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Good, but full of bugs..

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: December 05, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is a really intense game, but mostly because you're not sure when it's going to lock up on you! save often and be prepared to restart the game often..

A realistic shooter-based game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 10, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is a really fun game if you have the time to learn all the keys. It is incredibly realistic and is fun history! The Semi-Interactive story line is a cool feature too.

A great game but...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 16, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is an excellent game. It is challenging, the graphics are excellent and the scenarios are good. It is a bit buggy, and does lock and crash on you. I recommend that you save your game often to prevent having to start over when it does. It also has some interesting quirks that are intermittent, such as your soldier falling through the floor into limbo. It is a rare occurrence, and somewhat humorous, albeit annoying when it does occur. A patch is available from the Talonsoft website that takes care of most of the bugs, but it will still crash at times. Frankly, though, I don't care. I have played through the entire game twice, bugs and all, and am looking forward to the follow on that is coming.

Not enough time in the day

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 17, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is one of those games where time just flies by. I'm very busy during the day and in the evening I spend my time with my wife and son. But later on in the night is when I get some time to my self. When I sit down and play this game hours fly by until it's early in the morning. The sound effects and graphics are excellent. Make sure you download the patch to get to V1.2. This makes loading your saved games much faster, and clears up some hangs. I would give this a 5 start if it was not for some occassional hangs. Save often, but the game is worth it. If you only have a small amount of time to yourself, then this game is well worth your time. The enemy AI and your team AI will make you think about just running in by yourself guns blazing. If you do, you'll be sorry.

Compelling and Immersive but...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

A great game combined with compelling scenarios. It is similar to Rainbow Six but I found H&D to be much easier to set up teams and weapons and to map out strategies. The scenarios are all different and pull you in (unlike Delta force where each mission seemed like the one before). Some bugs in the program that lead to system crashes and hangups from time to time keep this from being a 5 star game. Even so, I won't hesitate to buy version 2 if it is ever released.

A mission for every type of engagment you could think of.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

My friend and I have been longing for a game like this for years. And finally in the Summer of '99, Illusion Softworks, a Czech-based software company, has created such a game. One of my favorite missions is an assault on a bunker base defended by a network of trenches and MG34 machine guns. Now which movie did that come from? The final mission is awesome. Sneak thru an airfield at the end of the war with the Russians attacking on the other side.

Sound effects are great. Makes you feel like you're there. As with the airfield mission, you see anti-aircraft fire snake thru the sky, just like Baghdad, BABY!

Granted the initial release had many, many bugs. But with several patches most bugs have been worked out. Be sure and get the v1.3 patch which has seemed to fix some problems that v1.2 created. i.e. The M41 Rifle now fires again, but with a 5-round clip which is historically accurate anyway. In v1.2 it wanted to reload without ever shooting. Soldier AI has been greatly improved on both sides as well. However, the dead bodies still just hang in mid-air if shot on slanted terrain. Mouse sensitivity has been improved also.

I'm awaiting the new Devil's Bridge add-on coming around the end of the month which will take the campaigns to locales like Greece, Poland and Battle of the Buldge. This add-on includes 9 new missions across 3 huge campaigns.

MY SEARCH IS OVER! SQUAD LEADER IN THE FLESH!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

When I was a kid my friends and I played a board game called "Squad Leader." The game focused on individual squads and tactics in WW2. We always wondered what it would be like to be in the game, fighting from house to house. Hidden and Dangerous has done that and then some! This game is dangerous from many different perspectives. If you have a significant other in your life DO NOT BUY THIS GAME because you are headed for a break up, or divorce court for sure! I hope you drink coffee to stay awake at work because if you don't you WILL! As one of my fellow reviewers has put it, time will fly and before you know it the rooster will be singing his song. If you love the World War 2 era and you have a gaming problem this one is a God send! The bugs that people mention are the only drawback, but it has only happened once to me. I believe that the patch should solve it all. Rainbow Six is an excellent game but H&D is much more interactive. In H&D you can control each member of your team, and they each have specific roles. The best is the ability to strip the germans you blast of their weapons, ammo, and uniforms. Be careful with grenades and explosives because you will blow your self apart if your not.

Bottom line this one is VERY worth your $$$$$$$! You will thank me for the bags under your eyes!

Holy Crap! This is one good game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I started the first mission w/ a heavy machine gun and came running in. This realistic game did what would happen in real life. I got blown away. I was appawled(however you spell it)at how good the graphics were. The rain was falling, sounds were everwhere, and the AI makes you feel like you're taking on Hitler's army. Each gun has it's own charecteristics(sounds and all)for everyone. And you can salvage all sorts of goodies from dead german soldiers. After being mauled on the first time i figured out what to do. Like in real life you don't know what's coming up. So you move in (crawling) checking the area with binoculars(spelled incorrectly)for soldiers. Then you tell your men(which I will mention later)what to do based on your intelligence of the situation. I'm not going to give a walkthrough. But your pals are so intelleligent it's breath taking. When fired upon they get down and return fire. In many other tactical/strategy games other figures are semi intelligent. In Hidden and Dangerous a shot German means they begin to hunt you down. If you miss your comrades take shots to and life gets hecktick. There is no right way to do it. WWII you have to learn how to live. Sorta makes you think how real soldiers pulled off the same missions except they couldn't go back and try again. The second to last mission gives a Saving Private Ryan sorta feeling. When moving through a city, snipers can be anywhere imaginable. Church towers, houses, hills, and anywhere. Sure the game has bugs here and there but most people don't update to version 1.3. Get the patch at the Talon soft website. If you really get stuck order the player's guide. That's about it. I havent mentioned half the good things about this game. For $20.00 (which is very underpriced)you will have fun. As the SAS say "Who Dares Wins."

Who Dares Wins

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

For the longest time, I have been a fan of the SAS, and have enjoyed reading numerous accounts of their amazing feats during their birth in the Second World War. Now a game has been developed by a new Czech company which is an absolute hidden treasure. This game which (in my opinion) is 20x better than Rainbow Six enjoys numerous advantages over RS. Better graphics by far, amazing levels, in depth missions, amazing AI, interactive story line, and details galore. The detail is something only a European company could have nailed. Occasional hangs unless you're patched was at first a little problem...not much anymore. You'll be thanking yourself for buying this game when you're men are running through the blasted streets of Prague fighting the remainder of the German army as you escort a captured scientist to safety. The Russians are on the other side of the bridge. A Tiger tank is waiting in a blown out shop front, and dozens of Wehrmacht are hiding behind burning streetcar blockades. Add the 50mm gun on the overlooking hill, and two straight-shooting snipers in the central bell tower, and VOILA...you have an indepth mission. Good luck, this game is 5 star. Who Dares Wins indeed. I anxiously await the supplement. Aufwiedersehen.

3 stars (due to bugs)

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This could be a great game. The first game to give me the creeps since the original Quake. A good piece of work which sadly is so buggy that I lack words. If you see any patches (>1.3), go for it !

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