This Wednesday: Commanders, Discs of Tron assault XBLA

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Feb 11th 2008 at 2:48PM }

Turn-based strategy and relentless disc flinging will be coming to Xbox Live Arcade this week, with Commanders: Attack of the Genos and Discs of Tron scheduled to arrive on Wednesday. Sierra Online's Commanders pits you (a commander, we suspect) against an invading army of genetically modified miscreants who, at the very least, are polite enough to wage war in turns. Fifteen missions, fifteen specialized units and a "retro-futuristic" setting can be had for 800 MS Points ($10).

Gallery: Commanders: Attack of the Genos

As the title succinctly implies, Discs of Tron is primarily concerned with opponents hurling Tron discs at each other, very often while standing on discs within Tron. The disc-less download, which sports enhanced graphics and "CD-quality sound," will require you to discard 400 of your MS Points ($5).

Gallery: Tron / Discs of Tron (XBLA)

Tags: Commanders, Commanders-Attack-of-the-Genos, Discs-of-Tron, Disney, Sierra-Online, SierraOnline, SouthEnd-Interactive, Tron

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Nicholas @ Feb 11th 2008 2:52PM

Commanders is actually kinda like Advanced Wars so it's a nice game overall but Discs of Ton has not aged well at all. I know I wouldn't spend any money on it.

t_m @ Feb 12th 2008 10:22AM

KINDA LIKE???? It IS advance wars!!

Stuart @ Feb 11th 2008 2:55PM

What happened to the pic of the old guy in a tron costume reliving "the days"?

FOXHOUND @ Feb 11th 2008 3:03PM

Might just be the bad coffee talking, but the guy on the banner for COMMANDERS looks like a "happier" Cid Highwind... o_o;

RealTerry @ Feb 11th 2008 3:07PM

Did anyone else see this picture and automatically think "Days of Ruin rip-off"?

Jcarpio @ Feb 11th 2008 3:25PM

To which I say.. yay for playing an AW clone for 20 dollars cheaper and in HD.

FidliousWong @ Feb 11th 2008 3:52PM

You realize this was a PC genre and even tabletop gaming genre long before Nintendo did it, right? No? Oh well, there goes my point.

Now if you don't mind, I'm off to accuse Pontiac of stealing their "wheel" invention from Ford...

xDr redruMx @ Feb 11th 2008 4:29PM

Does anyone else remember the Discs of Tron arcade machine? That bitch was the only reason I went to the local movie theater as a kid.

sp @ Feb 11th 2008 11:40PM

yep, and it's the main reason i will buy this game. check that, the main reason i HAVE to buy this game.

Korova @ Feb 11th 2008 4:34PM

So "retro-futuristic", does that mean contemporary?

FidliousWong @ Feb 11th 2008 5:10PM

I think it means more along the lines of "Hey guys, check it out! Maya has a Smooth function! Our boxes can now be more interesting!"

Also, they robot soldiers look like Hi-Goggs

ArmiMaan @ Feb 11th 2008 5:36PM

Lightweight turn-based strategy? I'd buy that for 800 MS points.

driven2sin @ Feb 11th 2008 8:29PM

the big booth discs of tron is #1 in many many odes to arcade cabinet lists - and deserves it.

Sinistar phat gets my nod for second and the two player firetruck game gets my third

Romulus1244 @ Feb 11th 2008 9:57PM

Disc of Tron is freaking awesome. Can't wait to download it.

t_m @ Feb 12th 2008 10:25AM

Why oh why don't we have a 3d advance wars on the Wii???

Battalion Wars is fun and all, but why do we only get a strategic advance wars on the Xbox, instead of the Wii?

(where the pointer would work better than an analogue stick. where are the Wii RTS games???)