Sabre Team
| Sabre Team | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Developer | MicroLeague |
| Publisher | MicroLeague |
| Platforms | Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST, DOS |
| Release | 1992 (Amiga, Atari ST) 1994 (DOS, Amiga CD32) |
| Genre | Turn-based strategy |
| Mode | Single-player |
Sabre Team is a 1992 turn-based strategy video game developed and published by MicroLeague for the Amiga and Atari ST. It was later ported to MS-DOS and the Amiga CD32 in 1994.
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 in 2021.
References
- ^ a b Trunzo, James V. (February 1995). "Capsule Reviews". White Wolf Inphobia. No. 52. p. 75.
- ^ a b "ST Action (Issue 57) - January - 1993: Atari magazine scans, pdf". www.atarimania.com.
- ^ a b "The One Amiga 50 (November 1992) - Amiga Magazine Rack".
- ^ a b "CU Amiga Magazine Issue 033". November 21, 1992 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "Sabre Team review from Amiga Power 35 (Mar 1994) - Amiga Magazine Rack".