Commandos: Origins
Release Date: April 9, 2025
Strategy, World War II, stealth, tactics, for 2 players, co-op, splitscreen, Game Pass, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet
The fourth mainline installment in an iconic series of tactical strategy games. Commandos: Origins portrays the beginnings of the titular commandos, foiling the Germans and Axis forces during World War II.
Commandos: Origins is the fourth (not counting spin-offs and remasters) main game in the Commandos series. It was developed by Claymore Game Studios and published by Kalypso Media. Like the first three installments, it's a tactical strategy game.
Plot
Commandos: Origins is set during World War II. As the title suggests, the game lets us see the origins of the titular commandos. Jack "the Green Beret" O'Hara, Thomas "the Sapper" Hancock, Francis T. "the Sniper" Woolridge, Samuel "The Driver" Brooklyn, James "The Marine" Blackwood and Rene "The Spy" Duchamp join forces to take on the Germans and the Axis forces all around the world.
Mechanics
Commandos: Origins makes use of the top-down perspective. We'll spend most of the game completing missions in various areas - ranging from sunny Africa and icy Arctic, through Western Europe, to the Eastern Front. The player must fulfill objectives, such as attacking enemy outposts, sabotaging or conducting rescue operations. Aside from main objectives, there are also plenty optional ones.
We can try to engage the enemy in open combat, but as they usually massively outnumber us, we'll be better off hiding, planning our next moves depending on the distribution of enemy forces and the abilities of our commandos. Each member of our squad has his own fighting style and abilities, which we must properly use and synchronize to come out on top.
Game modes
Commandos: Origins supports singleplayer, as well as local and online co-op.
Technical aspects
Commandos: Origins features colorful, detailed visuals.
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Commandos: Origins Review: Interesting stealth, but dull level design
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Videos and Screens
[1:03] Commandos: Origins - Launch Trailer
[2:49] Commandos: Origins Commandos Origins - Gameplay Overview Trailer
Gamepressure Review
Commandos: Origins
I had quite high expectations for Commandos: Origins. I wasn't disappointed in the most important aspect - it's a good stealth game, in which quietly eliminating enemies is rewarded and even desired. However, I cannot turn a blind eye to its archaisms and poor technical aspects.
GRYOnline.pl: 6 / 10 by Adam Zechenter
Commandos: Origins is a game with a big heart but (apparently) small budget. It transported me well into the past, and that’s both a good and a bad thing. We get some nice and warm nostalgia next to some really rusty gameplay mechanics. All in all, I got quite a bit of fun from plaiyng Origins but I can recommend it only to the veterans of the genre craving anything new.
TheSixthAxis: 4 / 10 by Adrian Burrows
Commandos: Origins is probably very good; an interesting historical setting, charming visuals, and deep and varied strategic options. You won't notice any of that if playing on console however, you'll be too busy wrestling with the terrible controls to be having much fun. That, and the buggy visuals, make this one to be missed unless you're on PC.
GameOnly: 2.5 / 5 by Kamil Kozakowski
Commandos: Origins is a production which quality is closer to the cheap Polish wine 'Komandos' than to the legendary series that won the hearts of many gamers worldwide. It’s a great pity because the developers had some really cool ideas and solutions that were completely overshadowed by poor execution and countless bugs that hinder gameplay. Of course, veterans of the series will find their 'guilty pleasure' in completing extremely difficult tasks and reloading the game every few minutes, but they deserve much more.
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Game Series
Commandos Series
A series of tactical real-time strategy games, started by the 1998 released game Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines by the Spanish team Pyro Studios. Since then, the series has lived to see three main parts and one spin-off, behind which were the authors of the original, as well as a remastered version of the cult "two", created by the team of Yippee! Entertainment.
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Commandos: Origins Summary
Platforms:
PC Windows April 9, 2025
PlayStation 4 2025
Xbox One 2025
PlayStation 5 April 9, 2025
Xbox Series X/S April 9, 2025
Developer: Claymore Game Studios
Publisher: Kalypso Media
Commandos: Origins System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core i5-4690K / AMD Ryzen 7 2700, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 970 / Radeon RX 580, 31 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit
Recommended: Intel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, 16 GB RAM, graphic card 8 GB GeForce RTX 3060 / Radeon RX 6600 XT, 31 GB SSD, Windows 10 64-bit
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