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Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. Demo Impressions - Alternate History in the Making│Short Pause

How is Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. for the 3DS shaping up? One Short Pause staffer chimes in with his thoughts on the recently released 3DS eShop demo. Is developer Intelligent Systems gearing up for another portable home run?

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TheDude793783d ago

It's games like this (as well as Xenoblade Chronicles, Zelda Majora's Mask, and Monster Hunter 4) that have me super excited about picking up the New 3DS next week. I've spent so much time playing games like Bravely Default, Fire Emblem Awakening, and Shovel Knight on my current 3DS, it's hard not to appreciate just how awesome that system is. I will definitely be checking out Code Name S.T.E.A.M. when it launches.

GoPanthers9993783d ago

Not amazed by the demo so far.

TheDude793783d ago

What about it don't you like? What would you say are its strengths (if any) and weaknesses?

Canary3782d ago

...Really? If you've played the demo at all you should be able to think of at least a couple thinks people wouldn't like. What leaps to my mind right off the bat is the fact that you spend more time waiting for the AI to finish its turn than you do actually playing the game.

Then there's the divisive art direction, corridor-based level design, lack of any map view, and the fact that it feels like a watered-down Valkyria. Just check some forums. The demo's reaction has been... mixed. At best.

GoPanthers9993782d ago

Sure. The ads for the game show an action packed shooter. The actual gameplay is a turn based crawl. Move, wait on AI to attack, rinse and repeat. It's cute, but not as fulfilling as the Fire Emblem games. Based on the demo, I would not buy this game.

3-4-53782d ago

@GoPanther - It doesn't show action packed shooter at all.

Your outright lying now to prove your "point"..

Pathetic.

It's always been known as a Turn Based Strategy game, as it's always been advertised as such.

* That is like saying watching a Baseball Commercial on Tv made the game seem 100% non-stop action packed, and then you go to the game and it's much slower paced.

Did you watch more than 2-3 seconds of the Trailer ?

LAWSON723782d ago

I tried it earlier, and I just could not use the onscreen joystiq without it feeling clunky and awkward. I may give it another shot later though

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Weird & Forgotten Nintendo Exclusives Nobody Played

Their business practices aren’t perfect, but Nintendo makes games like nobody else. But they also have their fair share of games that nobody played.

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Five years later, Code Name S.T.E.A.M. still holds up

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. is a game that is divisive, to say the least. It’s an underappreciated classic that regularly appears on clearance racks. Which is a shame, given the involvement of Advance Wars and Fire Emblem developer Intelligent Systems and the sorcery it works to get an XCOM-like experience onto the Nintendo 3DS. Especially since now, as it turns five years old, it holds up so well.

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Outlawzz1921d ago

The game was great. It would be cool to get a sequel on switch but I'm not sure if it sold well enough to warrant that.

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Top 10 3DS Games That Need Switch Ports

Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "as we prepare to retire the ol' dual-screen handheld we wanted to take a look at the games that defined the system and which should make their way over to the Nintendo Switch."

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Hroach6162186d ago

I’d just like the remasters of Ocerina of Time and Majoras Mask. Those were both great ports that looked nice and smooth. Would love a proper camera control in OoT that was implemented in MM3D.

Poli_Games2186d ago

Majoras Mask! It’s a must!