Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is an action video game, the first based on DC Comics' Green Lantern (Hal Jordan). The game is a tie-in/sequel to the film Green Lantern, which opened in theatres on June…

80 7 June 2011 ESRB T

Adventure Action

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is an adventure developed by Double Helix Games, released 7 June 2011 on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 and Wii.

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What Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is an adventure game developed by Double Helix Games and released in 2011. It was published by WB Games. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is an action video game, the first based on DC Comics' Green Lantern (Hal Jordan). The game is a tie-in/sequel to the film Green Lantern, which opened in theatres on June 17, 2011. The game features 3D visuals on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, providing TriOviz Inficolor 3D for standard televisions and stereoscopic 3D for dedicated 3DTVs.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the DC Comics series

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is the 71st of 185 entries we hold in the DC Comics series. The next entry was Green Lantern Battle Cards in 2011. Its critic score of 80 is 11 points above the series average of 69. The highest-rated entry is Batman: Arkham Knight at 92.

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How it was received

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters launched on 7 June 2011, within three weeks of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Infamous 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Infamous 2.

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