Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters

Overview

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is an action game, the first based on DC Comics' Green Lantern, Hal Jordan. It is a tie-in and sequel to the film Green Lantern, which opened in theatres on June 17, 2011. The game has 3D visuals on the Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, using TriOviz Inficolor 3D for ordinary televisions and stereoscopic 3D for 3DTVs.

The player is Hal Jordan, with the power of the Green Lantern ring used to create weapons and objects to defeat enemies and progress. Most versions mix on-foot beat 'em up fights with flying rail shooter sequences. On the Xbox 360 and PS3 the on-foot levels allow full 3D movement from fixed camera angles. These versions also support drop-in, drop-out co-op, where a second player takes control of Sinestro.

The story picks up as the Manhunters, an android race created by the Guardians of the Universe as the first interstellar police force, return seeking revenge. Hal, Kilowog and Sinestro defend Oa, then travel to Zamaron and Biot, home world of the Manhunters. They defeat the Highmaster, and Hal confronts Amon Sur, Abin Sur's son, who has betrayed the Corps.

The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions use the likeness and voice of Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, the star of the film. Michael Jackson, the radio commentator, returned as Ganthet from the animated film Green Lantern: Emerald Knights. The Nintendo versions have no voice acting. Double Helix Games made the non-Nintendo versions and Griptonite Games the Nintendo ones.

Reviews were mixed. Three major outlets each gave the non-Nintendo versions 60 percent, a 6 out of 10 or 3 out of 5. One of them scored the Wii and DS versions 5.5 and the 3DS version 4.5. The game came out in North America on June 7, 2011, in Europe on June 10 and in Australia on June 29. A separate iOS version plays as a rail shooter and was made by Other Ocean Interactive.

Official trailer

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters Videogame Trailer, Warner Bros. Games ANZ. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters (Xbox 360 Longplay), RobbieReplays. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Action

Developer

Double Helix Games

Publisher

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Series

Green Lantern

Composers

Kaveh Cohen, Michael David Nielsen

Designers

Benjamin Cholewinski

Writers

Marv Wolfman

Directors

David Msika

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

2

Online multiplayer

No

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Achievements

Achievements40 (1,000G)

1000G possibleYes

Total

40

Gamerscore

1000

100% time

8 to 10 hours

Difficulty

3 out of 10

Playthroughs for 1000G

1

Playthroughs for 100%

1

1000G without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Online note

Synergy needs local co-op with a second controller.

DLC has trophies

No

1000G includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

No

DLC still for sale

No

DLC note

The game has no DLC.

Missable trophies

2

Chapter select fixes a miss

Yes

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Languages

English

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

Yes

Players with 1000G

35.89%

Gamerscore, base game

1000

Gamerscore with DLC

1000

Missable trophies

• There is Hope
• Mogo is Proud

Grind

• Buy every upgrade for Big Spender, Complete Control and Full Burn

• Invasion Cleared mission 1. 10G 91.98% of players
• Diversion Cleared mission 2. 10G 88.89% of players
• Central Battery Cleared mission 3. 10G 77.73% of players
• Distress Call Cleared mission 4. 10G 71.38% of players
• Possession Cleared mission 5. 10G 70.72% of players
• Corruption Cleared mission 6. 10G 65.62% of players
• Biot Cleared mission 7. 10G 60.55% of players
• Hot Pursuit Cleared mission 8. 10G 60.29% of players
• Ultimate Weapon Cleared mission 9. 10G 58.76% of players
• Return to Oa Cleared mission 10. 10G 58.06% of players
• Synergy Cleared a mission in Co-op. 20G 60.39% of players
• Emerald Warrior Completed the game on poozer or enforcer difficulty. 50G 58.06% of players
• Emerald Knight Cleared all missions on Emerald Knight difficulty. 100G 38.8% of players
• Just Getting Started Performed a 20 hit combo. 10G 98.91% of players
• On a Roll Performed a 50 hit combo. 30G 79.77% of players
• Shut Your Mouth Performed a 99 hit combo. 60G 61.25% of players
• Master Blaster Defeated 10 enemies with Ring Blaster. 15G 94.67% of players
• Blunt Justice Defeated 10 enemies with War Hammer. 15G 87.1% of players
• Demolitionist Defeated 10 enemies with Hover Mines. 15G 66.44% of players
• Favorite Pastime Defeated 10 enemies with Baseball Bat. 15G 71.24% of players
• All in the Wrist Defeated 10 enemies with Blade Whip. 15G 60.57% of players
• Locked and Loaded Defeated 10 enemies with Gatling Gun. 15G 69.88% of players
• Lights Out Defeated 10 enemies with Piston Blitz. 15G 53.74% of players
• Fan Favorite Defeated 10 enemies with Rocket Punch. 15G 62.39% of players
• Targets Acquired Defeated 20 enemies with Missile Pack. 15G 57.94% of players
• Big Beat Down Defeated 20 enemies with Mech Suit. 15G 57.78% of players
• Around the World Defeated 20 enemies with Mace Storm. 15G 65.06% of players
• Hal Knows Jets Defeated 20 enemies with Jet Fighter. 15G 53.1% of players
• Beware My Power! Used Ring Surge 10 times. 20G 72.12% of players
• What Goes Up... Launched 20 enemies. 20G 90.87% of players
• Get Dizzy Y'all! Made Green Lantern dizzy 10 times. 20G 49.17% of players
• Rank Up Gained experience level 5. 30G 77.3% of players
• Not a Poozer Gained experience level 10. 80G 59.6% of players
• There is Hope Collected all 5 Blue Meteorites. 40G 43.48% of players
• Mogo is Proud Collected all 9 Green Meteorites. 40G 41.8% of players
• Might Makes Right Purchased all Attack upgrades. 25G 57.92% of players
• Full Burn Purchased all Ring Surge upgrades. 25G 50.19% of players
• Complete Control Purchased all Ring Power upgrades. 25G 44.82% of players
• Willpower Purchased all Construct upgrades. 25G 56.7% of players
• Big Spender Purchased all upgrades. 100G 43.36% of players

Space and patches

Space neededPlays from the disc

DLC

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters has no DLC.

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Plays on an Xbox 360 from the disc. Single-player and local co-op, with no online features.

Online

Plays offlineYes

The game has no online features. Co-op is drop-in, drop-out on the same console, with the second player as Sinestro.

Reception

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
IGN	6	10
GameSpot	6	10
X-Play	3	5

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	David Msika
Designer	Benjamin Cholewinski
Programmer	Carlos Bustamante
Artist	David Robert Donatucci
Writer	Marv Wolfman
Composer	Kaveh Cohen
Composer	Michael David Nielsen

Cast

Character	Actor
Hal Jordan	Ryan Reynolds
Ganthet	Michael Jackson

Notes for collectors

• The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions have the likeness and voice of Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, and the Nintendo versions have no voice acting.
• The game supports 3D with TriOviz Inficolor for standard televisions as well as stereoscopic 3DTVs.
• A second player takes control of Sinestro in drop-in co-op.
• The achievement list has 40 entries, and the first ten are one for each mission.
• The iOS version is a different rail shooter from a different studio.

Credits

Publisher

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Developer

Double Helix Games

Director

David Msika

Released

2011-06-07

Age rating

T (Teen)

Disc ID

575207E9

Region

US

Time to beat

about 6 hours

Copies in the shop

• Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters (XBOX 360) CA$32.99