Elite Forces: Unit 77 is a product that could have been something interesting, but instead is tragically marred by deficiencies in critical areas. It's a mission-based game with promising foundational squad/character-switching mechanics and a decent selection of moderately-sized levels, along with an endearing sense of personality… but its strengths are far overshadowed by an unsuitable control scheme, repetitive combat sequences, and just generally a glaring lack of fine-tuning and balancing. For this reason, most people probably won't even make it through half of the campaign before growing tired of the endless waves of tap-to-kill enemies and the cheap quick-kill scenarios that result in your having to restart your mission all over again. If you're looking for tactical action gaming, there are far better selections than this currently available.
IGN - First up for DSiWare this week is a game we already two and a half years ago. That's because Elite Forces: Unit 77 is one of the cases of an older, physical cartridge DS game getting a second chance through digital distribution. Unfortunately for us, though, this is a game that didn't really deserve a second look.
The Complete Nintendo Weekly Download Report for December 15, 2011.
Those Wiiware titles are just so bad. The 3DS titles aren't bad.Blaster master games have alwasy been good.
Mygamer writes: "While I am a fan of tactical and shooter games of all kinds, I found it hard to enjoy this game. If Elite Forces could capitalize on the abilities of the DS, it would greatly enrich the game and it something resembling an enjoyable experience. Even the ability to use the D-pad and buttons rather than drag the stylus around the screen would be a valid option".
