Tiny Troopers: Joint Ops

Critic reviews

• CCOGconnected

  Shad Forsyth · Dec 05, 2014

  5.5

  While Tiny Trooper: Joint Ops has some neat ideas perhaps my biggest criticism is that I didn’t find myself overly compelled to return to it. It can be a fun diversion but lacks that “just one more level” sense of attraction. While $7-8 isn’t the worst price in the world, if you have the right mobile device (and who doesn’t these days) the original game is available for under $3 and the sequel is free (if you don’t mind stomaching in-app purchases). Definitely some food for thought before you download it from the PSN store.

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• PSPush Square

  Greg Giddens · Nov 17, 2014

  4.0

  It’s the repetitiveness that really hurts Tiny Troopers: Joint Ops – there’s just not a lot else to see beyond the first few missions. There are some good ideas here – the squad system being the real highlight – but relatively easy gameplay and flawed AI let it down. Worse still, at the time of writing, this series is free on mobile platforms, meaning that even with cross-buy, it’s a purchase that’s somewhat hard to justify.

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• ZZTGD

  Justin Celani · Nov 04, 2014

  7.0

  Tiny Troopers has a great deal of content for a small price. You get two twin stick shooter campaigns with leveling up, various missions, and even a few unlockables like a zombie horde mode. I feel the game sets out what it wants to accomplish and I had a better time with it on PS3 versus PC. For the price and the amount of game play here, highly recommend this to any fan of the genre.

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• AOAttack of the Fanboy

  Kyle Hanson · Nov 02, 2014

  5.0

  Unfortunately the underlying gameplay is a dull affair that gamers have seen many times before. Little is done to take the variety of options and extend it into the actual mission structure, causing the game to feel like one long stretch of the same thing. And the poorly designed levels make it so navigating the field of play is rarely an enjoyable experience by itself. There is little to compel most players to pick up Tiny Troopers: Joint Ops unless they really want a new dual-stick shooter to while away a few hours.

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• PXPure Xbox

  Josephine Johnson · Mar 09, 2016

  6.0

  With a simple accessible campaign and a whole host of collectibles and zombie modes to obsess over, Tiny Troopers: Joint Ops is certainly not a bad game. It's reasonably entertaining and doesn't suffer from any major technical issues, but it lacks the depth or uniqueness that would propel it beyond 'just okay.' This is a title that is cute and fun when you aren't interested in thinking too hard and just fancy turning your brain off for ten to twenty minutes, but it's unlikely to set anyone's world on fire.

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• PUPlayStation Universe

  John-Paul Jones · Nov 03, 2014

  6.5

  Though it remains far too much tied to its mobile origins to stand out amongst other shooters, let alone survive direct comparisons to Sensible Software’s magnum opus, with its modest price, accessible bite-sized levels and sizable content offering, Tiny Troopers: Joint Ops stands as an enjoyable, if ambitiously tame shooter.

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