Rogue Trooper

Most underrated 3p shooter on the PS2: Perfect blend of straight forward cover-based-shooter action, with a lot of sniper shooting, some stealth and a strong linear story, some short lightweight riddles at the corners and a motivating gathering and crafting system, which flavour the shooting so it doesn't become boring. As the controls are great in my opinion, I don't see the point of critique that Gamespot has. I also love the imaginative and colourful alien setting and the fact, that it doesn't display real soldiers but a comic book which is seemingly critically to militarism, as it depicts war as stupid with no side more evil than the other. Non of the less there is a lot of fun in this great action cover shooter military style game. A real hidden gem!

Rogue Trooper is one of the best third-person shooter of its console generation. Based on an 80s comic you play a genetically altered and cloned super soldier in an nightmarish raging war. The visual design of this dystopian sci-fi world is, despite of the average graphic quality, undeniably great and the sounds as well as the music fits perfectly. Very believable and immersive, a joy to strife over the batllefields. Sadly the storytelling comes to short, since the soldiers, are kind of pleasant and interesting contemporaries. More comprehensive and longer cutscenes to give some more insights would have been better. The game itself is a blast. The mapdesign isvery extensive, offering lots of possibilities. Be a sniper or stealthy close combat fighter? Lets go. Or maybe you like blazing guns and uncountable explosions? Just go for it. Anything in between is also no problem since the game gives you loads of weapons and gadgets to experiment with. All sorts of guns, mortars, grenades, mines, hacking, turrents, holograms,... Some might be not nescesary, but it is fun to use them all. Towards to end of the game you may find yourself blowing everything up, but you still can try various approaches inmost situations. The game lets you play how you want to at most times. The enemies AI is also above the PS2 average. The controls and the handling of the weapons (except for the grenades and switching between your equipement) is well made. I played the story two times in a row, because i wanted to try various situations differently and it was worth the time. The story mode would have been great as a multiplayer-pve. Some defend and conquer gamemodes, even for single player, are also available. One playthrough is just 6 hours long what is definitely worth it.