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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am constantly trying to find the next best war game. H&D2 is the best single player war game Ive played. Packed with hours of gameplay. well thought out and attention to detail makes it an even better game. things like taking a hostage and stealing their uniform. scavaging corpes for ammo and weapons. the ability to give orders to the other soldiers, gives an actual feeling of military rank, something all other games have not thought to tackle. It takes a while to complete a mission which is a good thing. its not fun when you run right through it and jump to the next one. lots more i could mention.

cons: if you buy this game do not neglect to download any available patches. there are quite a few bugs, but the patches will fix these and the game will run fine.

also the training mission at the start of the game is terrible. most people wont get through it before they uninstall and find another game. the actual gameplay however is totally different....trust me. although it is a good concept and a nice touch to the game, not a single game ive played has had a good basic training mission. the idea is to teach you how to play the game before you actually start playing missions, but its just to arcade like to feel realistic. if your shooting for realism then why bother doing it "half-job". they should have your soldier get out of bed at 4:00 am and hussle to fall in rank. make it tough to complete the training and have you do pushups when you screw up. the obstacle course is totally weak. why not have your men go out on a night excursion and engage targets to simulate what combat will be like when you start doing actual missions. just my thoughts.

At times too much for its own good.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

H&D2 is a very nice, well produced WW2 shooter, but some of the more ambitious aspects could've been toned down a bit.

All in all this game reminds me of a cross between Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell in a WW2 theater. The core of the gameplay is very good and certainly on par with any other shooter out there. Where the game mostly suffers is in the less prominent aspects of gameplay.

The tactical setup, imho, is far too cumbersome to be as useful as it could be. To cite Ghost Recon as reference, you were able to plot and execute group commands quickly and on the fly though the use of a simple tac-map. HD2's interface, by comparison, requires far too much clickity click and forces you to pull away from the real action to plot manuvers.

While this arrangement is suited well enough to more complex environments, a simpler interface would have been nice to see included as supplement to it.

All in all there's no reason any fan of WW2 shooters or tactical shooters in general should not check this one out. The game's respectably high production values and good core dynamics make up for its few shortcommings well enough.

Very much worth playing for action fans

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I loved H&D2, graphics are outstanding the levels are realistic and envolving gameplay is nice, there is a learning curve though. If you are looking for an alternative to Call of Duty or Medal of Honor and want a new challenge pick this game up!!!!

Way too many commands

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Seriously, does there have to be a command for everything. I mean you have to have a list of comands sitting right beside your keyboard if you are to have any success, and to make things worse the default commands go against the standard configuration of every shooter that has ever existed. If you to have any success it is required that you map it out yourself. Something as simple as picking up a dropped gun requires the use of space bar, one, and then i for inventory, and while being shot at, you slowly steal the ammo from the dead guy. I'd hate to say it, but this game is shelved, and $30 is wasted.

Too much work to be fun...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: January 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The designers really missed the fact that some things just have to be done automatically in order to have any fun. Everything that you would do naturally (take items from backpack, open/shut doors) take multiple steps to accomplish. Using stuff in the backpack (like ammo or health or gernades) requires removing from backpack, putting it in a pocket (you'll have to throw something down if your pouches are full) then using, then, picking the thing up you had to remove. Try doing this in the middle of a battle!

This game is for people who like to be painfully aware of every last detail to accomplish something. Because of this, it completely misses the mark big time of a Metal of Honor (not subpacks because those suck!) or Call of Duty which were extremely fun!

I gave it only a 3 stars because its just tedious- the guns don't sound good, the enemies are stupid (thank god!), the maps aren't all that fun. Save your money and wait for Half-Life 2 or Doom 3.

Great Game, but very frustrating

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I should announce before we start, that this is review of the single player (non-multiplayer) perspective part of Hidden & Dangerous 2.

I recieved this game for Christmas and was excited about it.
All the cool commercials had me intrigued. I loved the concept, with the whole historical British SAS perspective of the war. The British Empire stretching across the globe, and the exotic locations and potentials seemed exciting!

My first impressions of the game were great.
The opening scenes were dramatic (but no more than others I've seen, but still impressive).
As cool as the little movies are between each mission, they are not needed for gameplay and slows down the overall game (therefore they should drop them).

On the technical side;
I have a 2.0Ghz computer, and on the box is states "2.0Ghz" or more. However, it runs VERY SLOW!!!! I guess this game is going to force me to buy a new comp. or upgrade my existing comp. just to play it!!!!!

Once I was deep into the N. Africian campaign (and MANY missions into the single player game) and not only did the game automatically turn off my computer (which would happen every 4 hours of game play), but it erased all my saved games.
After getting over my furious-like-rage (and all the time lost), I had to regretably start over.

None of the first person games I've ever played, has this many technical problems!

Medal of Honor is the best 1st person WWII game in my oppinion.
Ease of use, non-memory-hog and overall simplicity, make MOH a real blast! (I've played it through, front-to-back many many times.)

That is why I will be comparing Medal of Honor and Hidden & Dangerous 2.

H&D2's main menu and interface is terrible!! In MOH you go to "saved games" and view all the files you saved (sometimes 20 per mission, depending on how careful you are). In H&D2 you cannot do this, and it only states "Resume" (...the last time you saved your game.... in other words).
This needs MAJOR improvement.

Some have stated in the reviews, that "H&D2 sucks because picking up items and handling anything, requires many sub-menus to toggle through", which the previous reviewers hate. I totally agree, toggling through lots of inventory menus and such, is very difficult and bad design (all while your hearing bullets whistling by your ear!!)!

There are too many commands also. This makes the game too complicated as well. Trying to find the right command requires memorization. I even typed up a paper with all the commands to help me. This game needs serious simplification!

With all this said, I genuinely like the game. I love the British perspective too.

The sound effects are sharp and very realistic (you can actually hear the empty shell casings hitting the ground after you've fired your weapon).

The backgrounds are beautiful too. In many missions the evening skys are breathtaking and very realistic!!. In one mission, I travelled to a N. Africian oasis, and the buildings had great textures on the walls.Some of the buildings in the N. Africian campaign have mosiacs on the walls!

I love choosing your weapon and equipment before the missions. I love having to think about the possibility you could run out of ammunition during a mission (something that would never happen in MOH).

Overall, I really like this game. It's too bad I have to upgrade my computer just to play this game more fluid (and smoothly).
It's also too bad that H&D2 is so complex, making gameplay suffer.

I also believe that like a good portion of the computer gaming world, I do not play multiplayer "online" games (and don't have the required DSL or Cable internet lines to support it). Therefore a high percentage of gamers lose out from the multiplayer focus of the game makers (of H&D2). (Which is another reason why this game falls way short.)

I am hoping I'll be able to finish the game before I lose my passion for it (due to all it's short-comings).

AWESOME GRAPHICS AND REALISTIC PLAY

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is one of my best first person WWII games. I actually like it better then Call of Duty and Medal of Honor. The graphics are exceptionally good and game play is realistic, unlike other games I have played. You will not be dissappointed with this first person shooter.

Simply the Best!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Funny, I have been playing all of the MOHs, BIAs CODs Battlefields etc for about 4 years now and diddnt know this little GEM even existed.

Stumbled across it in an on-line forum where I read good reviews on. I quickly bought a copy and have been playing for a few weeks now.

First impressions were that it was going to be a rough ride because of all the required commands, especially coming off playing all the MOHs where you can get by with 2 mouse clicks and 3 buttons.

I got used to the console after a couple of hours of playing, slow at first but got comfortable with about 6-7 buttons that are "must need to know". Once you figure out the sequences of commands and how to get guys doing what you want this is the most robust and intriguing of all the WWII FPS games and the funnest.

I would say its almost the perfect game if you like this type of game.

BUT FIRST...BEFORE YOU PLAY..make sure you have applied ALL of the patches, there are 4 or 5 of them. Once having done this you will be totally awestruck by the gameplay.

I can't begin to describe all the cool features and amazing gameplay, pick up a copy and you wont be disappointed but hang in there while learning the commands. It will pay off. The developers here should be given huge Kudos for their attention to detail in this game, I am shocked that it flew under the radar as it did. Very happy to have discovered it.

ML

H&D 2

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: May 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Good graphics, good models, many weapons but buggy and laggy.
I connected to a server. In the first map the game was a little buggy, in the next map the game was so buggy and laggy I couldnt even move!

So heres a quick list of the game:

PROS:
-Good models and graphics
-Many weapons
-Realistic
CONS:
-Buggy and Laggy
-Some glitches

Oh boy!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 28
Date: July 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game's going to be devastatingly cool if it's anything like the original! woo! I can't wait! i want it now! Hidden and Dangerous is a must for war game lovers! I give it 3 thumbs up!

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