War Attacks Commando, as you may have gathered from the title,
is a strategy game that places you in control of up to six units as you work your way through a handful of missions,
generally serving the imperium (soldiers of the Emperor).
Before each mission, you can assign weapons and ammunition to your squad, survey your objectives, and then begin the battle.
The first difference you'll notice between the version and the version is the absence of the pre-rendered cutscenes.
The DS version uses still images to present itself,
which is somewhat embarrassing when held next to the high production values of the cinematics.
Regardless, your overarching goal in squad is to defeat the legions of chao that threaten the cities and people of the Emperor with their destructive and heretical ways.
Story is clearly not the focus of squad,
considering the fact that almost no context is given to this strife between the imperium and the soldiers of chao.
The plot itself feels pretty thin and we were generally apathetic about what was happening in this game world
(you, however, may feel differently if you're a diehard War fan).
The real point of Commando is to bring swift and fiery death to your enemies,
but as we mentioned a few moments ago, doing so can be a real problem.
With that said, let's get right into the inevitable sadness that comes from these mechanics.
First and foremost: there's no grid. Strategy games rarely (if ever) work on consoles and portable systems when there's no grid;
that's why most good strategy games can be found on the PC.
Controlling Commando is incredibly awkward because your cursor can go anywhere and that's not good.
We thought that using the stylus in squad would help the experience, because that was an option unavailable to the PSP version.
Unfortunately, the stylus really doesn't change any of the game's intrinsic problems --
in fact it's more awkward to use the stylus than the D-pad, and you still won't adjust the camera at all.
9Apps 4.9
