DS #3476: Elite Forces Unit 77 (Europe)

[robochrono09]

game is great here is me shooting a rocket!

 

[h8uthemost]

Looks pretty damn good. Looking forward to jumping into this one.

 

[shakirmoledina]

very nice theme and overall appearance
gonna get for sure

 

[enarky]

Looks and plays like "Operation Vietnam" so far only a lot slicker...

Damn, I'm sold! Operation Vietnam is one of the best DS sleeper hits, IMO.

But that homophobia bit is really putting me off... I hope it's not that bad.

 

[GeekyGuy]

Man, I'm having so much fun with this game. It's pretty forgiving, but it's a neat, little military adventure all the same. They've really done a good job mixing up the use of each character. Clear some mines to drive a vehicle along a roadway, snipe some dudes, etc. The touch-screen controls also make a lot of sense.

Two things that are not so great, though:

1. Driving vehicles. It works, but it ain't that fun.
2. Environmental objects all too often impede your view.

Still, this is a keeper. It's definitely a weird sort of hybrid. Though it comes off at first like Cannon Fodder and its ilk, you really feel like you're playing more of a action-strategy adventure as you progress further into it. The presentation is pretty tight, too.

 

[Gigen]

This game reminds me of Valkyria Chronicles

 

[concealed identi]

I just played the first level, but based on that I'm really liking this game.

The only thing I wish you could do is scroll the main screen using the d-pad, since the isometric view is pretty limiting. You have to look on the radar for when enemies are near even though they would be well within your character's line of sight- they just aren't on the screen because your character's in the middle of it all the time so you can't see that far in front of you. Hopefully they took this into account when constructing the levels so that you don't have too many frustrating deaths (the look and feel of this game reminds me so much of Commandos that I'm just expecting it to get frustrating as hell =P)

 

[armagedalbeebop]

manly boxart

 

[Karry]

Meh, didnt like it, way too simple, realtime -> no strategy required. I'll just wait for JADS

 

[GeekyGuy]

Meh, didnt like it, way too simple, realtime -> no strategy required. I'll just wait for JADS

You obviously didn't play past the first few levels. It gets pretty tough. It's not a real-time strategy game, though. It's more of a real-time tactics game. But I' say after the third mission, things start getting quite challenging.