Posted by exodus on May 19, 2008 at 14:29:18 EST.
R-Type Command quick impressions, copied from my ic forums post. If there's more you want to ask/know, I'm here!
Pros: very tactical, very oldschool, lots of options for the animation (full screen, window, randomized versions of both, or none, which still has little sprite animation), good options for viewing size. picking up items from the battlefield is oldschool and fun, and attaching the forces/building new ships is pretty neat. I also like that you level up your pilots, not your ships, so if you want to have a good fighter, you just put a good pilot in the ship. Pretty neat, as in most strategy games, you have to level up one spear guy or another - here, a pilot can fly any ship of a certain type. I think other games may do this, but I haven't played them.
Cons: Clunky and at times confusing menus, lots of loading for animations and stages. No real tutorial mode, you have to figure a lot out by reading the extensive in-game documentation on your own. Not much story, and the battles can be a bit plodding, but I'm only a few skirmishes in.
Overall, if you like tactics and strategy, I'd recommend it, especially if you like the oldschool hex feeling. I'm having fun with it.
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