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C.O.P. The Recruit

Dan Miles is a former underground street racer and new recruit in the Criminal Overturn Program (C.O.P.). Under the terms of the C.O.P., Dan has become a street detective working to protect New York citizens…

50 3 November 2009

C.O.P. The Recruit is an adventure developed by VD-Dev, released 3 November 2009 on Nintendo DS.

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What C.O.P. The Recruit is

C.O.P. The Recruit is an adventure game developed by VD-Dev and released in 2009. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dan Miles is a former underground street racer and new recruit in the Criminal Overturn Program (C.O.P.). Under the terms of the C.O.P., Dan has become a street detective working to protect New York citizens against large-scale threats. Working with his mentor, Detective Brad Winter, Dan is investigating a series of terrorist attacks in the city when Brad is falsely arrested, putting the investigation on hold. While trying to uncover the truth behind Brad's arrest, Dan goes undercover and returns to his life on the streets. Little by little he gets wrapped up in a deadly, widespread conspiracy and must work to prevent a potentially catastrophic attack on the city.
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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.

How it was received

C.O.P. The Recruit holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 17 points below the year average.

What it launched against

C.O.P. The Recruit launched on 3 November 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins and Left 4 Dead 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2.

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When did C.O.P. The Recruit come out?
C.O.P. The Recruit was released on 3 November 2009 for Nintendo DS.

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