Commandos 2+3

Ok, an admission - I didn't like the original Commandos. Fun, yes, but ultimately unsatisfying. Commandos 2, however, is a different story - one of the best PC strategy games you could ever play. It took everything that was good about the original - the mixture of tense stealth and all-out action, the evocative landscapes, and inspired riffing on classic WWII themes - and polished it to near perfection. This game is a labour of love, and proves that in gaming, it's the little details that count. Every tiny aspect of so beautifully realised: the graphics of every part of the German / Pacific landscape; the animation of the characters; the sounds; everything: and the result is a game that draws you in to its Boys' Own world of meaty heroes, stiff upper lips and scheming Nazis. No other game delivers so much action, tension, thoughtfulness, humour or replayability. It has been criticised for being fiddly and difficult. True, it takes more concentration that more immediate action/strategies like Diablo, but in fact it's so open to player choice that you are free to go Oppenheimer with a machine gun if you tire of sneaking. Commandos 3, sadly, was nowhere near so well received, but worth having if it means you can get C" safely on your hard drive. Treat yourself to a true gem!

A great game, many ways to solve missions and very good graphics for being over 7 years old. Anyone who is even merely interested in action, strategy and real-time fun should have a go at these two games!

Spend the time to learn the controls. Once you get to know them, prepare for a mind boggler! My favorite thing to do was knife people with tiny.

Spanish game only with "audio and text: English" I can't understand why the original language is not included

So the previous title is an icon in its own way, these two are icons aslo, sadly they are in the bad way. Rember the anoyance you'd get every time you'd click on one of your commandos in the first and expansion? You'll be begging for that after all the anoyance you get with these two. The second starts you off dead in the middle of a mission with no explination, worst yet, there are no tutorial levels. You'd think you wouldn't need it, but you do because the controls have been re-maped. After trying to figure out everything you can't even see your commandos, they are brown on brown dirt with brown bushes. It took me close to ten minutes just trying to find one to play. It's more grief then it's worth. The third is no better, in fact it's worse. The camera is destroyed, the controls at best are horrid and again you can't figure out how to control anything. These two are perfect examples of game companies pure greed for cash and no thought of fans and players.