It's great to see R-Type the series alive and reinventing itself in other genres, but while the experiment is bold, the results are decidedly lukewarm. And all the game's unlockable videos and artwork serve to do is fire up 1UP's desire for another proper R-Type shooter. It's not a stretch to suggest that most diehard R-Type fans would probably rather have gotten either a new R-Type shooter for PSP, a port of R-Type Delta for PSP, or a port of R-Type Final for PSP.
But even if the Irem fan base were ready for a game such as this, R-Type Command's plodding execution guarantees that neither those R-Type fans nor gamers looking for a meaty, turn-based strategy game will find much satisfaction here.
"When you think of classic shoot 'em ups, the top 2 series that likely come to mind are Gradius and R-Type so let's take an in-depth look at both franchises and see which one comes out on top." - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums
This game is a turn-based strategy game with a hexagon field, you move your units according to their stats. This game is by no means a pick up and play game.
The controls are not the issue in this game, the menus are crazy hard to understand and the objectives seem to be missing in action sometimes or disappear too fast for you to read it all.
WorthPlaying writes, "Atlus U.S.A. titles are always hard to find at retail, and is now offering a number of titles from its PSP library as digital download via PlayStationNetwork: Crimson Gem Saga, Hammerin' Hero, Yggdra Union, Steambot Chronicles Battle Tournament, R-Type Command, and Riviera: The Promised Land."
ATLUS should get its own PSN Publisher Store if they keep on pumping out games on the PSN. SO far, EA(EA SPORTS), Capcom and R* got their own store.
They should put Demons Souls on the PSN store. It may be a huge, expensive download but it beats never finding a copy of the game.
