Discs of Tron won't be the only Live Arcade game to hit in time for Valentines Day. This Wednesday, Feb 13 will see the release of Commanders: Attack of Genos, a turn-based tactical game similar to Advance Wars. Like Advance Wars, Commanders goes out of it's way to look friendly and accessible, sporting red and blue less-than-realistically modeled units, a grid-based system of movement, and tactical-turn-based gameplay. To add even more to the list of Advance Wars similarities, the game features "Commanders" who have "powers" both active and passive. Even with all these similarities to a DS game, Commanders manages to give great reasons to download, with everything from online play with a much more robust community, to the graphics and possibilities of future content.
Even the unit choices and relationships are similar to the Advance Wars games. There are a total of 16 units with everything from the most basic of infantry to things like tanks and artillery, with alien weapons possibly available (if the screens are to be believed). The unit movement and attack abilities are quite different from Advance Wars however, the actions that you can give your units are based on action points, which are taken away when a unit moves or attacks, allowing for the possibility of moving and attacking, which then opens up a whole new side of the game's turn-based formula. With the turn-based-strategy genre (almost) completely open on XBLA, Commanders looks poised to fill the niche and hopefully bring the genre to a new audience.
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2-09-2008 @ 1:18PM
Blue_Falcon said...
I just spent a last bit of points I had available on Rez HD and Poker Smash.
I'll be getting Commanders the next time I get a points card.
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2-09-2008 @ 1:32PM
itsburnsie said...
Another new blogger?
zomg welcome!
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2-09-2008 @ 1:52PM
terrence said...
Thanks for the welcome, I'm the other new guy, the nights and weekends, west-coast guy. With any luck you'll see my banners and graphics on the site too!
2-09-2008 @ 2:27PM
ArmiMaan said...
Wow, talk about timely. I was going to download the Band of Bugs expansions today so that I could get a quick fix of turn-based strategy, but now I think I'll hold off until Wednesday. After all, why go with more of the same when I can have something new?
Ah, who am I kidding, I'll still get the BoB content. I just love those little guys.
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2-10-2008 @ 6:24PM
xenocidic said...
The BoB DLC is well worth the price of entry.
2-09-2008 @ 7:34PM
mcwattersm said...
It looks like a 150mb version of Halo Wars.
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2-09-2008 @ 11:30PM
ThisIsChamp said...
Hey welcome to the X3F Family Terrence!
Hope to see some good blogs from ya..
I just hope Dustin, and Richard aren't leaving anytime soon:(...
Anyways I've never been into RTS's much, but if your a fan of the series, or your new this could be a new way of getting fans..
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2-09-2008 @ 11:38PM
ThisIsChamp said...
Hey welcome to the X3F Family Terrence!
Hope to see some good blogs from ya..
I just hope Dustin, and Richard aren't leaving anytime soon:(...
Anyways I've never been into RTS's much, but if your a fan of the series, or your new this could be a new way of getting fans..
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