New Screenshots for Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters

Posted by G-Man (25906 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

By now you should be aware that Green Lantern is not only headed to the big screen but also to a littler screen and game console near you. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will be releasing Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters on June 7, 2011, ten days before the movie hits theaters.

The game will be available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS. In the game, players will fill the role of Hal Jordan, the first human Green Lantern, and create an arsenal of ring constructs and take flight in outer space and beyond to restore intergalactic order. You'll be able to use the Power Ring to build an array of weapons from green energy to defeat the Manhunters, an evil android race bent on destroying the Green Lantern Corps.

Check out these other screenshots released today.

== TEASER ==

For more information you can visit Facebook.com/GreenLanternVideoGame.

Also, here's the trailer released back in April.

What do you think?

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#1 Posted by Silkcuts (5272 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

I wish Kyle was a character option.

#2 Posted by ImperiousRix (1069 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

Hrrrrm, looks very God of War-ish right now.

I'll reserve judgement until I see some of the flying sequences, but I don't have the highest of hopes.

#3 Posted by The Impersonator (4253 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

Flashy green lights. Nice!

#4 Posted by Deranged Midget (12954 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

Graphics aren't that great. Along the lines of Thor.

Hopefully the combat redeems the game.

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#5 Posted by G-Man (25906 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

Here's the trailer I linked to if you don't feel like clicking over.

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#6 Posted by Danial79 (1920 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

If it was based on the comics, with comicbook art design, I think it would be much cooler.

#7 Posted by Avenging-X-Bolt (8862 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

@Silkcuts said:

I wish Kyle was a character option.

he might be an unlockable character

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#8 Posted by fitchy101 (205 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

@Deranged Midget: It probably won't unfortunately

#9 Posted by Deranged Midget (12954 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

@fitchy101: Unfortunately, and yet I still get my hopes up for these tie-ins...

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#10 Posted by Out_of_Space (720 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

It looks really good

#11 Posted by NightFang (9223 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

@Avenging-X-Bolt said:

@Silkcuts said:

I wish Kyle was a character option.
he might be an unlockable character

No, I won't John Stewart!

#12 Posted by Doctor!!!!! (2053 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

No john Stewart...... not cool... my word is law.

#13 Posted by isaac_clarke (4407 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

I might snag it when it drops in price, right now it doesn't really remotely look like it is worth it outside for the side story and being GL for a little bit, even if it's just to smack people with bats or silly looking swords.

#14 Posted by Gambit1024 (9878 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

I played the demo at Best Buy. Pretty good, but I'll wait for a price drop.

#15 Posted by Avenging-X-Bolt (8862 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

@NightFang said:

@Avenging-X-Bolt said:

@Silkcuts said:

I wish Kyle was a character option.
he might be an unlockable character
No, I won't John Stewart!

you won't John Stewart what?

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#16 Posted by Deranged Midget (12954 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

@Gambit1024: Better than Thor? :P

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#17 Posted by goldenkey (2927 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

@ImperiousRix:
nothing wrong with it being like God of War. Gives the player a lot of options for constructs then I would imagine.

#18 Posted by Caligula (12417 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

@Danial79 said:

If it was based on the comics, with comicbook art design, I think it would be much cooler.

#19 Posted by DarkMatter23 (71 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

I will buy this, whether it blows or not....I'm a sucker that way....

#20 Posted by mesosteros (144 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

Nope. This month it's Infamous 2 all the way... And I still have to pick up The Witcher 2

#21 Posted by ImperiousRix (1069 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

@goldenkey said:

@ImperiousRix: nothing wrong with it being like God of War. Gives the player a lot of options for constructs then I would imagine.

I don't think there's anything wrong with being like God of War. Wolverine: Origins was like God of War and that game was plain awesome.

I just think that a Green Lantern game needs a different feel than the typical hack and slash. GL has a certain way of fighting and approaching situations that doesn't make a whole lot of sense in that genre of game.

#22 Posted by RedheadedAtrocitus (5853 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

Looks pretty decent to me.

#23 Posted by dorsk188 (211 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

How many times will it take for the "Green Glowy Sword" ability to get old? Or the "Green Glowy Hammer" or the "Green Glowy Baseball Bat"? It may be possible to make a good GL game, but the odds of them cranking one out in conjunction with the movie is astronomical. If Arkham Asylum taught us anything, its that comic book games are only actually good when developers have taken their time with them and built it from scratch. Movie-tie-ins are almost always irredeemably flawed.

Buy L. A. Noir instead.

#24 Posted by ReverseNegative (2729 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

@dorsk188 said:

How many times will it take for the "Green Glowy Sword" ability to get old? Or the "Green Glowy Hammer" or the "Green Glowy Baseball Bat"? It may be possible to make a good GL game, but the odds of them cranking one out in conjunction with the movie is astronomical. If Arkham Asylum taught us anything, its that comic book games are only actually good when developers have taken their time with them and built it from scratch. Movie-tie-ins are almost always irredeemably flawed.

Buy L. A. Noir instead.

Arkham Asylum wasn't made from scratch, they used the Unreal Engine as a base, and that's part of what made it so good.

#25 Posted by spystreak (2063 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

I'll rent this one probably won't buy it as there are a crapload of Games I really want coming out soon suchas Duke Nukem forever.

#26 Posted by Meteorite (3305 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

This doesn't actually look that bad. Why won't Marvel go back to getting their games created by decent companies?

#27 Edited by Eyz (3094 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

Looking...pretty generic as ost rushed tie-ins end up...
Reminds me of both the Batman Begins videogame and Iron Man...which isn't a good thing.

I'll wait for an actual Green Lantern, Reynolds-less, game that they'll take the time to actually produce instead of this movie merchandising product...

#28 Posted by dorsk188 (211 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

@ReverseNegative said:

@dorsk188 said:
How many times will it take for the "Green Glowy Sword" ability to get old? Or the "Green Glowy Hammer" or the "Green Glowy Baseball Bat"? It may be possible to make a good GL game, but the odds of them cranking one out in conjunction with the movie is astronomical. If Arkham Asylum taught us anything, its that comic book games are only actually good when developers have taken their time with them and built it from scratch. Movie-tie-ins are almost always irredeemably flawed.

Buy L. A. Noir instead.

Arkham Asylum wasn't made from scratch, they used the Unreal Engine as a base, and that's part of what made it so good.

I meant it conceptually. AA was never intended to be "The Dark Knight: The Game", so it had free range in terms of the story they wanted to tell. On one hand, you could say it was a semi-sandbox brawler with some puzzles, AA had a distinct take on the genre. Compared to a game like X-Men Legends, which was a fine game but it practically could have been a Diablo 2 mod. The GL game looks like a basic Ratchet 'n Clank-style beat 'em up to me with minor changes.

#29 Posted by TDK_1997 (9657 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

Looks amazing

#30 Posted by joerobot (1 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

I had a chance to play the demo in my local Best Buy. It's definitely a renter in my opinion. Perhaps the demo isn't the polished and finished game, but I'll give a few pros and cons below. Try it yourself before you buy it imo.

Pros
Great Graphics
Some nice animations and abilities
Great Voice acting (Ryan Reynolds included)

Cons
Targeting System could use work
Wonky Story, why does the ring have sentience.. and a female voice?
Lots of redundancy in the demo mission

#31 Posted by Mr. Dead Pool (2625 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

Guy Gardner must be an unlockable CHARACTER!!!!!!!!!

#32 Posted by GREGalicious (433 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago - Show Bio

Looks pretty good to me...but i wont get my hopes up.
Seems like no other superhero game will top the X-MEN LEGENDS series for me (strong 2nd & 3rd from BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM and the SPIDER-MAN games) but i'll give it a try.