G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout
G.I. Joe and Cobra are back! G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is a team-based third-person shooter where you play as your favorite characters from Team G.I. Joe and Team Cobra. Experience the action from both…
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is an adventure developed by IguanaBee, released 12 October 2020 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is an adventure game developed by IguanaBee and released in 2020. It was published by GameMill Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The world falls into darkness when the villainous terrorist organization Cobra launches a devastating assault on the aircraft carrier USS Flagg and unleashes a fearsome device called the Blackout Sphere. In an instant, the weapon knocks out all electrical equipment across the entire globe, plunging civilization into chaos and handing Cobra total victory on a day they triumphantly proclaim "C-Day." With the world now under Cobra's iron grip, the elite special forces unit known as the G.I. Joe team finds itself hunted and scattered. To have any hope of turning the tide, the surviving Joes must discover where their captured leader Duke is being held, track down and reunite their separated…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the G.I. Joe series
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is the 15th of 16 entries we hold in the G.I. Joe series. It arrived 8 years after G.I. joe: Special Ops. The next entry was G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra in 2024. Its critic score of 48 is 6 points below the series average of 54. The highest-rated entry is G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra at 67.
How it was received
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout holds a critic score of 48 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 25 points below the year average.
What it launched against
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout launched on 12 October 2020, within three weeks of Watch Dogs: Legion, Genshin Impact, Mafia: Definitive Edition and Ghostrunner. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs: Legion, Genshin Impact, Mafia: Definitive Edition, Ghostrunner.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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