History YMMV / Commandos

* SequelDifficultyDrop: ''Men Of Courage'' is noticeably easier than the previous installments (though, by no means a cakewalk). Notably, Commandos' firing range are roughly equivalent to the enemies', powerful weapons are much easier to obtain (every Commando can fire rifles, which offers OneHitKill) thanks to the new ability to loot corpses (and they are very common), ''and'' the ambush feature (Commandos' AI automatically attacks the enemies), which make combat an actual viable option in most of the missions (especially since the aforementioned rifles can be used in ambush mode). Also, the Spy's officer costum allows to order soldiers to move absolutely anywhere, making very easy to set up traps in missions featuring the Spy.

** The reduction of Cover mode range in Destination Berlin, it doesn't make sense with the much more action-focused levels and it accounts for most of the fake difficulty since even with a rifle your men laying down on the ground can be outshot by Officers with handguns if they're alerted, your range DOES increase when "alerted"...if your men are already automatically firing on a target, so if an alerted enemy stumbles on someone who isn't firing already, Your men can't defend themselves, it outright makes certain additions like machine guns useless since they have the range of Handguns for some reason, meaning again, Officers with sidearms can outshoot your men using light machine guns.

** In 2001, some French retail versions of ''Men of Courage'' [[PreviewPiggybacking contained an ad]] for the DVD release of ''Film/EnemyAtTheGates'' about the battle of Stalingrad; both works were unrelated beside being two World War 2-themed fictions released the same year. Two years lated, the next installment of the ''Commandos'' series had a SniperDuel mission in Stalingrad that paid homage to ''Enemy at the Gates''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Most of the post-''Behind Enemy Lines'' soundtracks are pretty damn sweet especially in the "Military heroes brass" department, but that of ''Men of Courage'' really stands out.

** ''Commandos 2 HD Remaster'' has various visual/gameplay glitches that hinder the gameplay, molotovs not landing where they're supposed, vision cones being broken in certain areas/not rendering over water and being unable to booby trap the Driver's wire with a grenade with the Sapper, some of these have gotten fixed but not all of them. The console versions are even worse due to, as with the [=PS2=] version, the controls being extremely ill suited to the gameplay and have been reported to suffer from some jarring input lag.

** Despite the focus on switching between members of the team (and the map screen having room for all 3 Commandos photographs), there's not a single level using all 3 members of the team at once.

** The M1 Garand only appears in one mission, and is missing entirely in at least the [=PS2=] Version. It's also the only weapon in the game capable of launching Rifle Grenades, in addition a few other weapons like the shotgun are only available in a single mission, the [=STG44=] in particular is never actually used by German soldiers and can only be found hidden away in a single Green Beret mission, it's even more absurd with the portable MG42, where playing on Commando difficulty removes all of it's spawn points from the game.

** The M1 Garand only appears in one mission, and is missing entirely in at least the [=PS2=] Version. It's also the only weapon in the game capable of launching Rifle Grenades, in addition a few other weapons like the shotgun are only available in a single mission, the [=STG44=] in particular is never actually used by German soldiers and can only be found hidden away in a single Green Beret mission.

** Despite the focus on switching between members of the team (and the map screen having room for all 3 Commandos photographs), there's not a single level using all 3 members of the team.

** The Green Beret isn't played in many missions (and only a single one actually allows him to engage in stealth), which also means the Kar98K rifle can't be used often as the Spy/Sniper can't use it.
** The M1 Garand only appears in one mission, and is missing entirely in at least the PS2 Version. It's also the only weapon in the game capable of launching Rifle Grenades, in addition a few other weapons like the shotgun are only available in a single mission, the STG44 in particular is never actually used by German soldiers and can only be found hidden away in a single Green Beret mission.

* ReplacementScrappy: One of the many reasons that ''Strike Force'' is disliked is the change of cast from the established team to a trio of SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute {{Composite Character}}s.
* SequelDifficultyDrop: Likely due to the GenreShift, ''Strike Force'' is a lot more forgiving than the rest of the series. For starters, the medpack appears to be bottomless.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The genre switch, which is a FPS SpinOff with a traditionally RTS series' brand.

** With the Spy, we have a Frenchman who specializes in getting behind enemy lines, DressingAsTheEnemy...and who predates ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' by nearly a decade.
** In 2001, some French retail versions of ''Men of Courage'' contained an ad for the DVD release of ''Film/EnemyAtTheGates'' about the battle of Stalingrad; both works were unrelated beside being two World War 2-themed fictions released the same year. Two years lated, the next installment of the ''Commandos'' series had a SniperDuel mission in Stalingrad that paid homage to ''Enemy at the Gates''.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: ''Men Of Courage'' is noticeably easier than the previous instalments (though, by no means a cakewalk).

* SequelDifficultyDrop:
** ''Men Of Courage'' is noticeably easier than the previous instalments (though, by no means a cakewalk).

** ''Commandos 2 HD Remaster'' has various visual/gameplay glitches that hinder the gameplay, molotovs not landing where they're supposed, vision cones being broken in certain areas/not rendering over water and being unable to booby trap the Driver's wire with a grenade with the Sapper, some of these have gotten fixed but not all of them. The console versions are even worse due to, as with the [=PS2=] version, the controls are extremely ill suited to the gameplay and have been reported to suffer from some jarring input lag.

** ''Commandos 2 HD Remaster'' has various visual/gameplay glitches that hinder the gameplay, molotovs not landing where they're supposed, vision cones being broken in certain areas/not rendering over water and being unable to booby trap the Driver's wire with a grenade with the Sapper, some of these have gotten fixed but not all of them.

** ''Beyond The Call Of Duty'' adds hostile (to both the commandos and the Germans) animals, such as ostriches and lions, and a non soldier disguise for the Spy in the form of a zoo guard. These are only implemented in "The Asphalt Jungle", though the idea of hostile animals makes its way into ''Men Of Courage'' in the form of crocodiles and piranhas.

* UnwinnableByInsanity: The first "Normandy" mission of ''Destination Berlin''. It requires to destroy a lot of German stuff, but the Sapper doesn't begin with enough explosive for the mission. There is more bombs in an ammunition warehouse, which is one of the objectives to be destroyed. Blowing it will makes it inside unreachable, so blowing it first without emptying it makes the mission unwinnable.

* EvenBetterSequel: While ''Behind Enemy Lines'' is a well regarded game and ''Beyond The Call Of Duty'' gives a new challenge for those who are veterans of the former while adding new features, ''Men Of Courage'' is considered to be the best game in the series, as it balances out both the difficulty and abilities of the commandos, while still providing a decent challenge even on the easiest difficulty settings (which is Normal).

* GameBreaker: In ''Men Of Courage'', once the Spy finds an officer uniform he is able to order enemy soldiers to move elsewhere. You can only send them to places they can see, and they go back to their normal standing spot once you order to Spy to do something else, but the system can be abused by cancelling the action, then immediately giving another order before the soldier is back to his place... Obviously, being able to send most of the mooks[[note]][=NCOs=] can't be ordered to move, and officers can't be messed with at all since they recognize the Spy if he goes too close, but basic soldiers are by far the most common enemies[[/note]] mostly anywhere allows to send them in places where their comrades are unable to spot them (and unable to witness them being knocked out or murdered...), and to safely dispose of most of the hostile forces, one by one.