Eidos Interactive Commandos 2 Strategy Review

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $20.00 from Eb Electroics Boutic

Summary:
The over all game play I thought was great I could play it over and over again without getting bored. It was diffrent every time. There are many diffrent ways to do each level

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
2 votes

Price Paid:  $50.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
Commandos 2 is a game with some very cool and innovative ideas, a complex and deep control scheme, with interesting and fun missions. The core gameplay itself is absolutely superb, as is evident from the reactions of the PC version of this game. Now that it has been ported over to the PS2, it gives us consolers a chance to play a game in a genre that is rather scarce on a console ... the real-time strategy genre. (No, Commandos2 is not a Starcraft-type real-time strategy, but it has some similarities.) Commandos 2 was going to bring something new the PS2, something different from the other games currently available. The programmers ported over all the gameplay elements from the PC game, so that we wouldn't be getting any cut corners. And for that, I applaud the developers. I mean, this game is very complex and is the type of game that consolers don't traditionally go for. So it shows guts on the part of the developers to bring the port to us. Unfortunately, something went wrong during the programming. Whether it is the limitations of the PS2 or the inefficient programming of the game, the final product has some serious flaws, one of them being so bad it kills this game. I've seen some amazing games on the PS2 that have much shorter load times, so I'm inclined to think that the game's flaws are not due to the PS2's "limitations", but rather the programming of the game itself. Get ready to wait, and wait, and wait.

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $50.00 from EB Games

Summary:
Commandos 2 is a mastery of the "PC strategy" idea. I this game is great. The graphics are awesome, and the "stealth factor" rocks. Any strategy fans, check this title out. Difficult enough to keep your interest, and really cool.

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Price Paid:  $50.00 from BestBuy

Summary:
Game is very difficult, but becomes quiet enjoyable the more you understand the controls and gameplay. If you decide to buy this game plan on at least a three hour learning curve, although I believe the gameplay is interesting enough and long enough to warrant such are large committment.