G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra Reviews
G.I. Joe is back in this to stop Cobra in this retro inspired beat 'em up.
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra is a good-looking, great sounding slice of old school action that fans will really enjoy.
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra is a game that, despite having the ingredients to be a worthy homage to classic brawlers, fails in almost every important aspect.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra is a total and complete waste of a classic license. Avoid the unrelenting pull of the nostalgia tractor beam and give this one a miss.
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra is a decent fighting game reminiscent of the classic arcades of the 90s, just without all of the evolution displayed by its modern rivals.
Review in Italian | Read full review
A classic beat 'em up lacking any particular flare of originality, but enjoyable to play and quite rich in content. The combat system is simple but sufficiently articulated to make the fights varied and appropriately challenging. What is missing for now is an online co-op mode, promised in future updates by the development team, and some intervention is urgently needed to correct a few technical issues.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Whether it was the boss design, the life count, or a handful of glitches, I kept hitting roadblocks during my playthrough. As much as I might enjoy certain characters or gameplay elements, I still struggled with this one. I had fun slogging my way to the last stage, sure. But the thought of playing enough to unlock everything fills me with terrible dread. G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra might be for franchise fans more than anyone interested in another beat ’em up.
As I said before, in the year of our Lord 2024 the fact that THIS is the G.I. Joe game that we get just feels bad. While G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra isnt a terrible game, its not a very fun one to interact with. From floaty combat to its subpar boss battles, I couldn’t help but think that this game was capable of so much more. Even with unlockable content to chase adding some replayability to the game, the real question is if gamers or even fans should bother playing this one at all.
GI Joe: Wrath of Cobra brings some retro thrills and charms, but is held back by minor production hiccups, repetitive level design, and rehashed enemy encounters.
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra is an energetic, nostalgia-fueled beat-em-up that has some length and technical issues, but not enough to seriously dampen the solid side-scrolling gameplay and excellent retro aesthetic.
G.I. Joe Wrath of Cobra delivers a neat nostalgia trip for beat em' up lovers, but fails to provide anything worthwhile for the mainstream audience. It falls behind other old-school competitors in the genre due to its poor enemy and stage variety, but is solid fun for a popcorn game with some friends.
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra is an enjoyable side-scrolling beat-'em-up, especially for fans of the genre and the animated series, but it doesn't go beyond being a classic, straightforward effort. The game features a solid combat system-simple yet with a touch of depth in its mechanics-and a great cast of playable characters. There are also some extra modes and secret characters to unlock, although you'll need to grind the same levels quite a bit to unlock everything. On the Switch, the game suffers from frequent slowdowns and a few annoying bugs, which we hope can be resolved soon.
Review in Italian | Read full review
A half decent brawler brought low by numerous bugs and technical difficulties
Colourful visuals and a nice soundtrack aren't enough to save G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra from being a disappointment overall. Thanks to your limited combat options, dull boss fights and overuse of grunt enemies, it's just not all that fun to play.
G.I.Joe: Wrath of Cobra aims first and foremost to have fun. It creates a nostalgic atmosphere with its 80s-style animations. In addition, it captures the spirit of the best beat'em ups and overstates the challenge on higher difficulty levels. Above all, however, it is a game for every generation. It is worth giving it a chance.
Review in Polish | Read full review
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra is an example of a game that doesn't make you feel anything - positive or negative, just nothing. I'd go as far as to say it's a useless game. It's not a bad game, it's not a good game, it's just an uninspiring grey mediocrity that you'll forget about five minutes after you finish it, if you force yourself to finish it at all.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Beat ‘em up take on the beloved 1980s era G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra is definitely a functional beat'em up and, for a while, quite fun, even though it's extremely generic. Appropriating all the main conventions of the genre, however, it is mediocre in working its laughable story poorly, it is tiring and repetitive especially playing in single-player and unfortunately it makes little use of the base of the franchise that lends it the title.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra is a fun game, but it is also flawed in several different ways. The differences in characters provide some incentive to try out everyone, but the combat is plagued with issues in every category. The unlockables are fun, but you have to be able to stomach the grinding needed to unlock everything. The levels are nice but feel like they go on forever; the presentation is good if you can ignore some of the audio issues. Depending on the price, Wrath of Cobra might still be worth checking out for big G.I. Joe fans, but it also could've been so much better.
G.I. JOE: Wrath of Cobra is the 2D arcade beat-'em-up game your inner child wanted. Who doesn't want to feel like they are in an episode of a cartoon with their friends?