Eidos Announces Commandos FPS

Following reports last year of a tactical shooter spinoff of the Commandos realtime strategy series, Eidos Interactive lately give leave to slip the first details regarding Commandos Strike Force for PS2 Xbox and PC Strike Force is exactly what was awaited a World War II first-person shooter from Pyro Studios starring the eponymous British special-operations crowds

Strike Force tenders a smaller cast than its RT ancestors, using solitary three of the character classes from the original games -- the muscular virid Beret, the long-range Sniper, and the stealthy secret agent Each member of the three-man team, with the awaited selection of special skills and equipment, is available to the player at any given time, allowing for the same kind of quick, coordinated attacks as in the Commandos strategy games.

Eidos promises an open-end phraseology of level design, which step quicklys somewhat counter to the exacting difficulty of the RT games. Ideally, players will be able to explore wide-open maps finding different solutions to question s and future challenges will vary depending upon choices made earlier in the game.

The main campaign style including three series of linked missions in Norway, Russia, and France, gazes to focus on the single-player experience. AI-controlled allied numbers join the fight in more [i]or[/i] less missions, though, and the separate multiplayer game allows up to eight players to adapted in multiple game modes.

Strike Force is still a somewhat unknown quantity, particularly with regard to the different features of the soothe and PC versions, but more details will hopefully arrive now that Eidos has allow the cat out of the bag. wait for further updates soon.

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