Let’s be clear: the Commandos franchise was effectively dead. Commandos 3 was poorly designed and failed, while Commandos: Strike Force was simply a mistake. Twenty years later, Commandos Origins has arrived—and it’s the Commandos we never got back then. Fantastic **** game has everything any Commandos fan could want: all the characters (the Driver is back!), all the World War II fronts (North Africa is back!), and bigger, more fun scenarios. The only thing I really miss is Mateo Pascual’s original music. Apart from that, it’s a masterpiece.

What a disappointing game. I guess Origins meant to play like Commandos 1, in which it sort of succeeds, but that ISN'T A GOOD THING. The game mechanics have been cut down to the bare minimum compared to, say, Commandos 2. What is most annoying imo is the level design. The maps are large (often too large), but they are all (surprisingly) VERY linear and basically all play the same (except for one where you can steal a tank). All the key decisions are made for the player, and your role is basically just solving local puzzles with 1-4 opponents. Which doesn't get more interesting the more you play (rather more unfair - esp. the last mission). Some design elements are borderline stupid. Like the diver being able to enter the water only in designated areas. This can lead to situations where you just lose your harpoon because you shoot an enemy from the water, who's on a pier you can't enter... Or that you can't see inside a building when you select a commando who isn't in it (despite having another one inside). Or that you can't see through multiple floors, but you can multiselect through them (so you want to select people on one floor, but end up selecting everyone). AI is very rudimentary, which is especially obvious when you trigger the global alarm and a bunch of enemies come running around like headless chickens to then decide to just return to their positions like nothing had happened. The "story" is completely dull, and the occasional dialogues between the commandos oscillate between dull (high-school-theater dull) and just annoying. The bugs, omg they're everywhere. You need to save every 30 seconds because nearly every encounter is a hit or miss. Spy and driver can only melee from behind.. guess how many times approaching an enemy from a slight angle gets you killed. Your throwables (knives, harpoon, bear trap) tend to disappear randomly. Even though windows are not a thing in CO2, enemies can sometimes see you through gaps in closed doors or missing geometry. The list goes on. Remember how beautiful C2 looked? Or how catchy the score was? CO offers nothing of the sort. Everything looks the same, everything sounds the same. Moreover, the missions are so long that it becomes obvious how boring everything is. The last mission is so **** that I just cheezed the 2nd half by triggering a global alarm, having enemies run to the place and picking them off one by one with the spy. The game just becomes so unfair at times that solving situations in a traditional commando way is simply not possible. When I started writing this review, I thought I'd give it 5/10 for nostalgia. But no, this game is trash and should be avoided. Go replay Commandos 2 for the 50th time. Edit: after playing War Mongrels, I have to say Commandos is even more dissapointing that I thought it was.

Un juego con un nivel de detalle en los escenarios muy inferior al de los originales. Eso y que los diálogos son horribles, las animaciones cartoon dan vergüenza ajena... muy feo, en general. Por si eso fuera poco, que den la posibilidad de eliminar la simbología alemana de esos años permite edulcorar una época de la Historia que todos deberíamos tener muy, muy presente hoy día para no caer en los errores del pasado. En fin, que si tiene un 3 es porque aún conserva algo de la jugabilidad de los juegos de Pyro Studios, pero por lo demás...