Two Years On, the Craptacular ‘Rambo’ Video Game Drops Some DLC

    Sorry, here comes another brief tirade on the whole games-of-movies thing again. They’re usually craptacular cash-ins that sell in the thousands, because they’ve got Pirates of the Caribbean or Jurassic World or whatever movie title on the front of the box there. I know that, you know that, Grandma Egotastic even knows that, and she’s 117 and arthritic (and fictional).  

What these games so rarely do is live up to the source material. Look at the notorious slice of shite that is Superman 64, for instance. Playing as the son of Krypton should be freaking awesome, should make you feel like the most powerful mothereffer who ever lived. This guy’s eyes fire frikkin’ laser beams, after all. Enough said. But instead, we’re flying through rings like we’re playing Baby’s First Airplane-Flying Simulator.

Similarly, Rambo: The Video Game should have made us feel like we were goddamn Rambo. It’s not quite the same situation, John Rambo keeping his undercrackers on the inside and all, but still. This guy’s a badass too. Was the game badass? It was not (IGN called it ‘an unmitigated waste of time for everyone involved’). Nor is it dead either, it turns out.

Two years after the on-rail shooter’s release, there’s a new content pack available. The DLC, dubbed Baker Team, hit the PS3 and PC editions yesterday, for the five of us who’ll want to get in on it. The content offers new perks and weapons, the chance to upgrade your Rambo to level 25, a new ultra-difficult setting, three new missions and all that sort of BS. More details over at GameSpot.