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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.

THE BEST WAR GAME TODAY!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have looked for a good war game for along time now. H&D is the best war game I've played on a PC. Talonsoft have really done well with this game. The realism that H&D offers to a player is totally awesome. Yes it has a few bugs, but most of them are solved with the v1.3 patch available at the Talonsoft website. For those of you who experience freezing up, try upgrading your SDRAM from 64MB to 128MB or higher. I had the same problem using 64MB, which is standard, but greatly improved when i upgraded. H&D will indeed give you your money's worth. H&D offer challenging missions which will keep you glued to your PC. If you are involved in a relationship, PLEASE...wait til he/she goes to sleep. You will thank me for that. Thats the type of effect H&D will have on you once you really get into this game. The ability to control four men individually or lead them to follow you into one of the most intense games i have ever played. Snipers, rifles, grenades, rocket luanchers and TNT timebombs are just a few of the awesome weapons offered in H&D. All i have to say is make sure that you have time on your hands to play it, if you don't, trust me you will make some. ENJOY!

A Hidden Treasure

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

The most remarkable thing to me is that this game has been overlooked by so many in the gaming community. In execution this game is brilliant especially considering that it is several years old. The graphics are as good as anything I have seen and better than many games which others have given high praise. The attention to detail is mindboggling. When running across a snow covered field you will notice that your soldier leaves footprints, havent seen that before in a game. Even the likeness of the soldiers matches the portrait in their biographical data, most games have the same boxlike visage, making all sprites look generic. The sound effects are excellent. Each weapon has a unique audio as do all of the various vehicles which your team can operate. Even the crunch of snow underfoot or rain pelting on the roof of a car will impress. Atmosphere is greatly enhanced by a remarkable soundtrack, the best I have heard in a game to date, not at all annoying or overpowering as in some games, it fades in and out as befitting the action. The acoustics from a radio in a train station or a night club singer from an open door will make you stop and savour the moment. The game operates similar to Rainbow Six but without the need to pre-plot. The way you conceive your attack is entirely flexible. This is the game's strong-point. If you decide that the selected route is too hazardous it is possible to bypass it. In several missions the route is hampered by steep rock. I have managed to get my boys to climb the sides of mountains and hit the enemy were they least expect it. Its like playing a video version of Force Ten from Navarone. Each mission begins with selecting your hand picked team and assigning them weapons. These are essential to completing some scenarios as without a bazooka you will not take out a tank. Your men can use as many weapons as they are capable of carrying unlike other games were you MUST select Either/Or. Thankfully you may also let the AI pick the weapons for you. During play you can pillage the Germans of their weapons and these captured armaments will be carried over into the next round and if truth be told it has to be stated that the germans have some of the better "stuff". There have been problems with bugs but nothing of a game spoiling nature. In some scenarios weapons will mysteriously vanish from your hands and render your soldier helpless.This happens only in first person view. To counteract this you may either re-arm by hitting the enter key or by toggling the point of view (there are three available) This should make the weapon reappear. When this happens during a firefight it is usually fatal so learn to save often.When negotiating steep terrain occasionally your man will become "stuck" and begin to rotate like a spinning top. He will not be able to move in any direction and will sometimes fall through the playing surface (into the great black abyss) and die. To avoid this try getting him to change his "stance". I have gotten out of this predicament by making him either kneel or lie down. This is one of the few games which I have not even considered trashing out of frustration, which is a rare thing for me. For the price to fun ratio I doubt if you could find a better game indeed I'm certain of that fact.

THIS GAME IS SO COOL!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

In Hidden and Dangerous you pick up the enemy equipment, drive just about anything you see (even civilian cars!),you pick your own team, there is about 25 people to chose from, and there is a ton of stuff you can equip them with, rangeing from anti-personel mines to heavy machine guns! You can pick up enemy weapons, and then use them on other misssions! Also, there is 6 different campaigns each with about missions. If you like action/strategy (mostly action) get this game now!!!!!

You'll LOVE it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

BEST GAME EVER! I do really think so. I love this game so much I even went through all the trouble of learning HTML, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver to make a site on it...

One of the Best Strategy Games Ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is incredible. The great historical plot is great, the missions are thrilling and challeniging and the graphics are the best I've seen lately. Like wine, even though it is relatevily old, it is the best game I've played lately, and one of the best I've ever played.

you need patience

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The first thing that struck me about this game is the incredible graphics and sound put you right there, first person. You can hear what is going on in the many different enviroments you are placed in. You can hear the different kind of sound a footstep makes if you are in snow or on pavement or walking on a tiled floor in a German occupied home. The detail is incredible. You do need a fairly fast computer to keep up with this sometimes fast paced game. And there are some problems with the game freezing up on you or falling through the floor and dying. You can install a patch to fix this or make sure that you buy version 1.2 and it is already fixed. Stealth is the key to winning in this game so you need to take your time and think things through. This game gives you the flexability to use your own imagination and ingenuity to get out of situations on the battlefield. You can use tanks, halftracks, motorcycles, cars, etc. As well as dozens of types of German and American weapons. You can also dial up via modem and connect to other gamers and play together while communicating with them by pressing f4 on your keyboard and typing them a message. You have options of multple players by using a network connection or can play with one other by direct dial up. You may need to buy the handbook to this game if it is not included in the 1.2 version. It will come in handy if you need directions on how to use the multyplayer options. Many other military games do not give you the options of Playing in first or 3rd person, or the free will to explore your environment and take items that will be usefull to you on the battlefield so take your time and look for things in buildings, closets, etc. It takes time to get through some levels but you can save your game and start off where you left off.

Don't underestimate this game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Hidden and Dangerous was one of my first games to ever play for the pc. To me it is my all time favorite game. I first beat it without any codes and believe me it was not easy, infact it took me over three weeks to beat it. But after I put the codes in and had fun with it. I recommend for the rookie and even medium skilled player to slap on the codes while playing the game, its still a challenge. Don't let this game go by, get it now. Also check out it add on, 'Devils Bridge'. For all your codes go to Cheatcc.com. Again this is a fabulous game, don't let it slip away!

Best WW2 Infantry game I have played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game really draws you in and makes you feel "there". With the 1.3 patch, most of the bugs are gone, and it only hangs occasionally now. Save often, just to be sure.

The best part is you have to think out your moves, and not just run in "Quake-style" with guns blazing (especially against the large machine gun nests). Team tactics make this fun.

It's been a great trainer for me in WW2 infantry tactics while I wait for wwiionline to go beta.

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