Commando: Steel Disaster (Nintendo DS) - Description

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Commando: Steel Disaster is a slick, 2D, side-scrolling, action shooter. Assuming the role of 'Storm', who is extremely agile with a plethora of actions, players will battle against arch enemy hoodlum organization 'Rattlesnake' and its henchmen.

Besides basic actions, such as shoot, jump and throw, Storm has a rolling maneuver to dodge enemy strikes that is extended further with additional diversification to ensure a grueling but progressive challenge!The story to Commando explains that rebel organization 'Rattlesnake' instigated conflict by utilizing heavy weaponry to gain control of the world but 'Storm' of Commando receives orders to stop the ambition of Rattlesnake and puts an end to their domination. Commando offers special missions, plus hidden missions with each operation (sortie) presenting a unique location with various backdrops and landforms, along with dynamic weather effects to create a vibrant and highly charged spectacle. It has explosive confrontations where guile and a quick mind will be required by the player has lots of diverse enemies with unique shapes, actions and attack methods will test the player's metal!

Enemies will mass in patterns to attack and block and make progress tough. Players will experience some drastic battle scenes with very shocking boss battles. These huge special bosses add extra spice to the constant bombardment which is laced with unexpected surprises! Many types of weapons and pick-up items add real diversity with the power and attack method of each weapon being fundamentally very different. The knock on effect will not show only in combat but also different weapons have an important use in seeking the hidden items.

Commando will also contain many essential collectables - disks - which are the keys to open the hidden missions. Most of these precious disks are under cover so the player will need to seek them out! Several motivating, limited time, interesting mini games intensify the ambience of Commando. These mini games, which must be played on the touch screen, are very important to complete to ensure real progression.

Features:

Fluent and smooth presentation
A myriad of enemies appear at any one time
Dramatic battle scenes
Interesting foes and shocking bosses
Collectable items to unlock hidden stages
Mini games with their own style and gameplay
The upper screen of NDS console presents the game battle and lower screen (touch screen) presents the map and mini games.