Commandos: Behind enemy lines - Review
Title: Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Genre: small scale rts
Platform: PC (is what I played it on, I'm sure there are clones for consoles out there somewhere)
Publisher: Eidos Interactive
My Grade: 2/5
This is probably one of the most exciting games I have ever notplayed. I wasn't allowed to play it myself on our old computer some 10 - 14 years ago. But was more than welcome to watch my brother play it, and boy it looked like so much fun when he did it I just couldn't wait for my turn. Unfortunately, the genre is not something I enjoy, of course, I did not know that back then.
Story:
It's world war 2 and you are a group of soldiers assigned to sabotaging and spying behind the enemy lines of the nazis.
The story line is pretty thought through and if you stick to completing the missions you will see most of the nazi outposts and perhaps even the main HQ in Berlin....
Gameplay:
I would like to say that commandos reminds me a lot of a puzzle game. You have to move correctly and use the skills of all your characters in order to complete the various missions. Oh, yeah, you get to control an entire team of soldiers with various skills such as Demolition, Driving, silent killing, using boats, dragging bodies, using machine guns, throwing hand grenades.... and a hell of a lot more. The diversity of the characters is the key element to completing the game, you have to know how to use them right, and in the correct order. If you happen to blow up a bridge before you have taken out the guards who would have stopped the convoy that will pass the bridge after you blow.... well, you get the point.
What I think:
Well as you might have guessed I wasnt too impressed once I actually tried to play the game, but it looked cool. In an attempt to stay objective however I give this game a 3/5 because the idea is great, the thought behind the missions is brilliant and the diversity between everything makes for a very (I would like to say extremely here) varied and challenging game. I certainly hope I haven't scared anyone who would like to try this game, just to reassure you, there is a tutorial.
Time to get drunk :D
Genre: small scale rts
Platform: PC (is what I played it on, I'm sure there are clones for consoles out there somewhere)
Publisher: Eidos Interactive
My Grade: 2/5
This is probably one of the most exciting games I have ever notplayed. I wasn't allowed to play it myself on our old computer some 10 - 14 years ago. But was more than welcome to watch my brother play it, and boy it looked like so much fun when he did it I just couldn't wait for my turn. Unfortunately, the genre is not something I enjoy, of course, I did not know that back then.
Story:
It's world war 2 and you are a group of soldiers assigned to sabotaging and spying behind the enemy lines of the nazis.
The story line is pretty thought through and if you stick to completing the missions you will see most of the nazi outposts and perhaps even the main HQ in Berlin....
Gameplay:
I would like to say that commandos reminds me a lot of a puzzle game. You have to move correctly and use the skills of all your characters in order to complete the various missions. Oh, yeah, you get to control an entire team of soldiers with various skills such as Demolition, Driving, silent killing, using boats, dragging bodies, using machine guns, throwing hand grenades.... and a hell of a lot more. The diversity of the characters is the key element to completing the game, you have to know how to use them right, and in the correct order. If you happen to blow up a bridge before you have taken out the guards who would have stopped the convoy that will pass the bridge after you blow.... well, you get the point.
What I think:
Well as you might have guessed I wasnt too impressed once I actually tried to play the game, but it looked cool. In an attempt to stay objective however I give this game a 3/5 because the idea is great, the thought behind the missions is brilliant and the diversity between everything makes for a very (I would like to say extremely here) varied and challenging game. I certainly hope I haven't scared anyone who would like to try this game, just to reassure you, there is a tutorial.
Time to get drunk :D
