Rebellion Developments (early work by Zombie Studios)
Publisher:
Bethesda Softworks
Platforms:
PC, Xbox 360, PS3
Genre:
First-Person Shooter
Rogue Warrior is a 2009 first person shooter with third-person cover mechanics developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Bethesda Softworks for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Initially developed as Rogue Warrior: Black Razor by Zombie Studios, the original plan was for a squad-based tactical shooter based around a team of elite US soldiers led by real-life former SEAL Richard "Demo Dick" Marcinko infiltrating modern-day North Korea to sabotage an advanced ballistic missile program, to be released in 2007. This version was scrapped by Bethesda and development transferred to Rebellion, who reworked the game as a more standard shooter with both the planned AI teammates being killed before even having any lines, and the setting changed to the 1980s, with Marcinko uncovering a Soviet plan to supply North Korea with advanced weapons. In the final game, Marcinko is voiced by Mickey Rourke.
The following weapons appear in the video game Rogue Warrior:
The "SAP9" (presumably "semi-automatic pistol 9") is for the most part a Beretta 92FS, but the model features a rather odd slide which has had most of the 92FS's open-topped slide filled in, and now has a more "traditional" style of pistol ejection port. The weapon is Marcinko's starting gun in every mission, and comes with a suppressor and infinite reserve ammunition.
The Tokarev TT-33 appears as the "TT-33." A relatively rare sight, it has infinite ammunition just like the "SAP9" but does not have a suppressor, making it somewhat less useful. The model in-game has a totally immobile hammer which the slide simply clips through when it cycles, and duplicates the right side of the magazine release on the left of the weapon, meaning it would be impossible to use.
The "SM5" is a Heckler & Koch MP5A2, and serves as Marcinko's other starting weapon in singleplayer. The version shown has an S-E-F trigger group set to semi-auto even though the weapon is fullauto only, and a strange additional flash hider.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingHeckler & Koch MP5A2 with "tropical" wide handguard - 9x19mm ParabellumMenu render of the Heckler & Koch MP5A2; note that here it is shown with a suppressor.Error creating thumbnail: File missingMarcinko holds his MP5A2.Error creating thumbnail: File missingIron sights of the MP5A2; note the front sight is rather too small. The game has only one left hand position for two-handed weapons, which usually places Marcinko's fingers much too far up the right-hand side of the weapon.Error creating thumbnail: File missingReloading the MP5A2; rather than the standard "HK slap" reload, Marcinko just pulls out the magazine and inserts a new one.Error creating thumbnail: File missingIn-world model of the MP5; note the strange flash hider and cut-short stock.
OTs-02 Kiparis
The OTs-02 Kiparis, called the "OTS-02," is the standard SMG of North Korean and Soviet troops; it is techically anachronistic since the game is set in the 80s, but the OTs-02 was not adopted in Russian service until 1991, and its use by then North Korea is highly unlikely, at best; the Sa vz. 61 Skorpion would've been a more appopriate choice. The model has no ejection port, with spent casings just coming out of a random point on the right of the receiver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingKBP OTs-02 "Kiparis" - 9x18mm MakarovMenu render of the OTs-02 Kiparis; note that the magazine is incorrectly shown inserted in front of rather than into the magazine well. It is also shown with a suppressor that the in-game weapon lacks, and its description references a red-dot sight which neither this render nor the actual in-game weapon have.Error creating thumbnail: File missingMarcinko holds an OTs-02; the model in game is horrendously inaccurate, with the front sight the wrong shape, the rear sight too small, the upper receiver turned into a featureless rectangle and the ejection port (which should be halfway along the top of the weapon) completely missing.Error creating thumbnail: File missingIron sights of the OTs-02.Error creating thumbnail: File missingReloading the OTs-02; note the fire selector has no markings or stop notches. Marcinko apparently doesn't trust gravity during this reload, since after removing the old magazine he throws it forward at the ground rather than letting it drop. Note the weird angular projection near the front of the receiver; this appears to be a modelling error.Error creating thumbnail: File missingIn-world Model of the OTs-02; note that in addition to the mislocated magazine, the stock is much too small and would not be able to fold over the weapon.
Shotguns
Hawk Type 97-2
The Hawk 97-2 appears as the "TYPE 97-1" (which is actually a different shotgun). It is the most common shotgun in the game and is used by Korean and Soviet soldiers. There is no third-person animation for operating the action, with the forend simply operating itself when the weapon is fired from cover. It is highly anachronistic and inappropriate, since the Type 97-2 was not available until the 2007. A more correct choice would be the KS-23.
The Franchi SPAS-12 appears as the "SPAS-12," shown with a completely incorrect detachable box magazine in order to share reloading animations with the Hawk. It is pump-action only, and like the Hawk does not have a third-person animation for operating the action; when Marcinko uses the weapon while in cover, the action is shown locked open and the forend operates itself, ejecting a spent casing through the stuck-open ejection port.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingFranchi SPAS-12 - 12 gaugeSelection render of the SPAS-12. Note that the render shows it with a folded stock which the in-game model does not have, most of the vent holes missing, the forend not fully forward, and what appears to be a 10-round 7.62mm NATO magazine inserted backwards.Error creating thumbnail: File missingMarcinko holds a SPAS-12.Error creating thumbnail: File missingIron sights of the SPAS; this angle shows the result of using one generic hand position, with Marcinko's fingers resting on the side of the heat shield; seemingly he operates the action with his palm and thumb as the only points of grip.Error creating thumbnail: File missingMarcinko reloads the SPAS; note the ridiculously deep grooves in the magazine and Marcinko's hand clipping through the pistol grip.Error creating thumbnail: File missingIn-world model of the SPAS; note the incorrect box magazine and uselessly tiny stock.
Rifles
AK-47
The "AK74" in the game is actually an AK-47 with a ribbed AKM receiver cover, having neither the correct curve to its box magazine or any of the other distinctive features of the 5.45mm model. It is the most common weapon in the game, being used by both North Korean and Soviet soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingFinal Production version of the Type III AK-47 with cleaning rod removed and laminated stock - 7.62x39mmMenu render of the AK-47.Error creating thumbnail: File missingMarcinko holds an AK-47.Error creating thumbnail: File missingIron sights of the AK; note the slider is much too large, and either the rear sight notch has been carved out or the barrel has spontaneously become seven feet long to allow the entire front sight to be visible through the rear one. This actually happens because the camera is shifted to directly behind the rear sight, which would only be possible in real life if the AK had been sawed in half.Error creating thumbnail: File missingReloading the AK; Macinko does not rock the magazine into place as he should, instead simply inserting it straight into the magazine well. Note the weapon appears to be based on a cheap plastic replica since the sling attachment point is clearly moulded to the side of the receiver.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe in-world model of the AK show a rather badly-aligned receiver texture and has the magazine too far forward.
Colt Model 733
The "AR4" in the game appears to be a rather deformed Colt Model 733; it seems an attempt was made to model it as a Colt Model 933, anachronistic for the time period, since it has an M4-style stock, but the screws indicating a removable carry handle are just haphazardly added on to a model with a non-removable carry handle. The weapon is essentially a better version of the AK, with greater accuracy and more damage, but ammunition is limited.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingColt Model 733 - 5.56x45mm NATOMenu render of the Colt Model 733. Close inspection shows the markings on the fire selector are backwards, with "Auto" where "Safe" should be.Error creating thumbnail: File missingMarcinko holds his Model 733; note that, as in the menu render, the safety is on. The forward assist is also shown in the fully depressed position, meaning firing it would still be a bad idea even if the safety was off.Error creating thumbnail: File missingUsing the iron sights once again shows a badly-rendered rear sight and either severely screwy perspective or a barrel that spontaneously becomes incredibly long.Error creating thumbnail: File missingReloading the Model 733; note that the magazine release is modelled as if it is just a seam in the lower receiver, the trigger pin is too far forward, and the lower part of the bolt release paddle is missing.Error creating thumbnail: File missingIn-world model; note the oversized flash hider, severely undersized stock and generally poor proportions.
Sniper Rifles
SVD Dragunov/PSL hybrid
A hybrid of the SVD Dragunov and PSL Sniper Rifle appears as the "DRAGUNOV." It is the only sniper rifle in the game, the only scoped weapon in the game, and the only weapon which uses its normal sight in cover. The model is shown with the safety on and only has holes in one side of the handguard.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingSVD Dragunov - 7.62x54mm RError creating thumbnail: File missingPSL - 7.62x54mm ROriginal render of the hybrid rifle. Note the PSL magazine and magazine release on the front of the trigger guard, even though the magazine itself is mounted where it should be on an SVD.Error creating thumbnail: File missingRichard Marcinko holds the hybrid rifle. Note the visible reticle in the scope...Error creating thumbnail: File missing...which does not match the reticle actually used, which is scope_overlay_M40A3 from Call of Duty 4.Error creating thumbnail: File missingMarcinko reloads his mutant SVD, demonstrating poor trigger discipline and pointedly refusing to acknowledge the existence of the trigger guard.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe world model of the hybrid rifle is even closer to a PSL; note that in addition to the PSL magazine, there is also no gap between the trigger and the magazine.
Machine guns
PKP Pecheneg Machine Gun
The PKP Pecheneg appears as the "PECHENEG," and is commonly used by heavy enemies; it retains the wooden furnishings of a normal PKM. It is, like several of the game's weapons, anachronistic (having only been adopted in 2001); the PKM from which the in-game PKP takes its furnishings would've been more appropriate. The weapon correctly feeds from the right but incorrectly also ejects to the right in first person, and has no belt animations whatsoever; in third person the belt does not move when the weapon is fired, and when reloading Marcinko swaps out belt boxes without bothering to mount the new belt.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingPKP Pecheneg - 7.62x54mmRMenu render of the PKP. Note the missing flash hider, optic rail, and trigger, badly rendered gas rod, too-short barrel, incorrect slab-sided receiver, incorrect carry handle and trigger guard shapes, incorrect furnishings for a Pecheneg, and incorrectly located pistol grip and belt box. It's something of a challenge to find something about this model which isn't wrong.Error creating thumbnail: File missingRichard Marcinko holds a PKP.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe PKP's iron sights; as one might expect, these are misaligned.Error creating thumbnail: File missingMarcinko reloads his PKP; note the completely static belt which is always shown as if it is loaded. The belt box is inserted vertically as if it is a detachable magazine, rather than slid in sideways as it should be. It is also too small; it should be mounted to the bottom of the weapon by its midpoint, but instead mounts on its left-hand edge.Error creating thumbnail: File missingIn-world model of the PKP. Note the incorrect everything.
Launchers
GM-94
The GM-94 grenade launcher appears as the "GM-94," and is the only grenade launcher in the game. It is shown with the front sight missing, the rear ladder sight missing and a notch added to its mounting bracket instead, is not pumped to operate the action, and is incorrectly reloaded by opening the action and inserting a single round into the barrel as if it is an M203, rather than opening the top cover and inserting three into the magazine tube. This is another anachronism, as the GM-94 was not available until 1993. A more accurate choice for the time period of the game could have been the Device "D" noiseless grenade launcher / pistol combo (that could be equipped with several attachments like a suppressor and a shoulder stock).
The M26 hand grenade is the standard throwing weapon in the game, used by both Marcinko and his enemies. The throw animation has Marcinko toss the grenade using his left hand, with no attempt to show how he manages to pull the pin. He apparently doesn't, since the thrown grenade model is the same as the in-world pickup model.
One of the two teammates with Marcinko at the start of the game has a Model 7290 flashbang grenade attached to his chest rig. He never uses it, since he is killed off before he can actually do anything.
