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With all the new Vietnam games coming out it seems to me that someone has missed a trick! In a war that spanned across three decades covering the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s before finally ending in 1975 after the loss of millions of troops from both sides, no-one has picked up on the sole hero of the war. This is even more surprising given the fact he’s American (sort of) and how much they like to self glorify themselves.
No one in the Vietnam war suffered more so at the hands of the Vietnamese troops than he did, being captured on no fewer than two occasions and escaping each time with his life intact despite some horrific torturing methods at the hands of the both the Vietnamese and the Russians. Whilst he may be the unsung hero, he was abandoned by his own men on a recognisance mission and left to die like so many others by his country. He’s only wish for the outcome of the war was, and I paraphrase “for our country to love us as much as we do it”…That man, that Legend, is none other than John Rambo.
Whilst some have made fun out of John Rambo (Hot Shots Part Deux) he suffered like no other and so ultimately he should be the one who has a game made after him and thus immortalise him. I would vision that the game have a similar feel to that of GTA and Doom by which the character can interact with objects around him but also be a FPS, designed to be spit up into three sections along these lines:
First section – The Hunted becomes the Hunter
After returning from ‘Nam you get harassed by a 20 a day doughnut addicted Sheriff of a little town who has a problem with you just because you don’t have a permanent place of residence and smell like cheese. As the character John Rambo you have to break out of Jail beating up a handful of cops along the way before trying to steal a trail bike off of a rider-by. The next level would see you trying to out drive the Sheriff in his 40 tonne American car that doesn’t take corners (take your pick of American cars then I guess), until you get yourself to a wooded area (no, not a childrens playhouse or a man made maze) where you can make a run for it whilst always remembering “They drew first blood sir, not me”. Subsequent levels of this first section of the game would involve you hiding from the enemy but having to find and use objects (elastic bands, string, sticky-back plastic and maybe an AK47 or something similar) around you to set traps to seek and if required, kill those that are chasing you…Ooh - Maybe a helicopter could be thrown in for good measure too!!
The Second Section – Back to ‘Nam
Here you find yourself dropped off in the Viet Cong jungle where your role is to take pictures of Americans still being held prisoner after the end of the war. As you’ve lost your camera (what a b****r!), you decide to go into the war camp and see if there are any hostages there that you could rescue as proof. If you successfully manage to rescue one, your next task is to get him out of the camp and to the rendezvous point, where unfortunately you’ve actually been left for dead (Double b****r!!). Ooh - Maybe throw a helicopter in at this point…and maybe a couple later, just in case you missed the first!!
Along the final levels of this section you will ultimately be in control of one of the helicopters trying to flee the Russian and Vietnamese madmen, until you have gently told them to leave you alone as you’ve got wind and just want to lie down. Should this tactic not work, blow them up before returning back to camp with several American prisoners of war and then have a free for all with a gun of your choice on the outdated computer system that won’t even load Pac-Man…seriously man, he tried but kept gettting Disc-Error - flaming typical army computers!!
The Third Section – Save Col. Sam Trautman
Bugger..Bugger..Bugger..Bugger..Your old mate Col. Trautman has been captured in Afghanistan, and you’ve been interrupted whilst watching your favourite rerun of My Wife and Kids, to go and rescue him. Again taking on the form of John Rambo, as he wasn’t just a hero in ‘Nam but actually carried out this mission too, your task is to save the Col. From what can only be described as kicking the bucket. Again you go in all guns blazing, and it’d be a shame for there not to be a helicopter in there somewhere as well, after all they’re so common, and in fact even more so 10-15 years ago than now…if only it wasn’t for the petrol costs huh!! I think it’d also be quite good to show Rambo has a sensitive side at this point as well and that there is a man behind this killing machine so throw in a little boy as well, although make sure to keep it safe!!
For that I hope you can see that in Fact there should only be one ‘Nam game that hits our shelves and that it should be self titled Rambo, in honour of the great man himself. As once the game has been completed only then could he say “My war is over now Sir”…What a role model huh!!
Whats that?…huh…he’s not real, just a character created by a script and some actors. Oh dear my little kim-bou-sarbi…you have a lot to learn grasshopper!! Which reminds me did you ever hear about this Bonsai Tree mad Kid that was quite good at Karate? Well…
No one in the Vietnam war suffered more so at the hands of the Vietnamese troops than he did, being captured on no fewer than two occasions and escaping each time with his life intact despite some horrific torturing methods at the hands of the both the Vietnamese and the Russians. Whilst he may be the unsung hero, he was abandoned by his own men on a recognisance mission and left to die like so many others by his country. He’s only wish for the outcome of the war was, and I paraphrase “for our country to love us as much as we do it”…That man, that Legend, is none other than John Rambo.
Whilst some have made fun out of John Rambo (Hot Shots Part Deux) he suffered like no other and so ultimately he should be the one who has a game made after him and thus immortalise him. I would vision that the game have a similar feel to that of GTA and Doom by which the character can interact with objects around him but also be a FPS, designed to be spit up into three sections along these lines:
First section – The Hunted becomes the Hunter
After returning from ‘Nam you get harassed by a 20 a day doughnut addicted Sheriff of a little town who has a problem with you just because you don’t have a permanent place of residence and smell like cheese. As the character John Rambo you have to break out of Jail beating up a handful of cops along the way before trying to steal a trail bike off of a rider-by. The next level would see you trying to out drive the Sheriff in his 40 tonne American car that doesn’t take corners (take your pick of American cars then I guess), until you get yourself to a wooded area (no, not a childrens playhouse or a man made maze) where you can make a run for it whilst always remembering “They drew first blood sir, not me”. Subsequent levels of this first section of the game would involve you hiding from the enemy but having to find and use objects (elastic bands, string, sticky-back plastic and maybe an AK47 or something similar) around you to set traps to seek and if required, kill those that are chasing you…Ooh - Maybe a helicopter could be thrown in for good measure too!!
The Second Section – Back to ‘Nam
Here you find yourself dropped off in the Viet Cong jungle where your role is to take pictures of Americans still being held prisoner after the end of the war. As you’ve lost your camera (what a b****r!), you decide to go into the war camp and see if there are any hostages there that you could rescue as proof. If you successfully manage to rescue one, your next task is to get him out of the camp and to the rendezvous point, where unfortunately you’ve actually been left for dead (Double b****r!!). Ooh - Maybe throw a helicopter in at this point…and maybe a couple later, just in case you missed the first!!
Along the final levels of this section you will ultimately be in control of one of the helicopters trying to flee the Russian and Vietnamese madmen, until you have gently told them to leave you alone as you’ve got wind and just want to lie down. Should this tactic not work, blow them up before returning back to camp with several American prisoners of war and then have a free for all with a gun of your choice on the outdated computer system that won’t even load Pac-Man…seriously man, he tried but kept gettting Disc-Error - flaming typical army computers!!
The Third Section – Save Col. Sam Trautman
Bugger..Bugger..Bugger..Bugger..Your old mate Col. Trautman has been captured in Afghanistan, and you’ve been interrupted whilst watching your favourite rerun of My Wife and Kids, to go and rescue him. Again taking on the form of John Rambo, as he wasn’t just a hero in ‘Nam but actually carried out this mission too, your task is to save the Col. From what can only be described as kicking the bucket. Again you go in all guns blazing, and it’d be a shame for there not to be a helicopter in there somewhere as well, after all they’re so common, and in fact even more so 10-15 years ago than now…if only it wasn’t for the petrol costs huh!! I think it’d also be quite good to show Rambo has a sensitive side at this point as well and that there is a man behind this killing machine so throw in a little boy as well, although make sure to keep it safe!!
For that I hope you can see that in Fact there should only be one ‘Nam game that hits our shelves and that it should be self titled Rambo, in honour of the great man himself. As once the game has been completed only then could he say “My war is over now Sir”…What a role model huh!!
Whats that?…huh…he’s not real, just a character created by a script and some actors. Oh dear my little kim-bou-sarbi…you have a lot to learn grasshopper!! Which reminds me did you ever hear about this Bonsai Tree mad Kid that was quite good at Karate? Well…
Just one? Surely there should be n..n..n.n..nineteen.
GAD please.
With all the new Vietnam games coming out it seems to me that someone has missed a trick! In a war that spanned across three decades covering the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s before finally ending in 1975 after the loss of millions of troops from both sides, no-one has picked up on the sole hero of the war. This is even more surprising given the fact he’s American (sort of) and how much they like to self glorify themselves.
No one in the Vietnam war suffered more so at the hands of the Vietnamese troops than he did, being captured on no fewer than two occasions and escaping each time with his life intact despite some horrific torturing methods at the hands of the both the Vietnamese and the Russians. Whilst he may be the unsung hero, he was abandoned by his own men on a recognisance mission and left to die like so many others by his country. He’s only wish for the outcome of the war was, and I paraphrase “for our country to love us as much as we do it”…That man, that Legend, is none other than John Rambo.
Whilst some have made fun out of John Rambo (Hot Shots Part Deux) he suffered like no other and so ultimately he should be the one who has a game made after him and thus immortalise him. I would vision that the game have a similar feel to that of GTA and Doom by which the character can interact with objects around him but also be a FPS, designed to be spit up into three sections along these lines:
First section – The Hunted becomes the Hunter
After returning from ‘Nam you get harassed by a 20 a day doughnut addicted Sheriff of a little town who has a problem with you just because you don’t have a permanent place of residence and smell like cheese. As the character John Rambo you have to break out of Jail beating up a handful of cops along the way before trying to steal a trail bike off of a rider-by. The next level would see you trying to out drive the Sheriff in his 40 tonne American car that doesn’t take corners (take your pick of American cars then I guess), until you get yourself to a wooded area (no, not a childrens playhouse or a man made maze) where you can make a run for it whilst always remembering “They drew first blood sir, not me”. Subsequent levels of this first section of the game would involve you hiding from the enemy but having to find and use objects (elastic bands, string, sticky-back plastic and maybe an AK47 or something similar) around you to set traps to seek and if required, kill those that are chasing you…Ooh - Maybe a helicopter could be thrown in for good measure too!!
The Second Section – Back to ‘Nam
Here you find yourself dropped off in the Viet Cong jungle where your role is to take pictures of Americans still being held prisoner after the end of the war. As you’ve lost your camera (what a b****r!), you decide to go into the war camp and see if there are any hostages there that you could rescue as proof. If you successfully manage to rescue one, your next task is to get him out of the camp and to the rendezvous point, where unfortunately you’ve actually been left for dead (Double b****r!!). Ooh - Maybe throw a helicopter in at this point…and maybe a couple later, just in case you missed the first!!
Along the final levels of this section you will ultimately be in control of one of the helicopters trying to flee the Russian and Vietnamese madmen, until you have gently told them to leave you alone as you’ve got wind and just want to lie down. Should this tactic not work, blow them up before returning back to camp with several American prisoners of war and then have a free for all with a gun of your choice on the outdated computer system that won’t even load Pac-Man…seriously man, he tried but kept gettting Disc-Error - flaming typical army computers!!
The Third Section – Save Col. Sam Trautman
Bugger..Bugger..Bugger..Bugger..Your old mate Col. Trautman has been captured in Afghanistan, and you’ve been interrupted whilst watching your favourite rerun of My Wife and Kids, to go and rescue him. Again taking on the form of John Rambo, as he wasn’t just a hero in ‘Nam but actually carried out this mission too, your task is to save the Col. From what can only be described as kicking the bucket. Again you go in all guns blazing, and it’d be a shame for there not to be a helicopter in there somewhere as well, after all they’re so common, and in fact even more so 10-15 years ago than now…if only it wasn’t for the petrol costs huh!! I think it’d also be quite good to show Rambo has a sensitive side at this point as well and that there is a man behind this killing machine so throw in a little boy as well, although make sure to keep it safe!!
For that I hope you can see that in Fact there should only be one ‘Nam game that hits our shelves and that it should be self titled Rambo, in honour of the great man himself. As once the game has been completed only then could he say “My war is over now Sir”…What a role model huh!!
Whats that?…huh…he’s not real, just a character created by a script and some actors. Oh dear my little kim-bou-sarbi…you have a lot to learn grasshopper!! Which reminds me did you ever hear about this Bonsai Tree mad Kid that was quite good at Karate? Well…
No one in the Vietnam war suffered more so at the hands of the Vietnamese troops than he did, being captured on no fewer than two occasions and escaping each time with his life intact despite some horrific torturing methods at the hands of the both the Vietnamese and the Russians. Whilst he may be the unsung hero, he was abandoned by his own men on a recognisance mission and left to die like so many others by his country. He’s only wish for the outcome of the war was, and I paraphrase “for our country to love us as much as we do it”…That man, that Legend, is none other than John Rambo.
Whilst some have made fun out of John Rambo (Hot Shots Part Deux) he suffered like no other and so ultimately he should be the one who has a game made after him and thus immortalise him. I would vision that the game have a similar feel to that of GTA and Doom by which the character can interact with objects around him but also be a FPS, designed to be spit up into three sections along these lines:
First section – The Hunted becomes the Hunter
After returning from ‘Nam you get harassed by a 20 a day doughnut addicted Sheriff of a little town who has a problem with you just because you don’t have a permanent place of residence and smell like cheese. As the character John Rambo you have to break out of Jail beating up a handful of cops along the way before trying to steal a trail bike off of a rider-by. The next level would see you trying to out drive the Sheriff in his 40 tonne American car that doesn’t take corners (take your pick of American cars then I guess), until you get yourself to a wooded area (no, not a childrens playhouse or a man made maze) where you can make a run for it whilst always remembering “They drew first blood sir, not me”. Subsequent levels of this first section of the game would involve you hiding from the enemy but having to find and use objects (elastic bands, string, sticky-back plastic and maybe an AK47 or something similar) around you to set traps to seek and if required, kill those that are chasing you…Ooh - Maybe a helicopter could be thrown in for good measure too!!
The Second Section – Back to ‘Nam
Here you find yourself dropped off in the Viet Cong jungle where your role is to take pictures of Americans still being held prisoner after the end of the war. As you’ve lost your camera (what a b****r!), you decide to go into the war camp and see if there are any hostages there that you could rescue as proof. If you successfully manage to rescue one, your next task is to get him out of the camp and to the rendezvous point, where unfortunately you’ve actually been left for dead (Double b****r!!). Ooh - Maybe throw a helicopter in at this point…and maybe a couple later, just in case you missed the first!!
Along the final levels of this section you will ultimately be in control of one of the helicopters trying to flee the Russian and Vietnamese madmen, until you have gently told them to leave you alone as you’ve got wind and just want to lie down. Should this tactic not work, blow them up before returning back to camp with several American prisoners of war and then have a free for all with a gun of your choice on the outdated computer system that won’t even load Pac-Man…seriously man, he tried but kept gettting Disc-Error - flaming typical army computers!!
The Third Section – Save Col. Sam Trautman
Bugger..Bugger..Bugger..Bugger..Your old mate Col. Trautman has been captured in Afghanistan, and you’ve been interrupted whilst watching your favourite rerun of My Wife and Kids, to go and rescue him. Again taking on the form of John Rambo, as he wasn’t just a hero in ‘Nam but actually carried out this mission too, your task is to save the Col. From what can only be described as kicking the bucket. Again you go in all guns blazing, and it’d be a shame for there not to be a helicopter in there somewhere as well, after all they’re so common, and in fact even more so 10-15 years ago than now…if only it wasn’t for the petrol costs huh!! I think it’d also be quite good to show Rambo has a sensitive side at this point as well and that there is a man behind this killing machine so throw in a little boy as well, although make sure to keep it safe!!
For that I hope you can see that in Fact there should only be one ‘Nam game that hits our shelves and that it should be self titled Rambo, in honour of the great man himself. As once the game has been completed only then could he say “My war is over now Sir”…What a role model huh!!
Whats that?…huh…he’s not real, just a character created by a script and some actors. Oh dear my little kim-bou-sarbi…you have a lot to learn grasshopper!! Which reminds me did you ever hear about this Bonsai Tree mad Kid that was quite good at Karate? Well…