By Jim Rossignol on August 3rd, 2012 at 7:00 pm.
“All FPSes are Rambo, no FPSes are Rambo. The difference is in the dose” – Paracelsus.
While Reef Entertainment saw fit to release a few screenshots of their Rambo game (one of which you can see above) it’s telling that the trailer for the game, which you can see below (as is traditional) features nothing but scenes from the Rambo movies. It’s fitting, I suppose, at a time when videogames are shooting live-action trailers to promote their rendered action happenings, the movie licence need not bother to show its game at all, because it has the movie.
Rambo – just so you know – will be a first person shooter comprising of a “journey” through the first three movies. Why not Rambo 4?
Because, in a way, aren’t all games Rambo 4?
03/08/2012 at 19:09 derbefrier says:
A journey through the first 3 movies huh? does that mean we get to shoot a bunch of redneck policemen? If so sign me up.
04/08/2012 at 17:31 zookeeper says:
But the whole point of the first movie is he didn’t shoot any redneck policemen.
03/08/2012 at 19:19 Trent Hawkins says:
Doesn’t he join Al Qaeda in one movie?
03/08/2012 at 19:24 Doth Messar says:
Yeah that’s the one he rams a helicopter with a tank.
03/08/2012 at 19:31 RogerioFM says:
He does that? Whoa, I must see it.
03/08/2012 at 19:39 ResonanceCascade says:
If you can’t do that in this game, I’m out.
03/08/2012 at 20:36 stupid_mcgee says:
Not to parse words, but it’s the Mujahideen. More specifically, they were likely to be representative of followers of Ahmad Massoud, known as the Lion of Panjshir. Massoud was actually killed by Al Qaeda suicide bombers two days before 9/11. The Muj were very much against suicide bombings and targeting civilians. While Al Qaeda has its roots in the Afghan/Soviet conflict, Al Qaeda didn’t really become a thing until the late 80′s/early 90′s, a few years after the Afghan conflict had been settled. Bin Laden himself actually ran training camps for foreign mujahideen, to join the Afghan jihad, but was never directly involved in the Afghan conflict.
-edit- Whoops. Mean to to be in reply to Doth Messar, but oh well. Derp!
03/08/2012 at 21:39 RogerioFM says:
If I cant ride an exploding shark and throw it on an airplane I don’t want it.
03/08/2012 at 20:38 Mr. Mister says:
Rico Rodríguez says “amateur”.
03/08/2012 at 19:25 mondomau says:
Yup. It’ll be interesting to see if they change it to something less, uh, ‘offensive’?
03/08/2012 at 19:34 rustybroomhandle says:
It was the Mudja Hadin, but close enough I guess. :)
03/08/2012 at 21:00 stupid_mcgee says:
Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda actually really didn’t like the Afghan Muj. It’s why he killed Ahmad Massoud just days before 9/11. Massoud is largely celebrated throughout Afghanistan. If you’ve never read it, Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Robert Kaplan is an amazing book. Really gives you a great insight into how incredibly hardcore the Muj were and how much they differed from the more radicalised cells that exist nowadays.
There’s a bit where Kaplan talks to Adbul Haq about having his foot amputated, and while Haq rubs the lump where his foot used to be, he says (paraphrasing) that he is glad he lost his foot for Allah and that it was for a greater purpose. He goes on to say that he feels bad for those who lose limbs in such trivial things as car accidents. After having his foot blown off by a mine, Haq had to be carried for over 25 miles on horseback before reaching a doctor who could cut off the damaged tissue, which had to be done without alcohol (Muslims don’t drink) and without anesthetic, because they had none. Abdul Haq was captured and killed trying to purge the Taliban from Afghanistan shortly after the 9/11 Afghan invasion.
03/08/2012 at 22:07 G_Man_007 says:
Anything like the Gila Munja?
03/08/2012 at 20:12 Nick says:
The third one. It’s dedicated to the brave fighters of afganistan at the end.
03/08/2012 at 19:33 Text_Fish says:
Links to the other screens, at least? Or are they somewhere evil?
04/08/2012 at 20:43 exenter says:
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/08/03/rambo-draws-first-blood-debut-screens-and-details-emerge/
03/08/2012 at 19:40 ResonanceCascade says:
I’m not opposed to a Rambo fps in principle, but not even really showing anything isn’t giving me a lot of confidence….
03/08/2012 at 19:44 EPICTHEFAIL says:
Since I don`t remember Rambo actually using a weapon`s sights at any point in the two movies I`ve watched half a decade ago, does this mean no ironsights? If so, me want.
03/08/2012 at 20:38 Mr. Mister says:
That’s an interesting detail.
03/08/2012 at 19:44 Inigo says:
I’d prefer a Hot Shots! Part Deux game.
03/08/2012 at 20:06 yhancik says:
Oh yes please!
03/08/2012 at 20:13 Nick says:
War, it’s FAN-tastic!
03/08/2012 at 19:50 mrmalodor says:
When the mouse button’s pushed, killing’s as easy as breathing.
03/08/2012 at 19:53 BatmanBaggins says:
Holy shit what.
Actually, a game about a Vietnam vet going insane and murdering an entire police force in the woods could be pretty cool if that was the main focus. Dunno about all the movies, though.
03/08/2012 at 21:14 sinister agent says:
Fleeing into the woods and fighting off increasingly organised waves of enemies, while killing as few as possible, would be worryingly fun if handled well.
Suspect we’ll have it be more like Rambo 2 though, which was shit. Could make a fine game, but could also make a generic snore-em-up.
04/08/2012 at 04:05 Twisted says:
Or, perhaps, you know, not killing anybody. There is only one death in First Blood, and it’s accidental.
03/08/2012 at 20:02 Anthile says:
It’s funny because Rambo itself was based on a book.
04/08/2012 at 12:51 Bob says:
Yeah, and a good read too. If they stayed true to the book there wouldn’t have been an more Rambos after the first. Why? …read the book. ;)
04/08/2012 at 14:15 Jnsen says:
Wow. Subtle.
03/08/2012 at 20:15 Nick says:
Huh, how will the first one work? Throw rock at helicopter?
03/08/2012 at 20:23 int says:
The graphics are beautiful!
It’s like the movies.
03/08/2012 at 20:28 Unaco says:
Yeah, but, like, 1980s movies.
03/08/2012 at 20:25 CommanderZx2 says:
To be fair it is subtitled ‘cinematic teaser’ and not trailer.
03/08/2012 at 20:34 linzhanes says:
http://711.la/goodgame
03/08/2012 at 20:36 db1331 says:
I think Stallone himself put it best when he said, “EeuaEEyahueEyyahhueeaae”
03/08/2012 at 21:15 sinister agent says:
And a fine farm it was, too.
03/08/2012 at 20:37 linzhanes says:
http://lad.im/583
03/08/2012 at 20:43 Navagon says:
The teaser does not suggest great things. What with it containing precisely zero game footage. Not even the usual scripted crap.
03/08/2012 at 21:00 Shortwave says:
I’ve been waiting for this my entire life.
It better be ultra-freakin violent. I mean, so violent that all those anti-violence in video games people turn off their computers and sell them.
Yea, that violent.
Fuck, yes.
03/08/2012 at 21:03 Jason Moyer says:
I could have sworn that I saw something about this game recently, and that it looked like an isometric Metal Slug. Now I’m wondering what the hell I’m thinking of.
04/08/2012 at 06:19 Eukatheude says:
The Expendables game? Was it The Expendables? There was Stallone in it, though.
04/08/2012 at 06:46 Jason Moyer says:
Holy crap, that’s it. Expendables 2. Thanks.
03/08/2012 at 21:03 Obc says:
so will i be able to shoot a bazooka from inside a helicopter at a another helicopter? will i be able to jump out of water, leap up 20 feets and grab unto a helicopter and kill everyone onboard? will there be a mgs3 style stealth where i can disguise myself black in water or like a tree? will i shoot rocks at helicopters and kill cops and shoot down a police station?
03/08/2012 at 21:34 Arglebargle says:
Non Sequitur: I just had to drop in to say I have handled and read a first edition of Paracelsus. Nice quote riff!
03/08/2012 at 21:39 JiminyJickers says:
RAMBO!!!!!!
03/08/2012 at 21:54 Iskariot says:
This sounds like a very bad idea, but I will wait and see.
04/08/2012 at 00:58 Kein says:
Enjoyed the trailer, lots of gameplay were shown.
04/08/2012 at 01:28 SkittleDiddler says:
RAMBOFACE: FIRSTBLOODWAR
04/08/2012 at 08:10 LaundroMat says:
I think I’ll play about a third through and then nod off.
04/08/2012 at 11:49 Chaz says:
Cue lots of incoherant rambling and things blowing up.
Damn really must get the Rambo films on DVD some time, forgotton how fun they were. Also as mentioned above, why not Rambo 4? I thought that was quite good actually; especially the bit where he gets on the 50cal and blows huge chunks out of those enemy goons.
04/08/2012 at 14:29 Tayh says:
“Because, in a way, aren’t all games Rambo 4?”
Wow. That’s deep.
04/08/2012 at 14:45 Koozer says:
I just know they’re going to completely bastardise the first film. siiiiiigh
Yes, I am psychic.
04/08/2012 at 15:25 Slurpy says:
Or you played the first Rambo game.
04/08/2012 at 16:05 shiromar says:
needs more RAMPO by Weird Al
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n1hKQULa9Y
04/08/2012 at 17:42 LionsPhil says:
I’m pretty sure that’s actual in-game footage of Just Cause 2.
05/08/2012 at 01:12 Koozer says:
That reminds me: I really should get a haircut.