Rogue Warrior

by Bethesda

Product Features

• Story-driven shooter game features team-based tactical combat
• 10 gameplay modes and free-form battlefield allows for creativity and surprises
• Experience over 200 maps in both day and nighttime settings
• Players can join or leave existing campaign game at any time without going to menu or saving progress
• Solo and on-the-fly cooperative play for up to four players

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000QU1BEI
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches ; 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 1, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,819 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #48 in Video Games > PlayStation 3 > Action > Fighting

Product Description

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Rogue Warrior is a story-driven shooter that provides team-based tactical combat set in massive, contiguous levels using Unreal 3 streaming technology. Central to the game's single and multiplayer experience is the idea of a freeform battlefield, where players are given the freedom to choose how to complete a given objective, allowing for creativity and surprises, rather than heavily scripted events and tightly contained spaces traditionally used in this genre. An advanced AI system allows NPCs to react and fight realistically, see and hear others, and respond as a team. Rogue Warrior offers a new take on the multiplayer experience, with 10 gameplay modes and a system whereby maps are created using tiles that are selected by each team. Rogue Warrior's tiling system allows users to experience over 200 maps in both day and nighttime settings. In addition, the campaign features solo and on-the-fly cooperative play for up to four players, where anyone can join or leave an existing campaign game at any time without having to go to menus or save progress. In Rogue Warrior, you play Dick Marcinko, leader of an elite SEAL unit trapped behind enemy lines in North Korea on a covert mission to assess the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. When war breaks out between North and South Korea, you must try to lead your team back into South Korea while greatly outnumbered and with no support and limited resupply. Your journey will take you through a variety of never-before-seen environments inside of North Korea, including submarine pens, shipbreaker yards, prison camps, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst game of the year, total waste of money, December 25, 2009

By 

R. Dunagan (Roanoke, VA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Rogue Warrior (Video Game)

To be blunt, this is probably the worst PS3 game to date.

Even the packaging itself was crappy. The pictures on the case were grainy and pixilated, as if they had been enlarged and printed off an early 90's printer .

Graphics - The graphics are comparable to those of a poor quality PS2 game. There is no realism, it all seems so thrown together and it is quite obvious that very little effort was put into the graphics.

Gameplay - Its all about the kill moves. Period. That seems to be the only thing in mind when the gameplay was developed, running up to an enemy and pressing the X button so marcinko could stab somebody. Don't get me wrong, the kill moves had potential to be both incredibly graphic, and highly satisfying, but they fall short. Again, the pathetic graphics make the kill moves more silly than anything. The AI NEVER notice you coming, so you can run right up to them-no sneaking required (or possible for that matter), and the enemy never hears you, sees you, or even seems to be performing his guard duties, they just stand around with their back to you so that you can stab them. And the hand grenades he uses are ridiculous, its almost comical to use them. Instead of a hall-clearing, shrapnel throwing, enemy killing explosion, you get a flash and a pop that rarely takes down enemies. There is no imagination in this game. It's a -follow the dotted line, kill unsuspecting enemies as you go, off the rack- game. It is pathetically short and has zero replay value. Blind fire is a joke. Well, accuracy in general is a joke. My accuracy in most shooters that I play tends to be better than average, but in this game I couldn't hit anything, and it wasn't from lack of trying. And when you do hit an enemy, it usually takes more than a few hits to bring them down. And I'm sorry but if you shoot someone, ANYONE, in the chest with a 7.62 mm round from an AK-47, they are going to die, or at the very least stop shooting at you. The Koreans in this game can take a double tap to center mass and still keep coming, like little north Korean terminators.

Sounds -I've never heard so much unnecessary swearing in my life. You cant go more than 30 seconds without hearing some incredibly foul language. Every hand grenade, most kills, and every time he gets shot it is a string of profanity that would make most rappers blush. Its just constant "F-ing F-ers, Go F-ing F yourselves you F-ing Communist F-ers" And it seems to be a cornerstone of the game itself. In the second level (if you really can call it that, it only takes ten minutes), as I approached a fast-rope that was clearly the only way into a building he said "like the ex-wife used to say, if I go down, I get in", and then proceeded down the rope. To which my response was simply "Wow."
The gunfire itself is mediocre, I've never fired an AK-47, but I've heard plenty of them, and the ones in this game are more firecracker than assault rifle. The PS2 game "Black" had far more realistic sounding weapons, and "Medal of Honor-Airborne" for PS3 recorded the sounds from authentic period weapons, tanks, artillery, etc, from various ranges. Their effort was clearly heard in the game and made for much better realism.

Overall
The replay value is nonexistent. For $[...] you should be able to play every penny out of it, but after two hours you're done with the entire game, and likely so pissed off that you just wasted two hours, that you'll trade it in or sell it immediately (at a huge loss I might add. Gamestop was only offering $[...] cash/trade for it three days after its release). Rainbow six vegas 2 is an example of a game with considerable replay value. Or for that matter GTA4, its down to $[...] give or take, and how many hundreds of hours can you play that game?

This game should not have even been released. I consider it a crime (theft/fraud if you will) to charge people money for this game, let alone $[...]! I feel that the developer/publisher should issue a formal apology to anyone who purchased this game, and offer at the very least a partial refund. My review does not do justice to how terrible this game is. For perspectives sake you should rent it and play it for as long as you can stand, at least that way you'll only be out $[...].

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A waste of your money, December 20, 2009

By 

Nat burnbuam "Burnbuam" (New york) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Rogue Warrior (Video Game)

There is nothing and i mean nothing about spending your hard earned cash for this game. Things like the lack of great graphics, a bad plot make this game seem like it was rushed to market. All the powers that be should be FIRED. I cannot get my money back, i warn you do not spend one thin DIME on this crap. P.S ZERO STARS.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I will do the unthinkable.....defend this game!, October 25, 2011

By 

Jeffrey Lasalle "Jeff LaSalle" (Ft. Myers , FL USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Rogue Warrior (Video Game)

I am not ignorant, nor naive. I do realize this game is one of the worst reviewed games in recent memory.

With that said, I do agree with most of the flaws this game is being held accountable for. However, I feel they are being greatly embellished, at least some of them. The gunplay and hit detection are sketchy, but not dreadfully bad like most would lead you to believe. Infact, this aspect of the game is hovering around mediocre, in my opinion. I've experienced better....but also worse.

The graphics and level design are outdated, and rather uninspired. The gameplay is straightforward, with basically no variation. The story is forgetable at best, and completely absurd at worst. The cover system can be more of a burden than an asset, and the enemy AI is less than brilliant, to put it politely. Micky Rourke attempts to put his best foot forward, but the material is so insipid.

So....this must be sounding like a negative review, huh? Allow me to actually highlight why i enjoyed this game, regardless of it's glaring flaws. Even though it's an outdated "run of the mill" shooter, it is a pretty darn fun one at that. I enjoyed progressing through levels, and mowing those commie's down. While the language is certainly vulgar, I was never the less ammused by it most of the time. The takedowns in this game were cool, though over the top. There are many different ones to perform, so this never really got old for me. I am not going to claim that this game should be considered award worthy. I am merely suggesting that perhaps it isn't quite as bad as some have stated.

PROS:

1. A variety of brutal takedowns that are fun to perform.

2. Mowing down commies, and insulting them while doing it is pure bliss.

3. Simplistic control scheme, levels are fun to replay.

4. Micky Rourke does a decent job, even if he doesn't have the best material to work with.

CONS:

1. A two hour campaign does not justify selling this game at full retail price. It does have online multiplayer, but good luck finding anyone to play with you, considering that just about everyone hates this game with a passion. If this were sold for $10 bucks on Xbox Live/PSN, instead of the full retail price of $60 when it was initially released, I think you would have seen less hatred directed towards it.

2. Dumb enemy AI has rendered stealth rather pointless. Sneaking up behind them is easy, since their backs are usually towards you anyway!

3. Only six missions to be found here. Pretty bare bones stuff too. I would have liked to have seen more variation.

4. Visuals and lazy level design will not impress anyone.

Closing comments:

Rogue Warrior should have been a cheap downloadable title, and that is it. The content it offers, does not justify spending more than $10 bucks. I bought mine for around that, and don't regret doing so. I had some fun with this game, and I do realize I am one of the few.

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