I used to love Commandos 1 and 2 and had a vague understanding that this was similar but never looked into it in detail. Commandos 2 especially, I consider to be one of the best games of its time.
Regardless I saw it on sale for under a fiver last week on PSN and decided to double dip and have been playing it nonstop on PS4 (and now PS5) since.
It's bloody amazing, plays surprisingly well with a controller. Only in very few tricky instances did I wish for the precision and speed of mouse control.
Finished the last mission on hard yesterday and that was a tricky feast of millisecond-precision timing to get through some areas.
Setting up those shadow strikes where multiple enemies are engaged at once by the squad is really satisfying. The game play loop is just as fun and addictive as I remember Commandos to be.
Next up I will try and go for all the badges I missed and try some different strategies throughout the various missions.
As a consequence I have now also added Desperados 3 to my wish list, as this has scratched a gaming itch I haven't had in a long time.
If like me you have been putting it off for whatever reason, or are blissfully unaware of the game. Go check it out. It really is fantastic. š
