Customer Reviews

Rogue Ops

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

The game is frustrating. That's simply it. There are only eight stages, and all the people I know that play this game say it's frustrating.

The controls hurt. The graphics aren't moving at 60 FPS, so the controls are clumsy. Left analog to move, right analog to turn. Easy? Not easy when you have a choppy frame rate.

The game has some very strange mechanics. The strangest is the security cameras. One time, I went right across the camera. The alarm didn't sound. Weird. Later I tried it again. Now it sounded. Wacky!

There is also a ton of tricky spots in the game. Tons of laser securities and cameras. Tons. On the first level, half of it is laser security. It's frustrating to manage. You have to wander around quite a bit just to figure out what to do.

That being said, the game is a bit fun. Sneaking and killing is fun. That's it. Other portions of the game failed.

This game dropped from 50 to 20 bucks (new) in 2 months. Does that tell you something?

This game seems on the surface like another covert-ops-stealth-infiltration game, a la Metal Gear or Splinter Cell. The key difference between Metal Gear or Splinter Cell and this titles is that Metal Gear and Splinter Cell didn't suck.

The controls are very crappy. I often found myself running in circles trying to get into the perfect spot so the stupid little green icon would come up and let me DO SOMETHING. The plot is more cheesy than a fifty pound block of Wisconsin Cheddar. The 'voice acting' sounds like something taken from a soap opera... and a low-budget soap opera at that. Add to that some horrible programming bugs that really should have been caught during playtest (the only voice prompt given to me was 'great job, move on to the next area'... even as I was shot and dying...) and you're left with a sorry excuse for a knockoff.

Bottom line... save your money and get something else.

I bought my copy for $6.99 at EB Games--brand new! And for that price, you can't find too much wrong with it. Yes, it's a blatant rip-off of Splinter Cell (with a healthy dose of Tomb Raider, Syphon Filter and a pinch of Metal Gear Solid mixed in), but it's fun in it's own right. The graphics are actually pretty good, not Splinter Cell quality, but what is? And the voice acting is better than expected. If you like stealth games, then I recommend you buy Rogue Ops. At this price, why rent it?

This game is tough. You have to sneak around steathily because if you get caught it is impossible. The plot is terrible and the voices are as bad as castlevania. It's dumb that the gaurds like can't see you in the dark if you are crouching down and right behind them stealing something from his pocket. Good level design. Graphics aren't really jaw droping. NOT VERY FUN

This game has its perks...the graphics, the sounds, the weapons of choice....NOT BAD....this game is for hardcore gamers who thrive on action-packed, stealthy games. It is not, however, easy at all. The stick movement bites(must use both L and R analog at the same time to control the character), and the sneaking around too much is not what i thought it would be. I would have preferred the all-out, guns blazing approach, no lives spared...but that's just me...if you prefer the stealthy games, you will love this game. And if you are hardcore tombraider-type fans, you will hate this game! guaranteed.

Get this one only if you either love stealth-based play and need a break from Splinter Cell/Metal Gear or are looking for a discount item. Movement control is clunky, especially since you have to use the the "look" command in specific (VERY specific) onscreen hotspots to perform anything but the most basic of actions. Has some serious glitch issues as well (eg, I died during a boss fight, yet the cinematic showing the boss' death played and I went to the next level). And for some reason, the only way to walk quietly is crouched down. Hunh.

The story is silly. Omega 19 (A fatty acid?) killed your family, and now they're going to blow up the world. Or some other run-of-the-mill badnik stuff. I didn't care, and you probably won't either. The journeyman voice cast mostly gets the job done, though the lead actress is both lousy and miscast. One of the villains died twice in the script, too.

The big beef with this puppy is the challenge. Not the actual game-play; that's standard sneaky stuff. Some of the solutions just don't make a lot of sense. For example, a puzzle makes you avoid setting off a heat sensor by running into a freezer for a few seconds first, apparently lowering your body temperature. Not only would this not work (to drop her body temp at all she'd have to just about freeze to death), it's not even explained what's happening when you're in the freezer.

Elsewhere, you have to bug a room that has a character in it. Problem is, you don't know at this point what she looks/sounds like. When you walk down a corridor a short audio clip of someone speaking plays once, though on some playthroughs it fails to play at all. You then have to crawl through the ventilation system (avoiding the cliche police) and set the bug, though you can't even see the people you're listening in on when you do. If the audio clip didn't load, you'll have no idea what it is you're even doing.

If you get stuck, and with all the nonsense in this title you will, you have to run from room to room, using that frustrating "look" command to find the miniscule hotspots, then guess what the game's screwed-up logic wants you to do. And the levels are surprisingly linear for a game like this. Some of the guards just stand there and stare at each other, too. No talking, just staring, making it so you have no chance to take 'em out silently. Who does that? You can't even distract them.

I gave it two stars, because some of the puzzles actually are kind of fun and the stealth, once you get used to the clunk factor, is handled tolerably well. It's definitely on the south-side of average, but there's worse out there. It's worth a couple of bucks.

I bought this game because of the picture on the box - well, forget about seeing that "feature" in the game. You get a rather primitively animated character. So how's the gameplay? Not too great. You'll spend a lot of time standing around waiting for stuff to happen. Wait...and wait and wait and wait...for some guy to walk down a hallway so you can sneak behind him. Wait for some guy to show up so you can shoot him. Wait for a camera to sweep in the other direction so you can sneak around it. The controls of the game don't lend themselves to any sort of exciting battles either. If you want to keep your weapon drawn, you can only move slowly. You get a little red dot to designate what you're aiming at - it's pretty hard to see. You'll stand there getting shot as you try to locate where your little red dot is.

Two other really bad things about this game is that it constantly leaves you wandering around with no idea where you're supposed to go or what you're supposed to do. Also, you'll quite often fail the mission and have no idea what you did wrong. Just try something a little bit different next time. And try again. And again. Then consult a walkthrough on the internet.

The second time I played through it, I got to one point in the game where there was supposed to be a cutscene, which would then lead to the next part of the mission. But the cutscene never played. I did everything I was supposed to do, but the game just seemed stuck there. Anyhow, it's not nearly fun enough to make me really want to figure out what was wrong, so I just went on to a different game.

Overall, I'd recommend skipping this one. It's just not much fun at all.

I bought this game because of the reviews. I liked it, but I found it to be too easy to beat. Glad I didn't pay much for it.

This game does have its good points. The graphics are great and the objectives of the game are realistic.
The game controls are a little annoying, as you have to go into a special "view" mode to make your character look around and look in a specific area in order to find something...and if you miss that specific area, she won't "see" it and therefore be able to do the thing you want her to do.
The enemy A.I. isn't very intelligent, they'll walk right by you even if they shine flashlights on you they won't necessarily see you. Some of the levels border from hard to impossible though. I like an approach that isn't all out guns blazing, but I do like the option of being able to take out a guard or security camera if I have to. Some of the levels in this game, you can't take out even a security camera, which is just stupid...and it's not the latter missions where you would expect things to be harder. Some of the ends of missions also have you fighting a "boss" which brings back NES and Super NES memories, but the bosses aren't necessarily as challenging. Having to fight a boss at the end of a level sometimes just seems pointless and derivitive instead of using gameplay based on objectives and enemies throughout the level.
Overall, this game had the potential to be as good as Splinter Cell, but the over emphasis on stealth (sometimes in the face of common sense) dooms it to just average.
However, if you're a player that's extremely good at Splinter Cell using stealth and don't need to take out many guards or enemies in each level, you'll probably like and be good at this game too.

If I were you I would let this game sneak onto my shelf. This is a great game for anyone who likes stealth-based gameplay. If you liked Splinter Cell, this is a great game to hold you over until Splinter Cell: Pandorra Tommorrow comes out. It has a great set of enemy A.I. The controls are not as hard as they sound, they are about the same as the Socom U.S. Navy Seals 2 set. If you give this game a chance, it may sneak it's way onto your favorite games list.