In the game, the player assumes the role of an allied officer, who has been entrusted to command a group of commandos on each of the game's twenty missions that they undertake.
The game branched out into a series that used the same system of game mechanics, beginning with an expansion pack entitled Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty in 1999, and later with two sequels - Commandos 2: Men of Courage in 2001, and Commandos 3: Destination Berlin in 2003. GameSpot Spain declared it Spain's biggest game hit of all time by 2002.
The game proved to be a commercial success, with global sales above 1 million units.
Each mission's objective varies, but ranges from sabotage, assassination, or rescuing captured allied units, with players having a full view of a mission's map to plan their strategy and its execution in advance. The game sees players take control of a group of six Allied Commandos, who conduct a range of missions across wartime Europe and Africa, using small unit tactics.
All new 3D engine: rotate the environment 360 degrees, move seamlessly in/out of buildings, submarines, planes and under water, and zoom in/out on the environment.Control nine commandos: including a green beret, sniper, demolitions expert, seductress, thief, and even a dog.Interact like never before: with the environment: steal enemy uniforms and weapons, climb poles, swing from cables, swim, utilize vehicles, and climb in/out of buildings, ships, planes.Go covert into new environments based on authentic WWII locations: the heart of the third Reich, a northern European submarine installation, the headquarters of the Japanese army and more. Take control of an elite group of commandos who must venture deep into enemy territory and utilize their combined expertise to complete a series of mission-based objectives. Commandos 2: Men of Courage is a tactical action/strategy game set against the backdrop of World War II.