Commandos 2: Men of Courage

by Eidos

Product Features

• Tactical action/strategy game set against the backdrop of World War II
• Control 9 commandos including a green beret, sniper, seductress, thief, and a dog
• 10 missions spanning 9 different environments in night and day with realistic weather effects
• All new 3D engine, interactive environment, and innovative camera control
• For 1 player (multiplayer requires Internet connection and LAN)

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004ZBOE
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 20, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,592 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

If you're a fan of strategy games, you'll want to check out EIDOS Interactive's Commandos 2: Men of Courage. You are in charge of commanding Sergeant "Tiny" McHale & his elite troops from the heart of the Nazi Third Reich to the Islands of the South Pacific. Use their expertise to play through 10 authentic WWII scenarios. Multiplayer - go to war in a cooperative multiplayer mode

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My highest recommendation, October 9, 2001

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Tim (Orlando, Fl. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Commandos 2: Men of Courage (CD-ROM)

First of all, if you played the first two Commandos and loved them then you will absolutley love this game and buy it now. Everything that you wished you could do (because you'd be able to in real life) in Commandos has now come true...EVERYTHING! You can climb walls or poles, traverse wires, climb in/out of windows, look in/out of windwows, snipe in/out of windows, snipe from climbing up a pole, everyone can wear at least a low ranking enemy soldiers uniform, everyone can use rifles & machine guns, everyone can carry bodies, and everyone can knock a person out, everyone except Lupan (Thief) can tie people up, everyone can drive non-specialized vehicles such as trucks and cars...and so much more! Vehicles actually have realistic physics now too! It is so realistic in how you can go about things too...it is so open ended.

Every mission is greatly different from the previous and there are no reused "stock" buildings. You can go inside all buildings and pan the camera 360 degress for a better view. The animation on the guys is completely lifelike...you gotta see it to believe it. The missions are completely replayable too...not like the first Commandos where there was pretty much only one way to go about things like a puzzle piece...do things in any order you want...it's completely up to you how you go about each and every mission...steal a tank or car and do whatever....it is completely awesome! Play it on hard or very hard and you'll be there for at least 6 or 7 hours per mission and they are HUGE! It is great to have such deep gameplay and it NEVER gets BORING.

Oh and the control takes getting use to, but let me tell you this. If you played th originals you know it uses a lot of keyboard shortcuts. Take the time to learn them well and you will be rewarded...it takes a few hours to learn them all of steady playing, but once you do the interface is really just for show so you can see what objects you have. Put in the time and you will never look back....TRUST ME. I have to get back to playing now...peace out...BUY IT, you won't regret it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The boys are back! And they are bringing friends!, May 13, 2002

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B. GOODWIN "dragon678" (LIMA, OHIO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Commandos 2: Men of Courage (CD-ROM)

This had me so caught up, I quit playing Medal of Honor: Allied Assault on-line for 2 weeks because I couldn't enough. Compared to the original Commandoes, this was easier, it just took longer. But don't let that fool you, this game is tough.

There are lotsa new features added to this version, so let me list a few:
1. New characters. There are 3 new characters in this one: Natasha (the beautiful distracter of men), Lupin (the thief), and a dog (that you can use to distract the enemy or transport items back and forth)
2. New battle areas such as under water, in planes, boats, and destroyed villages.
3. New enemies. This time, you have to fight nature a little bit in the form of sharks and alligators & pirahna's.
4. A new bonus map system. If you find all of the bonus pieces, you get to try a bonus map after you complete the mission you are on, and some of them are tough too. I believe mission 9 is the only that doesn't have a bonus map.

The graphics are great (except when you zoom in) and the cutscenes are awesome. They almost look real. It will take a long time to beat these missions, so be patient and be ready for the long haul of a great game that gets real intense.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's A Keeper!, September 27, 2001

By 

MyNameIsChonny (El Paso, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Commandos 2: Men of Courage (CD-ROM)

Allright guys and gals, I haven't heard much about this game but about a week before its release (Sept. 25th) I began to do some research and it looked allright. I took the plunge and dished out the 50 something bucks to get it that very day of release. Boy did it pay off! This game is incredible! This is my first encounter with the Commando series and I am a WWII buff myself...all I can say is wow. All this time I was looking forward to Medal of Honor:Allied Assault and Return to Castle Wolfenstein when this game was right under my nose! The graphics are intense and realistic, the gameplay is unbelievably in depth, and the fun is addicting. You can man tanks, armored cars, mounted guns, use anti tank mines, molotov cocktails, and interact with nearly everything. The enemy AI is the best I have seen EVER and even now I regret wasting my "game time" writing this review. The night I loaded it on my computer I played it till about 4 in the morning (this was before I even understood the complexity of the game). All I can say is that you won't be sorry...unless you are the Barney-loving, teddy-bear hugging, sorry sap that takes all of the fun out of such great war games.