Tropico publisher Kalypso acquires rights to classic stealth-tactics series Commandos

Commandos 2: Men of Courage

Commandos 2: Men of Courage is a tactical action/strategy game set against the backdrop of World War II. Take control of an elite group of commandos who must venture deep into enemy territory and utilize their combined expertise to complete a series of mission-based objectives.

Tropico publisher Kalypso Media has announced that it's acquired the rights to classic WW2 real-time stealth-tactics series Commandos.

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines, the first game in the series, launched a slightly frightening 20 years ago, back in 1998 - and, as I'm sure you're all fascinated to hear, was the third game I ever bought for my first PC, a beastly 486DX2, with 8MB of RAM, and a positively cavernous 280MB hard-drive.

Commandos challenges players to perform the likes of sabotage and assassination missions, directing their six-strong commando team across a variety of pre-rendered isometric locations - using stealth where possible and only breaking out the guns when absolutely necessary. It's very good, very tough, and my overriding memory is that it made me swear an awful lot.

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