Fans of the A-Team would recognise the phrase "I love it when a plan comes together" and this game is the personification of that.
At the start of each mission you are given a handful of men each with their own unique abilities: Driver drives and mans gun-nests. Spy can dress up like an enemy officer. Diver can swim undetected, mans the rafts and has a silent harpoon gun. Sapper can lay traps and explosives (and cut wire fences if i remember) and the Green Beret with his abilities to move pretty much everywhere over the enviroment, kill with a knife and hide the bodies too.
Each mission starts off with some background and a to-the-point briefing then your men are deployed your task is given the men and the task, do it by any means possible. THIS is the main appeal of the game Stealth fans would love this for the challenge of getting your men in and out, job done. Action fans would love it for having to keep your men alive when you will no doubt be detected at somepoint. Strategy fans would feel right at home monitoring the enemy movements planning the approach and execution. In no way does the game say there is a way to do something, you have a target you do whatever is neccesary to do the mission and bring the team back alive. If the reward of returning your men isnt enough for you (you will love each unique character eventually) then that feeling when a plan goes right will be more than redeeming of the trial and error used to get to that point.
This game can be as easy or hard as you like as it all depends on your plan. I dont even know how many missions there are but they are so varied they never get old, even after picking up the game after years of not playing i remembered why i loved the game; a unique concept, good graphics, solid gameplay and not forgetting the voices (if you played the game and dont see why "RIGHT-O SIR!" "FINALLY some action!" is funny or class you havnt played it enough) If you want replay value thats there too, just think of how many ways u can complete a mission. Trust me this game isnt one for getting old and boring, there is always another way or a tactic to be discovered.
Im seriously considering buying this even tho i already own a cd copy of behind enemy lines (not beyond the call of duty tho) So if youve heard of commandos youve probably already got it, if not you ARE missing a piece of gaming history. So come and give your brain a bit of a work out, have fun and learn a bit of history along the way! I think ive just decided to buy it again =)
