Review of Commandos Battle Pack: Commandos 2 & 3 (Mac)

I own a Mac. Therefore I had to wait for the Battle Pack before I could reminisce my days of playing Commandos I on a friend's laptop years ago.I found Commandos II hard to get used to, the characters hard to command and the game too complex in its keyboard shortcuts for the timing needed to get the job done. I am a rookie when it comes to gaming, let me get that disclaimer out of the way, but that should not be an excuse to downgrade my opinion above. In my view strategy games, specially those with good AI, should be more intuitive in the commands and easier to "automate" as it were. Probably that is why most people have defaulted to first person shooters, tired of having to control 20 keystrokes to make a few characters do a simple task.

Having said this, I skipped most of II and went straight to III to try my luck.What a difference! With the improved desktop dashboard I could immediately go on with the missions easily enough and have the same fun I had in the first Commandos game by combining mouse work with keystrokes! The graphics are really cool and the level of automated intuitiveness and automation of the game has gone up three notches, not one. At least for this reviewer.My sense is that as a newbie I could have fun with Commandos III but not with II and that is saying a lot (I realize in any event that most PC gamers would not touch II since it is too old for them -- sort of like using the two dimensional looking Zoo Tycoon I when III is available). This review is mostly for Apple users and for those who like classic strategy games -- for them Commandos III is a fun option, II... maybe, if you can get past the annoying lack of intuitiveness.



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