Field Commander is a military turn-based tactics game for the PlayStation Portable. The player takes on the persona of a new Advanced Tactical Legion for Allied Security (ATLAS) recruit, an international military alliance. The player battles Shadow Nation, a criminal empire.
The multiplayer options include Infrastructure, Ad Hoc, Hot Swap, and a unique feature called Transmission mode, which is somewhat similar to the play by email system of older PC games. While playing in Transmission mode each player takes turns and sends them off to the server.
Players can choose a commanding officer to act as the player's avatar. Divisions determine the player's allegiance as well as Division Bonuses that can be activated. Each division has a unique strength and a corresponding weakness. The Card Sharks, for instance, feature strong infantry units but they move slowly, while the Killing Depths' naval vessels deal heavy damage at the cost of having weak army units.
Fuel and ammunition are finite for vehicles and primary weapons, while infantry have unlimited fuel and secondary weapons have unlimited ammunition. When fuel is exhausted, there is a high chance the unit will explode. All units can be resupplied by either trucks, transports, or cities.
Fighting works similar to other games in the genre but had many unique elements which included the ability to destroy terrain, reduce and eventually destroy cities, special buildings that could call in attacks from off the board, such as Airstrikes, Napalm Launchers, Satellite Lasers, EMP and concussion blasts, stealth units in every terrain type, as well as the ability to stack units in a single tile. Stacking units could be taken to an extreme. A player can have a plane, a tank on a bridge, a boat under the bridge, and a submerged sub all in the same grid space.
Certain terrain will slow down movement, or even be completely impassable. For example, the Teton cannot be traversed by any unit. Swamps slow down tanks and do not allow wheeled units to proceed. Some terrain also increase or decrease unit defense.
Some units have a ranged attack, allowing them to fire on enemies from a distance, but firing will count as a turn unless that unit is under the effect of a division power.
Revenue can be gained by capturing buildings, and some buildings provide more money than others.
The game also includes a built-in map editor, which allows players to create and share maps with other users online.
Reception
The game has received an 8.4 rating on GameSpot,[1] and an 8.4 from IGN.[2] Field Commander was the first PSP title to receive a perfect score from Official PlayStation Magazine.[citation needed] Review aggregator sites GameRankings and Metacritic gave Field Commander 79% and 77/100 respectively.[3][4]
Many sources pointed out that Field Commander is similar to Advance Wars, with several reviewers accusing the former of being a clone of the latter.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Awards
Received IGN's award for Best PSP Strategy Game of 2006.[12]
References
^Field Commander for PSP Review – PSP Field Commander Review
field, commander, military, turn, based, tactics, game, playstation, portable, player, takes, persona, advanced, tactical, legion, allied, security, atlas, recruit, international, military, alliance, player, battles, shadow, nation, criminal, empire, developer. Field Commander is a military turn based tactics game for the PlayStation Portable The player takes on the persona of a new Advanced Tactical Legion for Allied Security ATLAS recruit an international military alliance The player battles Shadow Nation a criminal empire Field CommanderDeveloper s Sony Online EntertainmentPublisher s Sony Online EntertainmentPlatform s PlayStation PortableReleaseUMDNA May 23 2006AU July 22 2006EU July 28 2006PlayStation StoreWW September 11 2008Genre s Turn based tacticsMode s Single player multiplayer Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Reception 2 1 Awards 3 References 4 External linksGameplay EditThe multiplayer options include Infrastructure Ad Hoc Hot Swap and a unique feature called Transmission mode which is somewhat similar to the play by email system of older PC games While playing in Transmission mode each player takes turns and sends them off to the server Players can choose a commanding officer to act as the player s avatar Divisions determine the player s allegiance as well as Division Bonuses that can be activated Each division has a unique strength and a corresponding weakness The Card Sharks for instance feature strong infantry units but they move slowly while the Killing Depths naval vessels deal heavy damage at the cost of having weak army units Fuel and ammunition are finite for vehicles and primary weapons while infantry have unlimited fuel and secondary weapons have unlimited ammunition When fuel is exhausted there is a high chance the unit will explode All units can be resupplied by either trucks transports or cities Fighting works similar to other games in the genre but had many unique elements which included the ability to destroy terrain reduce and eventually destroy cities special buildings that could call in attacks from off the board such as Airstrikes Napalm Launchers Satellite Lasers EMP and concussion blasts stealth units in every terrain type as well as the ability to stack units in a single tile Stacking units could be taken to an extreme A player can have a plane a tank on a bridge a boat under the bridge and a submerged sub all in the same grid space Certain terrain will slow down movement or even be completely impassable For example the Teton cannot be traversed by any unit Swamps slow down tanks and do not allow wheeled units to proceed Some terrain also increase or decrease unit defense Some units have a ranged attack allowing them to fire on enemies from a distance but firing will count as a turn unless that unit is under the effect of a division power Revenue can be gained by capturing buildings and some buildings provide more money than others The game also includes a built in map editor which allows players to create and share maps with other users online Reception EditThe game has received an 8 4 rating on GameSpot 1 and an 8 4 from IGN 2 Field Commander was the first PSP title to receive a perfect score from Official PlayStation Magazine citation needed Review aggregator sites GameRankings and Metacritic gave Field Commander 79 and 77 100 respectively 3 4 Many sources pointed out that Field Commander is similar to Advance Wars with several reviewers accusing the former of being a clone of the latter 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Awards Edit Received IGN s award for Best PSP Strategy Game of 2006 12 References Edit Field Commander for PSP Review PSP Field Commander Review IGN Field Commander Review Field Commander Reviews Field Commander psp 2006 Reviews Field Commander video game review for the PSP Field Commander PSP Review at RewiredMind com Archived from the original on 2006 10 27 Retrieved 2008 07 14 Field Commander Review Sony PSP Game Reviews Yahoo Video Games Field Commander DailyGame Archived from the original on 2008 05 27 Retrieved 2008 07 14 PSP Game Reviews Field Commander Field Commander Review Sony PSP Review Archived from the original on 2008 03 23 Retrieved 2008 07 14 Video Game Reviews Previews and News myGamer Video Game Reviews Previews and News IGN com presents The Best of 2006External links Edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Field Commander amp oldid 1112692979, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
