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And while modern stealth games allow players to duke it out against multiple foes at once, Commandos 3 immediately makes it apparent that players have nothing but their skill sets to rely on as they’re vastly outnumbered behind enemy lines. With that in mind, just how can players dominate in their missions?
10 Remember Each Commando’s Key Strengths
Compared to other games, the core mechanic in Commandos 3 Remaster has to do with most Commandos having a shared set of general skills. These include knocking out foes with their Fists or using various firearms. While this may motivate players just to use whichever Commando they like, this can lead to missed objectives.
Instead, players should learn what each Commando does and know where to use them best. That way, their general skillset becomes a jumping-off point for them to perform their specialized skills fully, such as how certain characters are used in certain ways in other stealth games. For instance, while both the Sapper and the Sniper can knock out opponents with their Fists, the Sapper is ideally placed near vehicles to destroy or drive them, while the Sniper is ideally placed from afar so he can provide covering fire.
9 Timing Is More Important Than Stealth
While stealth games similar to Commandos 3 Remaster reward proper stealth with a lack of encounters, savants of stealth action titles know that the right timing won’t have players pay attention to stealth in the first place. After all, knowing where all moving parts will be at any given moment means players can move their characters at any pace and still finish the objective. Players need to adopt the same mentality in Commandos 3 Remaster.
Since everything happens in real-time, players must remember that whatever they do in one part of the stage won’t stop the rest of the game level. In turn, enemies and other parts of the map also react to the player once they encounter them or things they leave behind, such as bodies. Players need to pay attention to how things “play” together promptly in order to move undetected and uninterrupted.
8 Observe The Map
Unlike other stealth action titles, the gameplay in Commandos 3 Remaster is radically different due to its lack of any fog of war. This means players can look at any part of the map and see everyone and everything that moves, including everything players can immediately interact with.
Instead of just going in blind, players may want to study the enemy camp’s movements and special activities. This is a similar strategy in Hitmanso players know what may occur throughout the course of the game. When performing in city centers, certain cars or people may pass by and interact with other soldiers, giving players openings they didn’t know existed unless they’ve waited for these circumstances to happen. Players can then plot their infiltration from here.
7 Enemy Vision Is Key
Similar to early stealth action titles such as Metal Gear, the gameplay in Commandos 3 Remaster heavily relies on “not getting caught.” While enemies often die in a single hit in the game, the Commandos themselves aren’t so tough, especially when the alarm blares and a 1v1 becomes a 1v5. In these situations, players should always remember that they can actually “see” what the enemy sees, as the game provides an Enemy Vision system.
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When activated, players can hover over an enemy and understand their field of vision more accurately. This allows players to make more timed movements to ensure their Commando won’t stop or pass the enemy’s field of view. Not only that, extremely close calls such as sidestepping beside an opponent to pass a doorway are actually possible, provided players know precisely where the enemy’s vision goes.
6 Body Disposal Will Avoid Unnecessary Alarms
While it’s true that the players being detected will sound off alarms in Commandos 3 Remaster, so too does a soldier seeing the dead body of a comrade. Despite the sheer size of maps in Commandos 3 Remaster, players shouldn’t skip out on the body disposal process just because it’s inconvenient, similar to games like Hitman.
Players need to ensure that the enemy’s bodies aren’t just tied up and thrown out of the way. They need to ensure they don’t have any weapons with them (so they won’t wake up with any) and that their disposal area isn’t near a guard’s walking path.
5 Eliminate Bodies One By One
Due to how fragile Commandos could become when outnumbered, stealth becomes a crucial component in Commandos 3 Remaster. Moreover, in situations where players have multiple enemies blocking the way towards a smooth stealthy crawling, eliminating enemy soldiers will almost always become a necessary task - a strategy similar in other games like XCOM.
However, instead of going out guns blazing, it may help players to eliminate enemies one by one instead. Spotting enemies while they’re alone in their walking path can ensure there’s no backup to interrupt and sound the alarm, and players have more time to move bodies to the right areas. This may be a time-consuming process, but this does guarantee a smooth-sailing approach to the objective.
4 Always Consider Luring, Baiting Opponents
There are often levels in a stealth game like Commandos 3 Remaster where opponents are likely too close to each other, thus it’s too risky trying to take them out. Doing so can ruin the flow for the player and even cause the raising of alarms, which means players can either wing it or just surrender.
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However, this is where baiting comes in. Thanks to items such as a cigarette pack, players from cover can throw them near their targets and see if this attracts them. They will crouch to obtain the pack if their target is of a low-enough rank. It’s in that moment where players should strike to eliminate the target.
3 Plan Ambushes Often
Since players often take control of more than one Commando at a time, an integral component of Commandos 3 Remaster gameplay has much to do with ambushes. At its core, this has to do with one Commando doing a setup while another executes the ambush, ensuring a few kills much faster than the typical slow-paced one-kill-at-a-time method.
To do this, players can take the likes of Green Beret or Spy to make distractions and lure opponents to a set position. Afterward, more aggressive characters such as the Sniper can take out enemies from afar, while the Thief may knock out an opponent quickly before they notice.
2 Watch Out For Sounds
Being a tactical stealth game, the mechanics in Commandos 3 Remaster don’t simply revolve around visuals and timing. Sound plays a lot into the player’s success as Commandos, and players must pay close attention to what generates sounds and how sounds affect the gameplay.
For instance, gunshots create a lot of noise and can definitely attract multiple soldiers to the player’s position. An alternative to this is using the Green Beret’s Knife or the Thief’s Piano Wire, which definitely kills but still generates screams. Another viable option is to use the Commando’s Fists to knock an enemy down, but the enemy will sound the alarm as soon as they wake up. Players need to assess which kill type suits their needs best.
1 Remember The Team
Throughout the player’s time with Commandos 3 Remaster, they will almost always use more than one Commando in a mission. Since players can only control one unit at a time, they may be motivated just to clear the mission with that one character. And while this is possible, the process is much more tiring than players anticipate, similar to other stealth games.
Instead, players need to assess the Commandos they’ve been handed and see how their skills can contribute to specific tasks within the mission. For instance, the Spy may be there for the purposes of distraction so the rest of the team can enter bases uninterrupted. Likewise, the Sapper and his toolkit may destroy the vehicle outside the building to get everyone else’s attention.
Commandos 3 HD Remaster is currently available on PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One.
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