Commando: Steel Disaster

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Commando: Steel Disaster
Developer(s)	[1][2]
Publisher(s)	, XS Games
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release	May 30, 2008
Genre(s)	Run and gun
Mode(s)	Single-player

Commando: Steel Disaster is a run and gun video game for the Nintendo DS developed by Mana Computer Software. The game play is similar to Metal Slug, as players control an operative to stop a militant organization through five stages of merciless gun fight and bullet dodging in a 2D, hand-drawn style.

Story[]

Various sectors of a military group reported being attacked by some of their own war machines and that a terrorist organization led by a man named Rattlesnake is at the center of each attack. A commando and vehicle specialist code-named Storm is assigned to enter each affected area and progressively stop Rattlesnake's ambitions.

Gameplay[]

Players control Storm through five long missions; the object is to go through each level collecting weapons and ammunition to survive long enough to defeat the end-level boss. The story progresses at the beginning of each stage as Storm's communications officer, Jessica, informs him of where to go next. Players can hold up to and could switch between two firearms and can hold a certain amount of hand grenades; the player can also collect armor which is necessary as Storm is very weak (A single combat knife wound would take off twenty points of Storm's health).

The players had no Score or Extend/Extra life bonuses. A Game Over would occur if Storm lost all his health during the mission and the player would need to restart the mission from the beginning. Players could start and save their own profiles, but it was necessary to beat the first level before the player could save any progress. Occasionally, Storm would commandeer a vehicle section, though this mostly happened at the beginning of and at the game's climax.

Reception[]

Commando: Steel Disaster received mixed reviews from critics upon release. On Metacritic, the game holds a score of 64/100 based on 6 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[4] On GameRankings, the game holds a score of 61.11% based on 9 reviews.^[3]

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