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| From: Majesco Sales Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $9.49
You Save: $10.50 (53%)
New (11) Used (10) from $6.75
Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 7170
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.7
MPN: 01473
Model: 96427014737
UPC: 096427014737
EAN: 0096427014737
ASIN: B000E4FD9U
Release Date: September 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Alpha assault, this is bravo cadet. We've got bandits. September 18, 2006
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
Mechassault for Nintendo DS is a simplified version of its bigger console brothers. That doesn't stop this game from packing a punch of its own. Yes, the controls have been streamlined, and the game is less of a simulator and more of an arcade romp - yet somehow, it doesn't feel like an arcade.
Missions in Mechwarrior/Battletech games have always been mostly linear, and this game is no exception. You're thrown from one dramatic predicament into another, with different goals to accomplish. Professional voice actors who communicate with you along the way add to the sense of urgency and being there to the missions. I must reach the HPG relay no matter the cost !
What I like about this game is that it has a little more depth than one would expect from someone doing a "lighthearted" 3D game for Nintendo DS. The huds differ for different mechs, the crosshairs change shape when you switch weapons, jumping jets are implemented, and when you're really low on energy, your Mech starts to sparkle electricity and limp, in an uncanny resemblance to the damaged Mech in the opening scene of Mechwarrior II.
But enough about cosmetics. The depth goes a little further than that. For example, this is what happened during one of the missions -
I was making my way through enemy resistance when I stumbled upon a powered-down Mech, which, I could tell, had stronger (and cooler-looking) weaponry. I made my character hop out of my Mech and hop into the new one. It powered up, and soon I was dodging enemy fire and using terrain for cover. However, they kept hitting me and I kept missing, which eventually resulted in my Mech sparkling, limping and emitting high-pitched beeping noises.
Where in another game I would be dead, in this game I limped back to my old Mech, jumped out of the near-dead one, went back in and finished off the enemy vehicles.
HACKING mechs and computers- this is another part that most games get wrong. Usually hacking is implemented as a minigame, and this one is no exception. However, the minigame moves at a hyper speed, and later on becomes more complex, which adds a degree of exhilaration as the time limit starts to run out and the beeps run closer and closer together until either you're removed from the system, or you "got in".
Some missions involve you getting very close to a bigger mech, while taking heavy fire, hitting a button to climb on it and then hack it so you can take control of it.
Overall, Mechassault DS delivers an engrossing portable gaming experience. It may be small, but it thinks big. I'm looking forward to playing more of this game.
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