Cannon Fodder

Loved this game for 30 years! So fun. Try not getting attached to your little troopers, go on try

Great old school combat game. Loved this game way back on the Amiga.

I used to play this back in the day etc etc. I'd bought this many years ago on GOG and it was pretty rough, then today I saw it was part of their "Good Old Games" thing where they make games fit for modern systems, so I re-downloaded it and kinda assumed they had revisited the game and made it, you know, fit for modern systems. This is not fit for modern systems. It runs, but the mouse response is just terrible and borderline unplayable. I've tried different dpi settings on my mouse but the lag/delay is the problem and it's just huge. Plus, I've found no menus at all, no resolution or anything and the game runs in a small box with black borders on every edge (not just the left and right cos 14:9, no, every edge). If you push "esc" in game, it just restarts the level. I don't even know how to quit the game without using Windows kill buttons. This review brings me no joy to type but I just kinda expected the game to be more usable. It certainly still is on the Amiga, very very poor here though. Disappointing especially with the "Good Old Game" tag on it. I expected more.

Cannon Fodder is a fun-sized take on the times in the 70s-90s, when War(tm) was a fun time, you're the good guys putting down the bad guys. Don't get attached to your squaddies, for everyone is expendable and exend them you will as you work your way through various environments and hordes of enemies and your own carelessness.

This is the best DOS game. Changing directories to install was a top tier memory.