Save One More

Review

One of the many honourable serviceman on the battlefield is the one with the role of the Medic. These individuals are exposing themselves to the same dangers and fears as any other soldiers in battle. Not only do they have to dodge bullets and upcoming bomb shells, just like any other warrior, but their primary job is to get to their wounded comrades as fast as possible, without thinking twice about their own life. They definitely have a super sense of hearing to be able to make out the call, “Medic,” between explosive shells and whistling bullets.  What courage these men must have in such chaotic situations, motivated by the thought, “I must save one more.”

Save One More is a top down action game where you take control of a Medic and try to save as many soldiers as possible throughout 7 missions.

The first mission is basically a tutorial. The interesting aspect of this game is that all actions, including moving your character (medic), reviving and ordering groups of soldiers to move forward on the map, is done by using your mouse. The medic will be very easy to identify as he has a red cross on his helmet as well as on his arms. A larger red cross will be located right next to the medic.  To move him around the map, you have to move the large red cross in the direction you want him to go. It’s not as simple as it sounds, as you will have to manoeuvre him around obstacles such as mines, exploding cars (sort of) as well as flash lights in the night mission. Get caught by these lights and snipers will kill the medic in one shot! Boy, these snipers are pretty good, let me tell you. Another important point is that you have to make sure the radioman is kept alive all the way to the end of the mission in order to successfully complete it. 

Most of the missions are divided into three segments. Each of these segments will have mines and/or other obstacles all designed to eliminate your troops. Most of the time, you’ll order up to three groups of soldiers to move forward to reach the next point. From here, enemy fire will come from left, right and centre. Move your medic onto the falling soldiers and click the left button on your mouse to revive them. You’ll know when your soldier reaches the next point, as they will stop. You must make sure you haven’t left anyone behind or you will not be able to order them forward to the next point. At the end of each mission, you’ll be able to see how many of your men have been wounded, how many you managed to save and how many perished. As long as you have one man alive at the end of the mission, you’ll win it.

Cute graphics. It will take you a little while to get used to moving your character, especially when there are mines around. It’s a fun game but not as easy as it seems. Nonetheless, I think we need more missions than 7.