Commandos 2: Men of Courage

From the deepest bunkers and artillery posts of the Third Reich to the bulkhead of an aircraft carrier at sea, Commandos 2 plunges you into realistic war environments. Lead an elite platoon deep into enemy territory, while taking advantage of each soldier's unique abilities. This time, your team members can carry and exchange weapons, and they can swim and drive. An array of new vehicles and weapons, including jeeps, tanks, trucks, ships, bazookas, and flamethrowers make for faster-paced gameplay and intense shoot-outs.

The Second World War was not a fun time to be around, but Commandos 2 could convince you otherwise. It's a top-down adventure game that combines combat and stealth so skilfully that even today there are few games that can rival it for excitement, challenge and depth. There's little in the way of story (though some of the missions do follow on form one another), just a series of missions that require the talents of the eponymous gang of oddball agents to accomplish.

The Commandos themselves are a team of eight elite soldiers – and a dog. Each one specialises in a different field, such as combat, hijacking, demolition and more. The commandos and their world are brought to life with some truly aesthetically pleasing graphics. The various missions are set in different areas of wartime Europe and Asia, and they're all beautifully detailed and bursting with vibrant colour. From the battle-scarred streets of France to idyllic Pacific islands, Commandos 2 superbly depicts the battlegrounds of the Second World War. The squad themselves and the various enemy personnel they encounter are smoothly animated and full of personality. The audio side also shines, with a truly epic and grand soundtrack and the humorous remarks made by the commandos themselves. Ambient sound and the various booms and bangs of war are also well depicted, though enemy comments are limited and thus become somewhat repetitive by the end of the game. Missions are preceded and followed by a combination of archive footage and CGI movies that do a good job of setting the scene.