Commanders: Attack [Online Game Code]

by SouthEnd Interactive

Product Details

• Online Game Code: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
• Note: Gifting is available after purchase via e-mail.
• ASIN: B001LRQ8L6
• Release Date: February 13, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,410 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #30 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Strategy

Product Description

Single Player, Xbox LIVE Multiplayer 1-4, Local Multiplayer 1-4, HD (High Definition). Deploy, Engage, Win!!! Utilize many diverse units including Tanks, Scouts, Infantry, etc. alongside your powerful Commander unit to cripple the enemy and defend your territory. Download the trial now! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/Live/accounts.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars well executed tactical strategy game, April 8, 2009

By 

Rorke Haining (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Commanders: Attack [Online Game Code] (Software Download)

This is a solid tactical strategy game. If you've played Advanced Wars on the Nintendo DS, or Final Fantasy Tactics, or X-Com, or any of a host of other games, you'll be familiar with this type of strategy game. Elements common to the genre include:
* turn-based combat
* units move then shoot (usually)
* terrain affects movement, defense, and vision
* units have different movement, vision, and other capabilities
* units are effective against some types of units and not others
* units can gain experience and become more powerful
* fog-of-war
* etc.

Though there are a lot of games like this on other platforms, there aren't many on the Xbox 360. Regardless, I never seem to tire of the formula. Commanders: Attack of the Genos executes on the formula very well. It does a particularly good job at adding visual flourishes -- I love the explosions, and I love the fact that you can pan and zoom at will. The commander units are also very well done. Each commander has a pair of unique powers that no other unit or commander has. For example, one commander heals nearby units, another gives a defense boost to nearby units, and yet another boosts the attack power of nearby air units, etc. etc..

The only reason I didn't give the game five stars is that the it lacks some of the depth and replayability of similar games. For example, there are only a handful of maps, the campaign is linear, and there are no unlockable units that you can gain access to after many victories. I was also disappointed that the normal and advanced campaigns were virtually identical. (Was there 1 extra enemy unit per map?? If there were any differences between normal and advanced, they were small enough that I couldn't detect them.)

A solid, fun title, and perfectly executed, but I wanted to see more. Definitely worth the price, though.