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Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command (PSP) | 
| From: THQ
Category: Video Games
New (11) Used (5) from £8.83
Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 1136
Platform: Sony Psp
Rating: To Be Announced
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Sony PSP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.6
EAN: 4005209100397
ASIN: B000VSYITK
Release Date: November 23, 2007
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 Excellent portable PSP game turn based strategy November 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the first games I purchased for the PSP an still playing it.
The graphics and sound are superb, and the missions are at the right difficulty level.
There are a number of units to use (space marines, scouts, terminators, grey knights, dreadnoughts, predator, land raider, land speeder) as the space marines and the enemy chaos also has a number of different units and vehicles. You get to choose the weaponry (bolters, missile launchers, las cannons, chainsword, plasma guns and many more) for your squad and then play a hunt and destroy or survive for a number of turns game.
They are all set in an urban city which again is very good graphics and the scenery is all destructable. This is the real limitation of the game and all missions are set in the same city environment. But the game is great fun and there are 15 missions to play in single mission mode. The best missions are when you have to keep the squad alive playing defensice for a number of turns whilst they are attacked by numerous enemies.
The cut scenes also must get a mention as they are really well rendered.
Though the storyline linking them could have been better with characters that such as maybe a squad sergeant etc.
Top game lets hope they do another.
excellent September 29, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've lost count of the number of times i've played through this game. For me at least i find it has great replayability as you try to complete each level without loosing any squad members etc.It suits the PSP perfectly as it is turn based so can be picked up and played easily without wearing your left thumb to the bone Also as i own several consoles and have found mostly crap on the PSP I was delighted with this game. Great atmosphere and unit moddeling. The very short cutscenes between levels are exceptionnaly well rendered and you can tell alot of effort and care was put into making it. Personally it's my favourite game on the PSP. Also i've never played the 40k boardgame so i'm not a total fanboy although since playing this and Dawn of war i've begun reading the books which i would also recommend.
 Good - but frustratingly short... February 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This review is based exclusively on playing the single player version.
My favourtie style of strategy games has been the turn-based version for many years, and I used to play tabletop 40k as a teenager, so I was really looking forward to this title. Ontop of that, I loved Chaos Gate - the similar PC game of 10 years ago - that I had heard Squad Command was closely designed on.
The graphics seemed spot on - the usual sharp PSP quality; the vehicles in particular looked spot-on and really suited the 40k atmosphere. The sound was also good and very atmospheric.
But the game just didn't live up to my expectations, and I feel it was a real missed opportunity. The single biggest problem seems to be a lack of any real depth throughout the game. There are 15 missions, but there is actually not a great deal of difference between them. The combat areas do not differ much - always the same ruined city - and the actual objectives are hardly diverse. For example, in the few missions where you do have a clear objective (e.g. destroy the ammo depot), you can actually end the game by default if you kill all of the enemy. So, sadly, you find yourself simply on a seek-n-destroy mission each time out.
Character development is not strong, and certainly not on a par with chaos gate. Successfully completing missions allows you access to slightly better weapons, but the individual men do not gain experience at all. Almost instantly you lose any feeling of a campaign - it is just 15 consecutive skirmish scenarios.
But all of that aside, the biggest weakness is that each of the 15 scenarios are way too short. Only 3 or 4 took me more than 1 attempt to complete, and in less than 48 hrs the game was completed. I am now going back and enjoying some replay value, but doubt the "campaign" will entertain me for a third time.
I really wanted this to be a good - no, great - game. It looks the business, it plays decently enough. And, deep down, I have a feeling that the multiplayer variant would be great. But, as a one player game, it just doesn't have enough depth.
Good fun and straight forward tactical game! 4/5 November 29, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Well first of all i would say that it is easy to pick up and learn the controls are simple and easy to follow. The only down side is the limited view of the battle field which often leaves enemies hiding behind scenery where if the view rotated 360 degrees you would be able to spot them, in the game if your character is near a wall or similar structure it goes see through. However that said it is a good easy to learn tactical game, you unlock new units and equipment as you progress through the missions to enhance and improve your squad and i would rate it overall as a 4 out of 5
Uh oh, somethings not been tested November 28, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've tried several new copies of this game and all have had the same issue. The game crashes the PSP when you try to access its main menu, sounds is sketchy and skips. I would advise anyone to wait a while before purchasing this as it really needs some sort of patch.
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