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 theaters on June 17, 2011. The game features 3D visuals on the Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, providing TriOviz Inficolor 3D for standard televisions and stereoscopic 3D for dedicated 3DTVs. The game begins with Hal Jordan, Kilowog, and Sinestro attending Abin Sur’s funeral on Oa. When Oa is attacked by the Manhunters, the three defend the power battery and repel the invasion.

They then pick up a distress call from Queen Aga’po on the planet Zamaron. While Kilowog goes to Biot, the Manhunters’ home world, Sinestro and Hal go to Zamaron to aid Aga’po. While on Zamaron, Sinestro and Hal learn about the Willhunters, a Manhunter-developed weapon which Mind controls its victims. After Sinestro and Hal are separated, Hal frees the captive Aga’Po, learning that she has already been exposed to a Willhunter and is under the Manhunters’ permanent control. Hal then frees Aga’po. Hal and Sinestro then go to Biot, where, after reuniting with Kilowog, they defeat the Highmaster, leader of the Manhunters.

The three then go back to Oa and encounter Amon Sur, Abin Sur’s son who believes that he should have his father’s ring and it is revealed that he betrayed the Green Lantern Corps to the Manhunters and engineered the invasion of Oa. Hal then defeats Amon on Oa and Amon is arrested as Hal is honored for his dedication. Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters offers three different game modes. The player takes control of Hal Jordan and the power of his Green Lantern ring is at the player’s disposal, in which weapons and objects can be created to defeat enemies and progress through levels.

Most versions of the game provide a mix of on-foot beat ’em up battles and flying rail shooter sequences. The on-foot levels in the non-Nintendo versions allow for full 3-D movement from fixed camera perspectives, but are presented in 2.5D in the Nintendo versions. The non-Nintendo versions also support drop-in, drop-out cooperative multiplayer, in which a second player takes control of Sinestro. The Wii version can be played with either the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, or the Classic Controller.