Sabre Team

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Sabre Team
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Developer(s) MicroLeague
Publisher(s) MicroLeague
Platform(s) Amiga, PC
Release1992
Mode(s)Single player

Sabre Team is a 1992 video game published by MicroLeague.

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Plot summary

Sabre Team is a game in which the player leads an elite specialist strike team that defeats terrorists by rescuing their hostage and prisoners of war, and stopping their war machines. [1] The terrorists are keeping five British soldiers as hostages. [2]

Gameplay

The player commands a team of four Special Air Service operatives, and spends Action Points to make their moves. [3] In each of five scenarios, the player chooses four of their eight team members to bring on the mission. [4] Each mission involves the team saving all the hostages and killing all of the terrorists. [5]

Reception

James V. Trunzo reviewed Sabre Team in White Wolf Inphobia #52 (Feb., 1995), rating it a 2 out of 5 and stated that "As with several games today, Sabre Team is a good idea (though not a very original one) that's poorly implemented. I keep trying out of a sense of fairness - maybe I am just a lousy player - but I think the game is flawed. It's overprices and too difficult. In spite of attractive graphics and some decent interface elements, the cons of Sabre Team overwhelm the pros." [1]

Simon Byron for The One #50 said that "Sabre Team is one of the most engrossing action strategy games around". [3]

Tony Dillon for CU Amiga rated the game 83% and said that "The computer puts up a realistic fight, and this creates just enough suspense for you to hold your breath every time an enemy soldier raises their weapon." [4]

ST Action rated the game 94% and stated "Sabre Team is the best Strategy game your ever likely to see on the ST, the graphics are truly unbelievable and the sounds pretty damn hot as well." [2]

Cam Winstanley for Amiga Power said that "the only criticism I've got is that it's only got five missions, which isn't enough". [5]

Release

The game has since been re-released for digital distribution on GOG and steam

References

  1. 1 2 Trunzo, James V. (February 1995). "Capsule Reviews". White Wolf Inphobia . No. 52. p. 75.
  2. 1 2 "ST Action (Issue 57) - January - 1993: Atari magazine scans, pdf". www.atarimania.com.
  3. 1 2 "The One Amiga 50 (November 1992) - Amiga Magazine Rack".
  4. 1 2 "CU Amiga Magazine Issue 033". November 21, 1992 – via Internet Archive.
  5. 1 2 "Sabre Team review from Amiga Power 35 (Mar 1994) - Amiga Magazine Rack".
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