G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Overview

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a video game adaptation of the 2009 movie of the same name, published by Electronic Arts. The story takes place after the film. The Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2 and PSP versions are similar, while the Nintendo DS and mobile versions are different games. Double Helix Games developed the console versions.

After the events of the movie, Duke and Scarlett travel to the Arctic and free Heavy Duty, Ripcord and Snake Eyes from the M.A.R.S. detention centre, then fight the Baroness. In Egypt the Joes learn that Cobra is taking Apep's Eye, and they must beat Firefly. In the jungle they find Cobra building a ziggurat-like structure, where they face James McCullen, now Destro, on the roof. The last fight against Cobra Commander is at a volcano base at the North Magnetic Pole.

Characters fall into classes. Commando characters do well at close range, Heavy Weapons characters shoot best from a distance, and the soldier class sits between the two. The classic battle cry "Yo, Joe!" is in the game as an invulnerability power-up that comes with the Accelerator Armor, which leaves the player undamaged while attacking Cobra troops and vehicles.

Reviews were mixed to negative. Metacritic gave the PS3 version 43 and the Xbox 360 version 42. IGN scored the main console version 5.8 out of 10 and criticised the graphics and the gameplay in general, though it gave the DS version a better 7.1. G4's X-Play scored it 1 out of 5.

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Game details

Genres

Action, Shoot 'em up, Third-person shooter

Developer

Double Helix Games

Publisher

Electronic Arts

Series

G.I. Joe

Composers

Cris Velasco, Sascha Dikiciyan

Designers

Dax Berg

Producers

Kristian Davila

Directors

Cordy Rierson, David Msika

Modes

Single player

Yes

Release dates

Trophies

Trophies44

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

3

Silver

10

Bronze

30

Total

44

Points

1320

• G.I. JOE Platinum 6.15% of players
• Baroness Defeat Baroness Bronze 41.02% of players
• Destro Defeat Destro Bronze 34.9% of players
• Firefly Defeat Firefly Bronze 34% of players
• Storm Shattered Defeat Storm Shadow in all three secret arenas Silver 18.3% of players
• Strike Commander Defeat every wave in all Satellite Strike mini-games Silver 11.36% of players
• Strike Lieutenant Defeat every wave in one Satellite Strike mini-game Bronze 43.7% of players
• Battle Master Collect and spend all 130 possible Battle Points Silver 6.57% of players
• Hack 'n Slash Finish a level using only melee attacks on ground troops Bronze 9.16% of players
• Sloppy Joe Achieve the worst rank on a level without going Man Down Bronze 8.4% of players
• Man Up Complete a Jungle or Tundra mission without going Man Down Bronze 27.83% of players
• No "I" in Team Complete mission with higher than 50% Dual Targeting kills Silver 48.18% of players
• Half the Battle Collect 50% of all File Cards Bronze 28.89% of players
• File-o-phile Collect all File Cards Bronze 7.56% of players
• Classified Collect all Intel Cards Bronze 8.01% of players
• Lost & Found Collect all G.I. JOE Contacts Bronze 13.35% of players
• Triplets Pick up all three types of Point Multipliers in one mission Bronze 69.22% of players
• Arctic Completed Complete all Arctic missions Bronze 37.56% of players
• Desert Completed Complete all Desert missions Silver 31.41% of players
• Jungle Completed Complete all Jungle missions Silver 25.81% of players
• M.A.S.S. Destruction Destroy the M.A.S.S. Device Gold 28.73% of players
• Yo Joe! Purchase two G.I. JOE contacts Bronze 64.09% of players
• COBRAAAA!!! Purchase all COBRA characters Gold 7.1% of players
• All G.I. JOE Contacts Purchase all G.I. JOE contacts Gold 14.09% of players
• Combat Rock Complete a mission using only Combat class characters Bronze 34.78% of players
• Go Commando Complete a mission using only Commando class characters Bronze 25.1% of players
• Bevvy o' Heavy Complete a mission using only Heavy class characters Bronze 26.82% of players
• The Tables Have Turned Complete any Arctic, Desert, or Jungle mission using any COBRA character Bronze 21.43% of players
• Lovers' Quarrel Complete any mission using Baroness and Duke Bronze 12.13% of players
• Arishikage Attack Complete any mission using Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow Bronze 12.22% of players
• Girls Night Out Complete any mission using female characters only Bronze 14.9% of players
• Gimme The Keys Drive every G.I. JOE vehicle in the game Bronze 19.65% of players
• Code Cracker Gain access to a Combat Soldier Class Ability door Bronze 61.41% of players
• Nimble Access Gain access to a Commando Class Ability door Bronze 37.45% of players
• Lost Keys Gain access to a Heavy Class Ability door Bronze 70.79% of players
• Turret Syndrome Operate the turret in every vehicle in the game Bronze 11.88% of players
• Double Barrel Roll Perform 10 barrel rolls in unison in any level in co-op Bronze 26.35% of players
• Hardcore G.I. JOE Complete every Mission on Hardcore Difficulty Silver 7.03% of players
• Higher Score Replay a mission and earn a higher score Bronze 32.75% of players
• Launch Money Launch 50 enemies into the air and kill them. Silver 26.28% of players
• Side Mission Completist Complete all Sub-operation Missions Bronze 22.02% of players
• Acceleration Celebration Activate the Accelerator Suit three times in any mission Silver 60.4% of players
• Accomplished Mission Gain the highest Mission Ranking Silver 16.67% of players
• It Takes Two Complete any mission in 2 player co-op Bronze 51.59% of players

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale
Metacritic	PS3	43	100

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
IGN	5.8	10
X-Play	1	5

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Cordy Rierson
Director	David Msika
Designer	Dax Berg
Producer	Kristian Davila
Programmer	Kyle Riccio
Artist	David Robert Donatucci
Composer	Cris Velasco
Composer	Sascha Dikiciyan

Notes for collectors

• The Platinum trophy is named G.I. JOE and needs all 43 other trophies.
• Battle Master needs every one of the 130 Battle Points to be collected and spent.
• Two trophies need a second player: It Takes Two (any mission in 2 player co-op) and Double Barrel Roll (10 barrel rolls in unison in co-op).
• The Nintendo DS version is a different game, a top-down arcade shooter that reuses assets from a finished but unreleased Gauntlet game for DS.
• Two disc IDs exist: BLUS30326 for North America and BLES00590 for Europe. Sony's patch server lists no update for either.

Credits

Region

US

Time to beat

about 6 hours