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System:
Arcade
Genre:
Shoot 'Em Up
Publisher:
Capcom
Developer:
Capcom
Players:
1-2 (1 simultaneously)
Release date/year:
1985
Other systems:
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- Commando
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1985 Capcom - Capcom - Arcade
- Capcom has a legacy of providing some pretty simple concept games, but adding in a ton of addictive qualities that make it all worth while to play. Commando is no exception to the rule, providing the gamer with plenty to shoot at, and several bonuses and even secrets to uncover through the seemingly never-ending stages! You take the role of a commando in an attempt to rescue some hostages while kicking the crap out of an evil enemy force. Through this, you'll find secrets and bonuses waiting for you at every turn as well as some wild difficulty and endless incoming fire.
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-Game Play 8/10-
Probably Capcom's second best genre, Commando gives you an overhead view, while rushing and blasting through waves of incoming enemy soldiers! You'll travel through several different stages, trying to rescue hostages, and trying to uncover the various secrets that lay hidden beneath trees and behind enemy trenches. You have two different weapons, one of which being your trusty machine gun, and the other your holy grenade, capable of wiping out the entire screen of enemies! Using these will get you far into the game, but it doesn't do everything, and you'll have to rely on your ability to move and traverse through incoming bullets.
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-Control 8/10-
It's easy enough to learn, and takes a little practice to master, but with enough time, you'll skillfully weave through the various stages with no problem! The control set up is easy enough to use, with a joystick, a firing button and the grenade button. Controlling Joe through the jungles will test your reflexes when the bullets start flying, so be prepared!
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-Audio 6/10-
Even though it is an action game, enough with the action game music crap already! Every stage has the same music, which loops up and through without pause, and even the sound effects blare and seem to get louder with each passing stage. There is only some many explosions, gunfire and grenade blasts a person can listen to before going mad. Talk about a headache waiting to happen!
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-Visuals 8/10-
Bright and relatively detailed in every way, Commando offers bright colors, and distinctive stages as well. Every stage has a certain theme to it, but the action on screen will deter you away from the occasional image break up when the bullets really start flying!
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-Quarter Crunching 7/10-
Commando is one of those games that is addictive and gives you a reason to waste money! Running through the stages is one thing, but trying to uncover the different secret bonuses and stages is another. You'll find that in later stages, the bullets fly a little faster, and the more you run, the worse the obstacle course gets.
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-Overall 8/10-
Commando offers up good old fashioned action game play from Capcom that you might expect. With plenty to blow up, and several secrets to uncover as well as just plain shooting and running, you'll find that the detail, and the game play well make up for the lack of audio. A classic game with an appearance on the NES, Commando is worth the quarters and time spent experiencing Capcom mastery of the action platform!
//KasketDarfyre
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