Customer Reviews

Goblin Commander: Unleash the Horde for PlayStation 2

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Goblin Commander has its faults. The worst of them is the inherent low resolution of the television set, which means you just can't see much detail when the camera is pulled back. The game is also completely lacking in bells and whistles -- no single player skirmish maps, very basic music, and a silly linear storyline. With all that understood, this is not just the best console RTS, but the most innovative RTS on any platform to come along since Dungeon Keeper (a game that it clearly draws on; GC is almost a cross between DK and Warcraft), and probably the most innovative game of any kind since Grand Theft Auto 3. The major ingredients are: A, the great control interface, and B. the ability to direct-control units, which is seamlessly integreted into the gameplay as a strategic element. If you are an RTS fan, its almost worth buying a console just to play this game; if you are a console-only player, my goodness, are you in for a treat -- good RTS games were formerly the exclusive domain of the PC. You'll find out what you've been missing, and then some. (RTS, by the way, means real-time strategy -- do a web search for details).

Drop what you are doing tonight and go buy this game. I bought it just because I like the title, ;) but I'm SOO glad I did. Seriously, it's loads of fun sending goblins to rampage and destroy the countryside - and the enemy in the process!

It's designed from the ground up for console, to need a small number of buttons, instead of stripped down from a PC game. And that, boys and girls, is why it works. The controls are simple not to baby you, but just because you won't want an interface that gets in the way of Whuppin' Booty!

Instead of unit-based (as are most RTS, I think), this is more solidly squad-based (more like Warhammer, in that sense); you get up to 10 goblins of a given clan, and they always move around together, which makes it superfast to get them on the field. You can command up to 3 clans (so 3 squads on the field) per battle, and with literally 2 instant button taps, you can say "Stonecrushers, go over Here! Stormbringers, wait over Here!" or say "Stormbringers, you follow Stonecrushers!" It's easier than moving miniatures on a table!

You'll constantly replace the goblins as they die by summoning more. They don't "take time to train," they just pop out of the clan shrine and immediately run off to join their brothers in battle! Huzzah! Though you do have to watch out for that; if you don't want your new guys to leap into the ambush that killed their predecessors, be sure to reset the rally point back at camp!

The giant lumbering support Titans are brilliant to smash things with, and even more impressive when you zoom the camera down to goblin's-eye view. Oh, yeah! You can select a single goblin in a clan to be the "lead guy," which means your controller now moves Him about instead of your Commander cursor. All his buddies of course follow him, and your other 2 clans can be set to follow them... This way you can easily steer the Horde of 30 slavering goblins around the map, and zoom the camera down to their level and swivel it around to get a good look at the enemy's face when they see you coming! (all right, thier expressions don't change, but you can imagine they do) I don't know another RTS that gives you both the bird's eye view and the shoulder-level view.

I don't give it 5 stars just because there's room for improvement, but that should NOT stop you from enjoying this game. OK, enough of me. Go buy this game so they have money to make a sequel that includes online play! Go! Go now!

Any one that has ever played an RTS title on a console know they SUCK!! They Just do. This is the first RTS title that really works and its a Blast. Direct control over clans and Titans is just Freakn Cool and takes you all the way into the world unlike any RTS title has ever done.

Has all the high action of a Console game with cool strategy elements. Highly recomended!! Five Stars!!

This PS2 game is one of the best RTS games I have ever played! The graphics, sound, and gameplay in 'Goblin Commander' are awsome! This game is very addictive and fun because you go around killing other enemy goblins and destroy enemy territory cammanding an army of your very own goblins and titans. I highly recommend that you buy 'Goblin Commander' for the PS2! Another game which I highly recommend you buy for the PS2 is 'Giants: Citizen Kabuto'. It is also a great game and, in my opinion, it is a little better than Goblin Commander.

Rating ('Goblin Commander'): 5/5

kinda dissapointed after reading the reviews, game was very easy to beat and after you beat it there's not much use for the game anymore cause you can't play skirmishes against the computer

i LOVE THIS GAME AND i LOVE THE GRAPHICS but the only problem is they copied the gameplay from warcraft you move a little dot around click on buildings click on the unit you want and thats the gameplay of warcraft and you dont build your buildings they are set out for you. On campaign you go on adventures like in warcraft too. In scermish you can have a lot of fun bashing your friends or having your friends bounce on you I was beaten three times in a row! he chooses the best races and he trashed my base in 20 minutes. the titans are fun but you have a fun time playing tag when your friend is the predator and you are the prey. The titans are one for each clan you get a stone ogre that can eat people and swing his club around like in lord of the rings. A lightning robot who is fast when attacking but slow when walking. A slime monster that starts from a tiny slime into a huge bogie when he eats more people just by moving on them. Cool but slow a giant spike ball that can roll over your enemies and self destruct. The worst is the pigapult a giant warthog with a catapult that cant even attack enemies three feet away I mean your huge in size but you cant squash them (...)

Oh...my...god...THIS IS THE BEST RTS GAME TO EVER BE RELEASED!!!!!!! I at first looked at this game and thought that it would just be one of those games that had no effort put into it. Well, this teaches one thing: "Never judge a book(or video game) by it's cover". Though the graphics aren't the best that I have ever seen, they are great. The missions get longer and longer, making a great challenge that will have gamers up all night staring at their t.v. Now then, to bring out this game's full potential, make sure you have someone to beat in multiplayer. I was dissapionted that this game had no computer a.i. to play in multiplayer. One more dissapiontment is that there is no online feature for this game(though I am unable to use online). Even so, rush out to your local game store and purchase Goblin Commander: Unleash The Horde. You won't be dissapointed.(Also check out Starcraft for the PC.)

I saw a lot of good reviews, so when I saw this for $3 it was a no brainer. I regret nothing about the price. However, the game didn't quite live up to my exceptions.

First off, the game is extremely simple to control. They did a superb job of that. You have one button each for the up to three clans you control at one time. The game also helpfully shows you what the buttons do at any given moment. For example, when you posses one of the giant warriors the circle button means something different than when you're floating over the battle field. That guide at the top of the screen was invaluable in making the game playable. I also LOVED that there were two available save slots to save AT ANY TIME! No you don't have to play an entire hour level because you couldn't find something before a timer counted down (last level of game) or because a sneak attack wiped you out. Two saves isn't huge, but it's sufficent.

Another great aspect is the ability to take over a particular minion and look at things at eye level. That was a feature I loved in Dungeon Keeper 2. This allows you to lead your troops in a retreat if you need to or have other clans follow you around. The levels are simply designed, but that also makes things easier with a controller instead of a keyboard and mouse. The backgrounds look good and the characters are not going to win awards for beauty, but they're quite good.

Now the bad. The game is possibly too simple. For example, the same feature that lets you so quickly control your minions by pressing a single button means that you essentially only have three "units" and your big Titan you control directly. This means if you need to leave a few guys to defend your base you're sacrificing a third of your units to the duty. I also found the AI on the units to be questionable at times, though in generally they did what I wanted. I also strongly dislike the path they went to with the goblins all speaking gibberish and having to read the subtitles. We're out of the days of limited space on the Sega Genesis. It meant I had to be close to the screen to read the funky font they used and also to see the units well unless I was zoomed way in.

While I had some sound dropping issues that didn't bother me that much, the most critical thing I can say, and what very nearly takes this down to a three star review, is the lack of skirmish. The single player campaign is very short and while there is a skirmish mode it is single player only. The game won't even let you start it up without two controllers plugged in. This is unforgivable since the only way you'll have another person to play is if they're already familiar with the game since even though it's simplified there is still quite a learning curve. If this game had AI opponents to play against, this would be easily a 5 star review.

THIS IS A SUPER GAME.
EVEN BETTER THAN THE WARCRAFT GAMES.
YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR OWN UNITS, IT LIKES A 1st PERSONSHOOTER.
THIS GAME IS DRIVING ME MAD!
EVERY TIME WHEN I AM ON SCHOOL I AM DREAMING OF IT TO PLAY IT WHEN I AM BACK HOME.

This game isn't expensive because this could be the GAME OF THE
YEAR.

This game is awesome!!!!! It is a lot of fun for people that like GREAT games, let alone RTS games. There hasn't been anything like this before that I've played, cuz all the other RTS games on the PS2 have been weakass. This is the game you want to be playing, want to be asking your mother for, or using your gift certificates on....then you can play it lots, get good at it, then come over to my house and I will skool you in multiplayer.

Hah ha, take it!