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Professional, polished, almost perfect

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: November 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I normally (about 80% of the time) buy a game based on its reviews. Not H&D2. I saw the packaging and thought "wow". If they've put this much into the packaging, surely the game can't be too bad? Plus there was the reputation of the first H&D. I buy games often, maybe one a week, and I wasn't as excited about getting home and installing, as with No One Lives Forever 2, for instance. Besides, I just bought Secret Weapons a few days ago. Anyway, smooth install, excellent manual, everything looked okay. Nice intro. The automatically selected preferences turned out to be just right. The game started to grab me. That was Friday afternoon. It is Monday morning now, and I am writing this to rest my eyes. It is THE BEST GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED. Ghost Recon was good, so was No Lives Forever and Op Flashpoint. Even Medal of Honour and Battlefield '42 deserves a mention. But they don't come close to Hidden & Dangerous 2! Everything in this game reeks of quality, refinement and professionalism. It is well balanced - difficult enough to be challenging, and to give one a sense of achievement upon reaching an objective, but not frustrating. The graphics are brilliant and the game runs smoothly at the highest resolutions. The maps are great. Even the music is good - this is THE FIRST game ever in which I've kept the music "on". Even though the mission objectives are rigid, play is quite open ended. There are many driveable vehicles. The game drips with atmosphere and sucks one in. The learning curve is not steep - the Campaign starts off with a good tutorial level which compliments the neat manual nicely. The bottom line is that this is one of the most enjoyable games I have played in a long time. By now it has probably become pretty obvious to you that I am totally "chuffed" with this game, and with myself for having made such a wise purchase. This is what gaming is all about. At 300 South African Rands, this game is worth every cent. My recommendation? GET IT!

Excellent gameplay, but ahhh the patches.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks. As far as gameplay, it is as good as it gets. My only gripe is all the patches, and that if one doesn't have the same patch upgrade, their may be issues on connecting to some of the servers.

That said, I had very few bugs in the single player game, and only the patch issue for multi-player. I think this game blows away MOH and is graphically better than BF 1942, though BF 1942 is fun to play as well.

If you don't have this game, I'd highly recommend getting it. Also, the Sabre Squadron expansion is a must get. If you are watchful, you can get both for around 20 bucks US.

A note for those who have performance anxiety lol, please upgrade your GUI(graphics card) to the latest drivers. If your card is older, it may not run DX 9 games. Another thing to upgrade is your ram. The one person with only 256 of ram, well.... that's the minimum for Windows XP. Up that to 512, plus get a more advanced card like the ATI 9600, or better(the equivelent in nVidia)and together with a 2 ghz machine or better this game will fly!!!

Also, for those worried about too many controls, you can customize them to your likeing. Almost all games allow control customization.

Better than Call of Duty/MH Pacific Assult!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: January 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm not a huge war gamer but with the most recent war game titles coming out out such as Call of Duty and MH Pacific Assult and of course I had to try them, found overall that they were great war games especially Call of Duty (The original version) United Offensive is way to scripted! MH Pacific Assult was my last purchase before this beauty and so far I have not been able to finnish it due to the unforgiving scripting of the game at Henderson Field where you have to shoot down Japanese Zeros before they bomb your hangers from above. Somehow the game kills me for not being able to do this correctly meaning shooting down all the Zeros which I find nearly impossible!

Now to this game. It is something to behold why? Well, you can acomplish any mission any way you want using hardcore Tactics rather than closely folling scripted objectives like in the previous two game I have mentioned. Also, the AI is not overly hard which I like. Sometimes it is down-right-dumb but with such gameplay like taking cover and using your men's way points to complete objectives, the game shines! Also, you can choose to run and gun or secretly devise a plan of your own to accomplish your missions. The latter is far more rewarding though because it takes some brain power rather than how fast you can click to shoot your enemy. I feel sometimes I am part of the Dirty Dozen and have to sneek into a camp or town to blow up a building or steel documents rather than just kill everything that moves and then get out in a shooting match to the death! This game makes you feel like you've accomplished more than just body bags for the enemy, it makes you feel like your part of a SAS team in WWII. Both of my GrandFathers fought in the war and though they were not part of a specialized force like the SAS being Americans and trying to reck havic on the German's or Japanese, they saw some combat and didn't really talk to much about it because it just something you don't talk about if you really were there! The horor of war is abscent from most of my generations eyes due to post Vietnam and pre Desert Storm kind of falling in between things but I always wanted to know what it was like to accomplish what those guys did 50+ years ago when thier odds were less than favoritable against the overwelming numbers of the Nazi's or the Jap's trying to make a safe-free world to come for all of us. It was a job not a obligation and they did it very well. With H&D 2 I feel as if I was really there doing my job like they did! If you liked Call of Duty the original and are currently or have finished playing MH Pacific Assult and do not already have this War title, buy it at the good price that it is! It is a welcomed change to the run and gun everything down mindless WWII shooters of the past and present!

Bug be gone!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: November 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The only thing better about HD2 compared to the original gem is the wholescale destruction of game crashing bugs. Yep, HD2, out of the box, has been crash proof for me. Played over the weekend, finishing it, and not once was I booted to windows or had any significant bugs. The only glitch I noticed was how your character had the most difficult time going through doorways while sneaking.

Yes, the major bugs are gone (the only reason I couldn't finish HD1 was because of game crashing bugs in that one level where you drive...memory doesn't serve me that great), but in its place are less then ideal AI, needlessly complicated maps, and those damn tanks that are everywhere!

AI...not too bad, but I see a glaring problem when the enemy AI can shoot your before your can clear a corner, yet you can peek out forever without them noticing you. And when you're in tall grass, do yourself a favor and switch to a different character when your character says he's spotted an enemy. You CANNOT see out of those blades of grass, but the enemy and ally AI can.

Maps - too many blank rooms. Too many areas that will never, ever be of significant use. I like big maps, but some of the maps on the game are overtly twisty and turny. Some missions you're gonna have to do a dry run just to get familiar with which doorways leads to where.

And those tanks...damn those tanks!

Almost 5 stars

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If it weren't for the quirky squad AI, this would be a five-star game yet I highly recommend it in smite of that. This game is a classic in my book. It's better to play this on Lone Wolf campaigns. The squad AI is too annoying for me. For example, if you tell a squad member to follow behind you, most of the time they will get ahead of you. Or, if you tell them to go somewhere, usually they make some round about path before eventually settling on where you want them to be but even then they sometimes miss your mark.

All complaints aside, the game really shines as being one of the more realistic WWII game (or any other genre) out there. You have realistic weapons, the outdoor environments including the building interiors, and just the overall ambience. If you played Call of Duty, you might like the slower pace in H&D2. Stealth is heavily used and recommended. Yet unlike CD, this game has RPG elements. At the end of every mission, and depending what skills you used and the success of them, you increase your skills and abilities. This contributes to game longivity. As far as replayability, let's just say I've played thru this game about 5 times already and still not bored. Why? The game is sorta open-ended. You decide how you want to go about a mission: all out assault or stealth or both, using only certain weapons or all of them, do a certain task first before another or do them in order.

There will be a sequel according to Illusionworks. I can't wait. :)

ya mooks

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 14
Date: April 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

all the morons saying this game is unstable are clearly ignorant. Two things you need to keep updated ya bunch of idiots. 1) The game like all other games has bugs, so you need to update it with the autopatcher it comes with. Simple huh? End of problem. 2) Those saying their computers are fast, as in 2ghz and all that clearly don't realize that the actual graphics processing takes place in the video card which means you need to UPGRADE your pos video card in order to play this game.
Other than a bunch of idiots with no experience in gaming complaining about how difficult it is to control wi/ so many keys, this game is awesome. How else are you to manage so many vast commands and controls besides the way it is already implemented in the game?
Anyway, the game is breathtakingly amazing, the AI could be better, storyline is very unique, sound and graphics are great. Stop complaining about your own inadequacies and get with the program - the game is legendary, buy it!!!

If you've played H&D then this one will disappoint you...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: October 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Originally H&D was a truly remarkable game that allowed a group of close friends fight the Germans in WWII. Not many games featured this kind of cooperative gameplay. Now H&D2 is out, but not as a remarkable successor, more like a failed attempt to make a game like the rest.
If you want a good single player game like this, there are tons to choose between that are better than H&D2. If you want a good multi-player game, find the original H&D somewhere. Don't buy H&D2, I surely regret that I have, there is nothing special about it.

A major disapointment!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was a huge fan of the Original H&D, my friends and I built a four system network to play the game as a team. Sadly in Hidden and Dangerous 2 there is no such feature. The Campaign mode of the the game is not available on a network for team play. I appears that the designers are trying to create a Medal of Honor RIP OFF instead of a sequal to the great origanal game. Do not buy H&D2, I surely regret that I bought four copies.

Well Well Worth It

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 18
Date: December 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is hard. You will die many times and have to keep playing the same level. That said, the game is incredibly addictive, has some of the best ambient noise around and the use of motion capture makes the soldiers move like real soldiers. The reason for the difficulty is the ultra-realistic one hit can kill you idea, combined with rather accurate enemy fire. Add to this some poor pathfinding on the part of your allies and avoiding casualties becomes extremely difficult. Also, there are some bugs in the game, but these can be fixed by downloading a patch. Strategy fans will enjoy this game immensely, but other people may get frustrated.

Beautiful - Riveting, a strategy game more than a shooter

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Just because you can play first person, do NOT think of this gloriously beautiful game as a shooter. If you do you'll be disappointed. It's a strategy game and almost a role playing game. You have to THINK and manage more than you have to shoot. This is absolutely NOT a game that's all about running headlong into danger with guns blazing. It's about crafting careful plans through deadly situations. That said, if you like chess as much as you like Half-Life, then you'll LOVE this game. It's provokes a perfect combination of thinking and adrenaline.

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