There's really not much more
to say about The Royal Marines Commando (hereby
TRMC) that I didn't already say in my reviews
of SAS and Operation Thunderstorm, both 2008
shooters from City Interactive. It's the same
Lithtech (F.E.A.R.) engine, almost the same
enemies and guns, just with a slightly different
story and different settings.
This time out it's 1941 and
you're playing as a British Marine against,
you guessed it, Nazi's. There's six levels in
total and at least this time we got a couple
outdoor levels which actually looked pretty
good. The others were typically bland, dark
and underdetailed. When it comes to the design,
there's no difference between this and City
Interactive's other games. They would have been
far better off just taking their three (or four
if you count Code Of Honor 2) Lithtech shooters
and merging them all into a single game. At
least then you'd get a good 10-13 hours of gameplay,
instead of four games of three hours each. I
guess it's their way of sucking players in to
buying multiple titles, thinking they're getting
a full length game.
You can't claim any of these
games to be AAA titles. They're budget in every
sense of the word, and don't come close to the
graphical quality of other games in 2008. The
fact they use Lithtech is their only saving
grace, which although is already four years
old, still looks half-decent.
The story is mindless WWII
dribble that I couldn't give a stuff about.
The combat is repetive all the way through and
in the case of TRMC wasn't as fun as their other
titles due to the terrible recoil on the MP40,
which is unfortunately the weapon you'll use
the most. On top of that your team-mates are
complete idiots and constantly get in the way,
although they are good at clearing out a room;
perhaps too good.
Overall then, just another
average City Interactive game that's really
only for FPS junkies, not the casual gamer.
