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

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

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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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