07 Commando Blasting to DS

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:46 am

hoping for some scoring system, which would make it a nice complement to Contra 4

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:20 pm

doctorx0079 wrote:I like this Commando. Comprehensive scoring system and online leaderboards FTW.

Yeah, that looks friggin TIGHT!

Go to Gametrailers.com; there's some awesome new footage up! And, AFIK, Metal Slug 7 is a DS exclusive, so we'll get that as well as 07 Commando. It just takes SNK forever to set a date, much less get a game out.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:23 pm

Dave said "friggin TIGHT"!

You must be real excited.

So, is this out or was it delayed? Sounds like the devs must be ripping off SNK right down to the release practices.

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:37 am

anybody played the game yet ? the video looks pretty sweet...

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/39735.html

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:57 am

I completely forgot this is out. And the consensus seems to be it's pretty "meh"....

I'll give it a quick try on the flash card in a moment.

edit: pre/post response to Never_Scared below: had to go to sleep early last night, so I still don't know if it plays like Slug yet. Of course I hope to have a nice surprise but right now my expectation is not high.

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:51 pm

iatneH wrote:Looks nice to me. I don't care who it's made by as long as it plays like Slug.

I see something that looks like a health gauge though

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:19 am

Just got it, definitely $20 material. You can tell it's a game made by fans of Metal Slug, even the main character (Storm) looks kinda like Marco. The enemies are weird but bland, they look kinda like zombie aliens? I dunno. First level background looks straight out of the snow level in the first Metal Slug.

The music is terrible (REALLY terrible) and the pace is slow. There is absolutely no intensity, it's just...I dunno. It's missing that spark that Slug and every great run 'n gunner has. It reminds me of the first Gunforce in that regard.

That said, for those worried about the health thing, you don't get any continues, so yay? The way the health system works sucks ass too, you can get body armor, but your health and body armor can take hits at the same time -- yeah, I have no idea either.

Only played thru the first stage, which is ten minutes long (and it seems to drag on, considering the whole thing was a no-frills venture). Died in the second level a few minutes in and I didn't feel like restarting the whole level, this no continue system is annoying.

Best part so far? The boss. Looked as good graphically as something out of a DS Metroidvania, it was a giant crab! Fun.

And oh yeah, the weapon layout they have is terrible, and you can only customize it after you beat the first level. I just thought it was odd the game doesn't have an Options menu, you just start the game and that's that until you beat the level.

So yeah, a lot of complaints, but you know what, fuck it, it's only $20 and I don't regret purchasing it. For all the Slug fans wondering how it is and if you aren't destitute to the point where you can't afford a twenty buck game, I say go for it.

I'm hoping the game improves later on, who knows. Looking forward to the next boss fight, at least.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:10 am

I am terribly destitute (as far as games that aren't proven classics concerned, I guess) :D

Anyhow this is being distributed by our good fiends at XS Games.

I think I might wait for this one to hit a bargain bin..?

Post Update: like how their official player makes bomb-triggering mistakes for an official trailer...yay? link. It does look nice, graphics-wise, even though I'm not so hot on the "shoot an ammo crate 5 times to get a drop" and "lol no proper aiming" aspects

Dante · Post by **Dante** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:42 pm

It also has have hidden disk's by shooting the Cliff's on the first level... Reminded me of 'CT Special Forces' enemies take ages to die with the normal gun, the level is long and easy and the boss is difficult.. I quickly tired of it, the 2d legend of Kage' ds remake is miles better but I swear I'm missing something all that Japanese text

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:40 pm

Dante wrote:Reminded me of 'CT Special Forces' enemies take ages to die with the normal gun,

Argh. I was certain it'd be like those games, but I was hoping otherwise.

Still, looks nice enough; I'll give it a shot eventually.

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:27 am

well, this is rather surprising:

Jiji from neogaf wrote: The creators of this game were such huge fans of the SFC (SNES) game Gundam Wing: Endless Duel that they shamelessly fucking stole -- er, paid homage to one of the songs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Br9slS5fU

Oh, and the game over theme is a slowed down section of the Black Omen theme from Chrono Trigger.

I really need to get my system in order and see if the music is stored in a streaming format, so I can what else they appropriated.

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:12 pm

Weird. They picked the best piece from GWED to rip-off, at least, like their graphics team picked a pretty good game to rip the sprites from.