Elite Forces: Unit 77
2009 video game
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Elite Forces: Unit 77 is an action video game developed by Spanish studio Abylight and Gammick Entertainment for the Nintendo DS and DSiWare.
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| Developer | Abylight |
| Publisher | Deep Silver |
| Platforms | Nintendo DS, DSiWare |
| Release | DSIWare December 15, 2011 |
| Genre | Action |
| Modes | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Gameplay
Elite Forces: Unit 77 follows a group of soldiers who are deployed to an island to rescue hostages. The player must complete missions to rescue the hostages while fighting off henchmen.[2]
The player controls the squad of soldiers throughout the game's missions.[2] Elite Forces: Unit 77 uses stylus controls on the bottom screen of the Nintendo DS.[3] The player designates one player as the leader and controls other soldiers with similar touch commands.[3] Different soldiers in the squad use different weapons and serve different functions.[2]
The original Nintendo DS version failed to include a multiplayer version, while an updated Nintendo DSi version added it in.[3][4]
Reception
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 61/100[5] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Gamekult | 4/10[6] |
| GamesMaster | 62%[7] |
| IGN | (DSi) 5.5/10[4] 5.2/10[3] |
| Jeuxvideo.com | 11/20[8] |
| MeriStation | 6/10[9] |
| NGamer | 70%[10] |
| Nintendo Life | (DSi)   [11] |
| Nintendo World Report | 5/10[12] |
| Official Nintendo Magazine | 79%[13] |
| Pocket Gamer | [2] |
The Nintendo DS version received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[5] IGN's Craig Harris felt that the game had impressive visuals, but was the "perfect storm of gaming mediocrity".[3] Pocket Gamer's Jon Jordan said that it was a "fairly competent budget DS game that's neither overly exciting nor totally embarrassing" and described it as "straight to video".[2] Criticism was especially pointed towards the game's lack of multiplayer and unresponsive controls, but Craig Harris noted that Elite Forces: Unit 77 had impressive graphics.[2][3]
The DSiWare release of Elite Forces: Unit 77 garnered similar reviews that criticized the game's control scheme, but did praise the inclusion of a multiplayer mode. Nintendo Life's Philip Reed compared the game's control scheme unfavorably to The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and believed that the game suffered from "unintuitive and unreliable controls".[11]