Commandos Beyond the Call of Duty
Beyond the Call of Duty ends up feeling like a shadow of its former self, being both shorter and more frustrating than the original.
Just about every good game gets an expansion pack or a sequel, not just because it's profitable, but because it's easy. The good idea's already there, and the existing technology can be recycled to make a game that feels comfortably familiar but with new and exciting content. Recent expansion packs like Starcraft: Brood War, as well as sequels like Myth II and Fallout 2, all bettered their predecessors. But Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty, a standalone expansion to Behind Enemy Lines, ends up feeling like a shadow of its former self, being both shorter and more frustrating than the original.
The original Commandos was a surprise hit. It cleverly combined strategy, puzzle, and action elements with great graphics and an all-too-apt subject matter, and while there was some debate over just what kind of game it was trying to be, most found its demand for planning and precision to be both unusual and exciting.
At a glance, Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty is more of the same, with a few new bells and whistles. But the fact is, you can have too much of a good thing. The original Commandos was a great game because each member of the squad was highly specialized. A couple of them, the Green Beret and the spy, ended up doing most ofthe work , but that was OK, because the others like the marine and the sapper got their moments in the spotlight. In Beyond the Call of Duty, though, each character gains the ability to throw a stone or toss a pack of cigarettes as a means of distracting the unassuming enemy. Likewise, every commando can now force a captured nazi to do his bidding, so long as the hostage remains within the range of the commando's sidearm. The hostage can be used to distract his comrades, so that one of your squad can sneak past or sneak in for the kill. These new abilities are fairly interesting, but the fact that every commando has them clouds the sense that your soldiers are working as unique and complementary components of some perfectly tuned machine. The commandos' roles become less clear, and with that, some of the game's appeal slips away.
cheats for gamplay
CHEAT Effect
Ctrl + F9 Debug Info
Ctrl + Shift + X Destroy Everything
Shift + E Edit Mission
Ctrl + L Invincibility
Ctrl + I Invisibility
Alt + I Picte Interface
Shift + X Pointer on Selected Commandos
Ctrl + Shift + N Skip Current Mission
F9 Terrain Info
Shift + V User Traces
Shift + F1 View Video Mode 1
Shift + F2 View Video Mode 2
Shift + F3 View Video Mode 3
Shift + F4 View Video Mode 4
Alt + Shift + L Write Info in "memlin.dat "
Mission Passwords
PASSWORD Effect
H239Z 01 - The Ashphalt Jungle
IR291 02 - Dropped Out of The Sky
NGAY7 03 - Thor's Hammer
6S5TL 04 - Guess Who's Coming Tonight
VND2R 05 - Eagles Nest
BUK2L 06 - The Great Escape
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