IngramJ
Jan 12 2006, 08:09 AM
Game: Cartman Commando
Genre: Shoot 'em up
Creator: Nomad
Description: Help Cartman take on the many enemies that have been seen in previous episodes of South Park.

Rating: 66%

Review: Now, this is an interesting little set of Cartman based shoot 'em ups in which Cartman is a soldier on a mission to take on Damien, Sally Struthers, Scuzzlebutt, a bunch of Kenny clones and Kathy Lee Giffford. Each level is fairly short, but is well worth it.

The main menu; the main menu is a group of games, and an animation of Cartman marching left and right across the screen. This animation looks neat for this sort of theme.

Onto the in-game of the levels. The Damien level: It's a boss battle between you and Damien, and for some reason, Satan is also there but he's not taking part. It's challenging at first, because Damien is shooting a lot of fireballs at you, and a single hit and you're finished. If you lose, you'll go to the Mission Failed screen, then be returned to the main menu. If you win, you'll go to the Mission Complete screen.

Now the Sally 'Smothers' level. Sally Struthers is appearing in several areas among the stockpile of Cheesy Poofs and Snacky Cakes, it's your job to assassinate her before she disappears, make sure you don't miss, or her health will increase, the level ends when you successfully kill her, or she's still alive when time expires. The only problem is that it's a bit too easy, but still check it out.

Kathy Lee's level. Mr. Garrison has sent you to assassinate Kathy, from the ground level. It can take a long time at first, because there's a lot of body guards surrounding her, and you need to hit her first time, or else!

Kenny's level. Clones of Kenny are causing mayhem in South Park, you need to stop it. This is probably the best level. Kennys shoot along the screen fast, and you need to kill them before they leave the screen on the left. You have a wide arsenal of weapons: The pistol, the shotgun, the silenced pistol, etc. If you run out of ammo, then you have to punch the clones... some how. If you let too many escape, it's game over.

The 'Scuzzle-His-Butt' level. Scuzzlebutt has kidnapped Stan, and you need to defeat him, before he kills Stan. The difficulty is added by the fact that you don't have long to defeat him, and you can clumsily kill Stan yourself. Probably the hardest level, this is.

All in all, this is actually not a bad attempt at a game made with Klik 'n' Play, another good game, courtesy of Nomad. Could be better, but certainly not bad.