The game was entertaining for a couple of hours. If your looking for a game to play for a night then go for it. Get it on sale...

Fun game, unlocked all weapons and would play again. What is with all the hate?

SIMILAR GAMEPLAY TO: Most console third-person shooters.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
Repetitive gameplay. Not so varied missions. Console controls. Boring singleplayer. Decent two player coop. Movie themed characters, weapons and locations.
ACHIEVEMENTS: Three are grindy.
STATUS: COMPLETE.
WHEN TO BUY: HEAVILY DISCOUNTED. Only if you are a fan of the film or console third-person shooters.

More info below....

R.I.P.D is a third-person, singleplayer/co-op, wave-shooter based on the movie of the same name. The game is as simple as it gets with the key objective of killing every dead minion across five waves of rising difficulty and arrest or execute a mini-boss deado at the very end. Encounters are a race against time with each minute equalling a player life. If the player dies a life is deducted.

. Play solo or in co-op with another player.
. Seven maps to play on.
. Eleven weapons to choose from.
. Twelve consumables to purchase from before each encounter.
. A kill bar can be filled that allows the use of five distinct abilties.
. Re-arm weapons from ammo chests.
. Six types of distinct enemies. Some with melee weapons others with firearms.
. Plus special mini-bosses with extra health that must be arrested or executed.
. Earn salary by completing missions, quests and bets.
. Use salary to unlock new weapons, upgrade them or purchase consumables.
. Bets allow you and a friend to compete against each other in one of five optional quests. The winner receives a multipler to their salary.
. Every win also recovers gold which when enough is earnt unlocks the final mission to face Kevin Bacon's character (from the film.)


+ Nice amount of weapons and consumables to use.
+ Well conceived and implemented player abilities.
+ Great A.I. results in enemies that work very well in groups and to the best of their abilities.
+ Robustedly designed gameplay though short in content actually comes together to provide overall a decent experience.


- In solo gameplay can become ponderous and boring. Especially as every enemy is gunning for you. Whereas with another person the threat is split.
- Too few enemy types. A few more would have been perfect.
- Player respawns are atrocious. Especially on harder levels.
- Gameplay is impossible on harder difficulties unless you have a partner, until you unlock the special weapons.
- Choosing to either Reynolds or Bridges main characters from the film has no special effect.
- Progress not scaled appropriately for solo play. Gaining salary is very, very slow.
- No one plays this game. So good luck finding a willing partner.
- Would have liked to have more voice-over/one liners pulled from the movie for both main characters.


* Basic console port. Limited gameplay and controls of console type.
* Three difficulty levels allow for a nice learning curve and eventually decent salary rewards to acquire and upgrade every weapon.
* Well made maps add to the general video and audio ambience.
* Achievments come think and fast at the start but the last three achievements: Win all maps on Hard, earn enough salary to unlock all weapons and max. upgrade all weapons were a bit of a grind.


R.I.PD is well-made but pedestrian to play. It reminds me alot of the early shoot-em ups you would find in arcades. Remember those!? While gameplay is okay, it gets boring pretty fast played solo. In co-op its less boring and repetitive. Mostly down to the aspect of trying to out-do each other. Without another human player you cannot use the betting system which provide a huge boost to salary rewards at the end of each match.

What surprised me was how well the limited numbers of weapons, enemies, maps, challenges and side-bets actually made each session quite varied. Overall the graphics are visually appealling and the audio is good enough for what is an average title.

Ultimately I walk away from this game feeling its competent but nothing special. For a movie tie-in its perfectly fine but nothing to sing home about. If you are a fan of the film it may be worth a look but if you are not a fan of console-style gameplay or have better versions from this genre in your library, you may wish to stick with those. If you are tempted for the achievement completion, note the final few achievements are a little grindy.

The movie gets a lot of hate, and this game gets a lot of hate.
For my own reasons, I enjoyed the movie. Sure, I recognize why everyone says it's bad, but doesn't mean I don't enjoy it myself.

As for the game, I got the 2-pack so that I could gift it to a friend and we play together. I don't bother with the online lobby. It's got some strange controls but it's not totally unplayable. The third-person takes getting used to.

Some of the menu visuals make me think that the game is less based on the movie and more based on the graphic novel. Although there are clearly elements lifted from the movie, such as the voice acting from the two main characters.

I do wish there was a single player mode. When I bought the game, I half expected it to let you step through the story of the movie as a self-contained single player campaign. Nope! It's multi-player only and doesn't follow any story.

Overall, far from a perfect game, but nice for a 2-player experience with a friend.
Wait for it to go on sale, the asking price of $9 is a little high for what you're getting. Should be $6

Well, at least it's better than the movie. It's not really bad, there's just no point to it. There's no real reason for this game to exist. Still, if you have a friend there are worse ways to spend a weekend. Only get this game if you are really bored, it's on sale, and you have someone else to play with.

I must be easily pleased as I thought it was ok, not the best but I got it with a humble bundle for like pence so cannot complain......

R.I.P.D.: The Game (Old School Games, 2013)

Some have referred to this game as a re-skin of Old School Games' other, better known shooter, God Mode. While they are clearly built on the same core design, the games are different enough for such a comparison to be invalid. Certainly, you could love the one and dislike the other, and I have no doubt that some people do. Me however, I love them both. In other words, brace yourself, because a glowing review is incoming.

First things first, I have not seen the movie on which this game is based. (I shall post in the comments once I have.) I've seen the movie trailer about three times and have an idea of the core concept - great policemen are brought back from the dead to battle demonic bad guys, or some such thing. However, not having seen the movie, the locations and enemy designs do not make all that much sense. Obviously, once I've seen the movie these things will likely have been cleared up. As of this writing though, I'm going to disregard those elements not related to the gameplay, as I have no measure of the developers' success in implementing facets of the movie.

Looking at R.I.P.D.: The Game purely for what it is, i.e. a run and gun, third-person shooter, one can't help but take note of the following:

1. It's fast. Much faster than God Mode. The enemies are on you in a second and there's nary a breathing space to be found. Once you get to the higher difficulty levels you'll be running and rolling (and gunning) non-stop.

2. It's colourful. No dull greys and browns here. The colour palette is just sumptuous! All deep and saturated. Love it!

3. The level designs are brilliant. Each level has its own identity and warrants developing a new way to approach it. And really, the level designs are this game's greatest strength. These levels wouldn't look out of place in whatever AAA shooter you'd care to mention. (And that's odd, considering you're playing a movie-based game.)

4. The weaponry is fairly generic (outside of two bonus weapons). I was expecting something more in line with God Mode's exotic weaponry. You are after all a ghost cop fighting supernatural enemies.

5. Music is good, gets you pumping, but lacks variety. I believe there are only two or three different tunes.

6. Control is tight i.e. responsive. I have had no trouble doing what I want to do.

7. The A.I. is incredibly adept at avoiding your attacks, strafing around you, seeking cover, and generally making your life a living hell. This is especially true at the higher difficulty levels.

These were my immediate impressions. Since then I've gone on to do everything there is to do, including unlocking all of the achievements, upgrading all of the weapons, buying the super-expensive bonus weapons (with gold earned in-game, just like in God Mode). I certainly don't bother with writing reviews for every game I own. But I feel that R.I.P.D.: The Game is worth taking the time for. I'll be uninstalling it soon, as I have quite a backlog that requires my attention. But if you need some help with whichever part of the game, feel free to ask in the comments section below.

I would like to add that I bought two copies of the game for €3 during the recent Summer sale. I feel like I got my money's worth. And honestly, if you pay €3 to €5 for a single copy you'll still be getting a good deal. (Provided you can afford it.) Otherwise keep an eye on Ebay for a Steam key; some people will be selling those separately, what with the game recently having been bundled by Indiegala.

SCORES

Graphics - 75 %

It's a good looking game. At times I've been floored by just how good looking. It's true that R.I.P.D.: The Game isn't jaw dropping like God Mode. But I certainly never thought a company would go to this much effort for a movie-based game (although Ocean had some classics back in the day). The interplay of earthy and neon colours work to the visual style's advantage - it's set in the real world, but the setting never looks too real to make the supernatural element stick out as being unsuited to the environments.

The character models are lacking in detail. I'll give the critics that much. The main characters also do not entirely resemble the actors on which they are based, namely Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges. Since I havn't seen the movie, I have no idea how accurate the enemy representations are. And since the game is played at a fair rate of knots, I never had much issues with details being a bit lacking.

There also isn't much variety in the enemy models. But again, I didn't mind, I was having too much fun with the gameplay.

Sound - 45 %

Weaponry feature fairly generic sound effects. The musical selection is limited. Only one voice actor who narrates the cinematic comic-style story sequences (and I don't think he's famous). If they paid to use the likenesses of Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges (however poorly they may be represented here), shouldn't their voices have been made available as well? I ask as the game's trailers feature clips from the movie. So surely the game could have integrated the movie's audio a bit better. It's all a slight bit quiet at times. The speed of the gameplay means you don't really ponder the silence. But some wisecracks from the protagonists wouldn't have gone amiss.

Addictiveness - 90 %

I started it. I played almost nothing else (except R.I.P.D.: The Game and God Mode, which I also purchased on the Summer sale). I didn't take any long breaks until I had all of the achievements. It all just clicked. I'm not expecting it to click for you, necessarily, but I enjoyed myself. Moreso, I enjoyed challenging myself, as the higher difficulty levels are the purest, hardest hardcore you could ask for.

I played most of it solo. I really should note this: the game is much easier if you partner up with a friend. But the solo challenge was what I was after. I wanted the adrenaline. I wanted to have my l33t skills pushed to the limit. And R.I.P.D.: The Game did all that for me and more. Two of the achievements require that you play with someone else. Luckily the game is available in a two-game bundle, with a slight discount.

Execution - 80 %

As a low-budget, low-priced run and gun shooter the execution is far better than expected. As a movie game, the execution is superb. The game is difficult to master. But extremely satisfying once you do.

Obviously the question of whether the game stays true to the source material or not needs to factor into the score here. I havn't seen the movie though and can't judge it on that specific criteria. I also will likely not see the movie in the near future, though I am actively in the market for a second-hand copy of the Blu-Ray release.

Overall - 85 %

R.I.P.D.: The Game is a delightful slice of hardcore shooting action. It is run and gun of the purest sort and an easy recommendation for fans of this particular sub-genre.

Of particular note is that none of the achievements are broken. Though I would recommend God Mode over R.I.P.D.: The game, the realisation that two of God Mode's achievements are broken made for quite an annoyance, as I truly adore that game and was hoping to achieve 100 % on it. So yes, that 100 % is achievable on R.I.P.D.: The Game, if you're the kind of person who's into that sort of thing.

Overall, if you're in the market for a fresh new take on the run and gun genre, this isn't it. God Mode, however, will wonderfully surprise and awe you with its many ingenious qualities. However, if you want to test yourself, and you want to do it on a fairly standard framework, then don't shy away from R.I.P.D.: The Game. It's basic. But all hardcore things are.

To close off, the Inferno difficulty can only be unlocked once you've beaten the boss. I did it. And I beat every level on Inferno after that. Playing solo. Now let's see you match that.

R.I.P.D.: The Game

Information About the Game

R.I.P.D.: The Game is mostly a two player co-op game where you survive rounds of fighting ghosts and ghouls, you play as either Roy or Nick and have various weapons which you will unlock as you progress through the game

The Review

I have only played this in co-op so can only judge by that and the review is, yes the game is limited, the graphics are dated and is was supposed to be a money cow for the unsuccessful, God awful film but.............. I liked the game, it was very simple to play and a lot of fun. The betting system was one bit me and brother enjoyed a lot, if you mange to get through a level killing all the badguys in the right amount of time then you will get to do a face off against your friend, I think you can choose from a dual, combat and how many ghosts you kill or how much money you can get so all this just adds up to the fun. I bought this game during a sale and got the two pack deal for like £4 so it was worth the price, I wouldn't recommend anyone buying it a full price as the game can sometimes get repetitive so just wait for those sales and give a copy to a mate as you won't find anyone to play with online and will have to wait a long time and this is the ♥♥♥♥ kicker if the other guy leaves the game for whatever reason the game ends that's it.

The Rating

So the rating I overly enjoyed this game and found it to be one of the best co-op games but because it is a cash cow and slightly misleading I will have to give it 6/10

Thanks for reading

Cash

Lord! we thank you for making this game, we also thank you for letting us play as Jeff Bridges. But seriously ♥♥♥♥ this game buy Expendables 2 the game because this game is to hard.

Most riveting gameplay I've ever encountered. 11/10