
- 75/100
- Players87 ratings
- 70/100
- Critics2 reviews
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- Metacritic24 critic reviews
- 72/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 77/100
- GameFAQsTough
- 3.58/5
- Player reviews
- 61% positive947 reviews
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$4.99
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2003 · Pyro Studios · Real-time tactics · Strategy
Commandos 3
Third part of the legendary tactical strategic saga from Pyro Studios
- Released
- 14 October 2003
- Platforms
- WindowsmacOS
- Genres
- Real-time tacticsStrategyTactical
- Developers
- Pyro Studios
- Publishers
- Eidos Interactive
- Series
- Commandos
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- ActionHistoricalStealthWarfare
- Country
- Spain
- Age ratings
- ESRB TCLASS_IND 16PEGI 12
- Languages
- English
- Time to beat
- 13hmain story19hcompletionist
About
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin is a real-time tactics video game and the third installment in the Commandos series. It was developed by Pyro Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in October 2003 for Windows, with a Mac OS X port released in June 2005 via publisher Feral Interactive. The game is the first in the series to use a true 3D engine as well as introduce deathmatch multiplayer mode.
A remaster of the game was released in August 2022 for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
›Story
Prepare to take the Commandos on their deadliest mission yet. From the shores of France to the heart of the Third Reich, strike fast from land and sea with your small squad of elite special forces infiltrating hostile territories to disrupt the German war machine. These men are the best the Allies have - are you prepared to lead them to victory?
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Gameplay
The player controls a group of commandos that are used to complete missions. Destination Berlin marks the first installment in the Commandos series not to feature the Driver, who was part of the original Commandos team. Natasha (aka "Lips"), who was introduced in Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty, is also absent. The only available Commandos characters are the Green Beret, the Sniper, the Marine, the Sapper, the Spy, and the Thief.
The gameplay is largely similar to the previous games, allowing the player to see all enemies on the map and using a "point and click" control scheme, but it has fewer hotkeys compared to the previous installment, and the user must press buttons on the action bar.
Story
The tutorial begins with Jack O'Hara clearing out a bunker, Sir Francis T. Woolridge killing a few German soldiers with his sniper rifle and Thomas Hancock destroying a Panzer III tank with explosives. The game then shifts to 21 February 1939, where René Duchamp and Paul Toledo infiltrate the German Embassy in London and steal documents from a safe.
In the Battle of Stalingrad, Woolridge kills an elite German sniper, lifting the siege of a Soviet command post at the Barmaley Fountain. General Franklin O'Donnell then arrives for a meeting with Soviet personnel, accompanied by Hancock and O'Hara. A massive German airstrike ensues followed by airdrops of the Fallschirmjäger. 5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun.
Reception
Commandos 3 received "average" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic. The game was criticized for being difficult to play on account of having fewer hotkeys than its predecessors and being locked at an 800x600 resolution, which was low-end at the time of release.
Commandos 3 received a "Gold" award from the Asociación Española de Distribuidores y Editores de Software de Entretenimiento (aDeSe), for more than 40,000 sales in Spain during its first 12 months.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Commandos: Complete CollectionCommandos 2+3
- Followed by
- Commandos: Strike Force
- Follows
- Commandos 2: Men of CourageCommandos 2 - HD Remaster
- Remastered as
- Commandos 3: HD Remaster
- Built on it
- Commandos 3 - HD Remaster
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