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It is one of the few games that reinspires the shooter genre. It is deep and innovative and is definitely fun to play. The thing I love the most is hiding behind cover and throwing a grenade.Best Deals for Rogue Trooper - Xbox
-Super Fun!-Decent Graphics (Especially for it's day)
-Good Storyline
-VERY Well Rounded (Mainly in third person, but has a few missions with mounted turrets and cannons) AND Has a great balance of Sniper/Stealth and Rambo all out war!
In fact this is very much a "Rambo" game, the main character Rogue is the last of his kind and becomes the Rogue Trooper of the once great military....or something like that.
I LOVE THIS GAME and suggest anyone looking for something different or just a fun game should BUY THIS GAME!
P.S. I Have yet to try out the split screen multiplayer
Honest reviews on Rogue Trooper - Xbox
As shooters are a pretty packed genre, new franchises die by popular ones such as Halo. Standing out requires creative aspirations and a solid shooting mechanic. Thankfully, Rogue Trooper possesses both.The story is enthralling. Despite its slight cheesiness, the plot strikes a chord of originality with an ability to keep you interested through numerous well-done cutscenes. Voice-acting is also top-notch, even with the odd awkward one-liner. Plus, knowledge of the 2000 A.D. comic book of the same name isn't required for your enjoyment.
The gameplay is refreshing, even if the situations they put you in might not be. However, the way you can deal with these encounters are. Your dead buddies ingrained in your helmet, backpack, and gun offer you tips and cool abilities. You can project a hologram to distract enemy troops, set up a gun emplacement then flank to the side and activate it to create a crossfire, lay proximity mines then attract unsuspecting guards, and a number of other methods. The game also employs a neat cover system that lets you peek out and fire some well-placed bullets, toss a grenade, or just spray blind fire. Despite it not being released yet (at the time), Gears of War seems to have inspired this mechanic.
This is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of cool ideas (or even cool 'borrowed' ideas). Your backpack can manufacture 'salvage points' into ammunition, medi-paks, and upgrades. To salvage, all you need to do is press 'A' next to a dead enemy, and he'll disappear. This will let you know which enemies you've yet to salvage. Speaking of your backpack, Bagman (as he is called) can also heal you in the midst of a fight by simply pressing right on the D-Pad. He also automatically reloads your weapon when you need it. The animations for these actions are incredibly smooth and cool-looking, as are most of Rogue's in-game dives, rolls, and cover moves.
One of the coolest parts of the game are the stealth kills. You can silently take down an enemy by sneaking up behind him and pushing 'A'. Rogue will execute a number of animations at random, and they are all fun to watch (the coolest one being where Rogue cuts off the soldier's oxygen tube and strangles him with it (hmm, now that's overkill)).
The graphics are simply average--nothing to get excited about here, but it does have some impressive looking vistas and backdrops. A nice touch is how smoke and blood puffs, err, puff out of an enemy's body when shot. This makes your shooting satisfying.
The cooperative multiplayer is fun, especially Stronghold, in which you must frantically defend a GI from waves of enemies. The other mode is Progressive, tasking you with objectives while making your way through resistance, much like the main game. Some sort of versus mode is sorely lacking, however, and it would have added even more replay value.
Pros
+ Creative abilities
+ Interesting story
+ Brilliant (if copied) cover system
+ Cooperative multiplayer
Cons
Average visuals
No multiplayer versus modes
Controls can be a bit unwieldy at times
Bottom Line: At only $13.98, this game is a good buy.
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