soldiers, buff-granting commandos, and grenadiers. With that said the AI isn’t completely braindead with some hostiles diving into cover or trying to flank Rambo. The enemies themselves are mostly cannon fodder and will happily expose themselves to Rambo.
By slaughtering enemies in this time, you can also regain health, thereby killing two birds with one stone. Once full, players can activate Wrath Mode, effectively slowing time and highlighting all hostile targets. The latter is measured directly beneath the health bar, gaining a portion for each kill. Small variations to the formula include a handy yet flawed cover system as well as “Wrath”. Mimicking Teyon’s previous work on the Heavy Fire series, players will simply romp through each setting, clearing entire screens of enemies before moving on. The voicework doesn’t fare well either with Teyon crowbarring muddy clips of original dialogue in at just about every opportunity.Īs an on-rails shooter Rambo is exactly what you’d expect, minus any semblance of progression of ingenuity. Though important characters from the trilogy are clearly recognisable they look like poorly-moulded bootleg action figures. For a start in-engine cutscenes are downright ugly and look even worse than gameplay. How this narrative is conveyed, however, leaves much to be desired. A real, albeit misunderstood, American hero who doesn’t seem to have the best of luck, no matter where he is in the world. Despite being branded as a rogue, brutish killer, John Rambo is actually a patriot. When paying attention, you’ll notice a decent story beginning to unfold.
Starring as the series’ titular, gun-totting protagonist, players will ransack the streets of Hope Town before returning to Vietnam and eventually winding up in the harsh Afghanistan frontier. Based on the original 80s trilogy, developer Teyon has hand-picked a compilation of set-pieces, sandwiching them between the odd bit of narration.
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