Elite Forces: Unit 77

Elite Forces: Unit 77 is an action video game developed by Spanish studio Abylight and Gammick Entertainment for the Nintendo DS and DSiWare.

Elite Forces: Unit 77
Developer(s)Abylight
Publisher(s)Deep Silver
Platform(s)Nintendo DS, DSiWare
Release
  • EU: March 6, 2009
  • NA: May 7, 2009[1]
DSIWare
December 15, 2011
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

Gameplay

Elite Forces: Unit 77 follows a group of soldiers who are deployed to an island to rescue hostages. The player must complete missions to rescue the hostages while fighting off henchmen.[2]

The player controls the squad of soldiers throughout the game's missions.[2] Elite Forces: Unit 77 uses stylus controls on the bottom screen of the Nintendo DS.[3] The player designates one player as the leader and controls other soldiers with similar touch commands.[3] Different soldiers in the squad use different weapons and serve different functions.[2]

The original Nintendo DS version failed to include a multiplayer version, while an updated Nintendo DSi version added it in.[3][4]

Reception

The Nintendo DS version received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[5] IGN's Craig Harris felt that the game had impressive visuals, but was the "perfect storm of gaming mediocrity".[3] Pocket Gamer's Jon Jordan said that it was a "fairly competent budget DS game that's neither overly exciting nor totally embarrassing" and described it as "straight to video".[2] Criticism was especially pointed towards the game's lack of multiplayer and unresponsive controls, but Craig Harris noted that Elite Forces: Unit 77 had impressive graphics.[2][3]

The DSiWare release of Elite Forces: Unit 77 garnered similar reviews that criticized the game's control scheme, but did praise the inclusion of a multiplayer mode. Nintendo Life's Philip Reed compared the game's control scheme unfavorably to The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and believed that the game suffered from "unintuitive and unreliable controls".[11]

References
  1. IGN staff (May 7, 2009). "Elite Forces: Unit 77 for Nintendo DS Lands on US Soil". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on June 18, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  2. Jordon, Jon (March 31, 2009). "Elite Forces: Unit 77". Pocket Gamer. Steel Media Ltd. Archived from the original on June 18, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  3. Harris, Craig (June 17, 2009). "Elite Forces: Unit 77 Review (NDS)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on November 24, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  4. Thomas, Lucas M. (December 16, 2011). "Elite Forces: Unit 77 Review (DSi)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  5. "Elite Forces: Unit 77 for DS Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on June 18, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  6. Chatelain, Sylvain (March 16, 2009). "Test : Elite Forces DS, avec ou sans". Gamekult (in French). TF1 Group. Archived from the original on June 18, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  7. "Review: Elite Forces: Unit 77". GamesMaster. Future plc. April 2009. p. 82.
  8. pixelpirate (March 11, 2009). "Test: Elite Forces : Unit 77". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Archived from the original on June 18, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  9. "Elite Forces: Unit 77: Rescates a la española [date mislabeled as "March 13, 2012"]". MeriStation (in Spanish). March 18, 2009. Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  10. "Review: Elite Forces: Unit 77". NGamer. Future plc. April 2009. p. 69.
  11. Reed, Philip J. (December 17, 2011). "Elite Forces: Unit 77 Review (DSiWare)". Nintendo Life. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  12. Hernandez, Pedro (June 11, 2009). "Elite Forces: Unit 77". Nintendo World Report. NINWR, LLC. Archived from the original on June 18, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  13. "Elite Forces: Unit 77 Review". Official Nintendo Magazine. Future plc. April 2009. p. 89.
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