Side-scrolling beat 'em up 'G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra' announced

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Developer Maple Powered Games and publisher Freedom Games have announced G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra, a retro-inspired side-scrolling beat 'em up. For the occasion, a trailer was aired with a cartoon opening and some glimpse at the game in action:



G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra is slated for a 2024 release on Steam and the Epic Games Store.

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This one looks rough. And cheap.

We are having a kind of beat em up revival right now and what we dont need are some really shit games that ruin it and make people feel like they wasted their money and kill the momentum.
I wouldn't mind if it were with The Simpsons. 😕

I really miss The Simpsons Arcade being available on modern gaming systems.
 
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The video animation looks rough but in-game looks good. 2D beat 'em ups aren't rocket science anyway. If the game play is even just passable I'll probably enjoy it since I'm a fan of the series. I just hope there are more than the few playable characters shown in the trailer.
 

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I want to see River Cuty Ransom again. I loved the fact you can level up and increase your stats with techniques. One of my favorite beatemups of all time.

GIJoe gives me lots of good memories. I used to watch the cartoon each morning before school.
 

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wierd ip to make a beaten up, even the cartoon is all about people with weapons and vehicles and yet the game will most likely be just punching and kicking ...
 
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wierd ip to make a beaten up, even the cartoon is all about people with weapons and vehicles and yet the game will most likely be just punching and kicking ...
Yeah, this feels lazy when there were other paths they could have taken.
 

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another game that should be on console. this epic and steam only release only means one thing. failure imo. who wants to use epic or steam lol. data collection galore on the slaves using it.
 
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This franchise was already lame in the 90's, surprised it still exists.

The game itself was shown just for about 10 seconds but it looked slow and with not very nice sound effects, the loud music make difficult to judge.

Can't properly judge right now.
 

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maybe it's just me, but the last thing I think when I hear GI Joe is the troops running around punching each other ^^;
and it looks a$$ to boot :(
 
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It looks « fine » I guess ? But the gameplay looks slow af
I used to like pretty much all beat them ups but since the latest Double Dragon, now I'm cautious
 

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..Camo print missing on Roadblocks shirt. No chest tattoo on Gung Ho..

The music is horrible. I was waiting for"GIJOE...F__CK YEAH, GIJOE!"


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