Commandos: Origins

Commandos: Origins puts a strict focus on stealth, and the result is slow-paced, challenging, and consistently satisfying when all your plans come together.

Claymore Game Studios realized what made the original Commandos games so great, retained the heart and soul, and sanded off all the prickly edges. Commandos: Origins is a love letter to the originals in everything it does.

One of the celebrities of the RTT genre returns in a modern flavour

This has been a bumpy launch that didn't live up to what the series deserved. However, negative aspects aside, there's a great game here, one that retains many of the elements we enjoyed so much in the original installments.

While the issues plaguing Commandos: Origins on consoles don’t render it a bad game, the current state is undeniably marred by technical shortcomings. Until the development team addresses these problems through necessary updates, our final assessment remains as detailed above.

Once again, this is not a game designed for everyone. If you want to enjoy it to the fullest, you will need to arm yourself with a considerable amount of patience for its tactical challenges.

Commandos: Origins is unfortunately an insult on console, as it is not really fun to play due to many technical inconsistencies. The very annoying controls don't really help either, even though a really solid tactical game with a high degree of historical accuracy seems to be hidden behind the problems.

Mistakes on established systems and minor oversights significantly reduce the experience of a decent effort.

For reasons unknown to us, Commandos: Origins turned out to be a very archaic game that feels drawn out, terribly linear and incredibly tedious. Don't forget about a bunch of bugs.

A weak compromise that chooses the way of simplifying rather than streamline. The narrative is gripping and some missions still have some tactical value, but the technical and gameplay flaws are too big to be ignored.