I ve only played the first 3 levels, but I think I will rate this game a very solid 8, maybe a 9 for nostalgia. 
I enjoy how the action never stops and is constant,  like a true battlefield.

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great little game, will get it later as no points!

rating is a lukewarm cup of tea(ok it goes like this, befor i start playing a new game i make a cup o tea, so if the tea is stone cold this means i was liking the game so much i forgot about my tea! so after playing wotb my tea was lukwarm, so great game!) thats a 8 out of 10

 

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ill give it a solid 7. really fun, actually pretty tough little game since there are no continues ( at least on blackops level dunno about easier settings) no music during the cutscenes which i thought was a little disappointing since you are just sitting there staring at pictures with text.  (kind of like penny arcade more or less just not as good) other then that its a fun game, if you liked cammando or mercs you will like this. should be a lot more fun in multiplayer

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I'd give it an 8/10, maybe an 8.5 since it is better for 3 people, and you get the SF2:HD beta as well :)

It could be longer, cutscenes could have had voice-work.

Overall, very addictive and worth the price.

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I'm one of the people(morons?) who downloaded this game for the Street Fighter Beta. I was annoyed when I realized I couldn't download the Beta. I then tried the game and had some fun with it. I've only played 1 level, so I can't really rate the game. But, if I had to, I'd give it an 8.0 on the fun scale. Not a bad little title so far.

7/10. Its repetitive but theres some charm about it that keeps it enjoyable. The levels seem really varied, and I havent played with a friend yet which I imagine is a blast. Great when your sitting A Levels and need something which requires no thought!!

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I really can't say.  I beat the game on my first run-through (Suicide) and I was hoping for much more of a challenge.  The levels are nice and long, and finding all the hostages and secrets will take a while...or at least until someone posts the locations, but there's no real challenge.  Maybe when some friends are over it will pick up...

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I really can't say.  I beat the game on my first run-through (Suicide) and I was hoping for much more of a challenge.  The levels are nice and long, and finding all the hostages and secrets will take a while...or at least until someone posts the locations, but there's no real challenge.  Maybe when some friends are over it will pick up...

i already posted em

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7.5/10. Way better than Rocketmen and the online co-op works great and is a blast with 2 other people.

Only two complaints I have is the length of the game and the lack of voice over. Would've loved two or so more levels and over-the-top voice overs sounding like Ahhnold and Sly when you initiate a bomb (or whatever the name of the move mapped to left trigger is).

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7/10 

I consider that good.  The game is fun.  Well worth a purchase for fans of the genre.

7/10 cheap old school fun could of had some voice overs and maybe a few more levels.

Good call on the voiceover and # of levels.  I might also add a couple more enemy types (or at least palette swaps!)

7/10 This is my first 360 degree-shooter. So Commando 3 is really challenging for me. It's fun and I like it more than Assault Heroes. There could be some unlockable stuff. Gamerscore is not motivating me enough to play through a game like this more than once.

It's a 8.5 for me.  They did a really nice job staying faithful to the series roots (Commando & Mercs) other than the cartoonly look.  It's alot better than I thought it would be.  And yes, I pretty much bought it for the SF beta too.

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I would rate it a solid 8 for me on the game alone.  Alot better than I thought it would be.  The SF2 beta is just icing on the cake.

solid 8, i played the old arcade game and this plays just as nicely but with meatier graphics

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9 for me. Probably the best XBLA game out there.

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i give it an 8

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I give it an 8. It is a blast online with a couple of friends. Haven't finished yet, but really enjoy the game so far. A new fave of mine on XBLA.

it has to be a solid 8.5 out of 10
I really like this little game

I would give it a 7.5, its really good but to short.

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Hmm I give it a 3/10 simply because it sucks, It was quite obviously rushed. It has no story line and I could probably make a better game using microsoft word.

I'd give it a 7/10, i think out of Bionic Commando and 1942 they released this one with the SF BETA because it is more than likley the worst of the 3 titles. I played MERCS and it was tough, i mean insanely tough. I walked through this after one initial playthrough on Suicide Mission and Black Ops. It's very easy but i may just use Fox instead as she has lower life etc. Still really fun and its all about maxing your score by keeping your multi going, a bit like Omega 5, not really challenging but it is pretty fun to try and get a max score.

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8/10 - It's really good, better than Assault Heroes in my opinion. The only thing that sucks and is completely stupid is the fact that you can't save your progress. WHY did the developers do that!??!!?! It's stupid.

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Sorry to be so critical but I must dissagree with all of you.

I give it more like a 3/10 Single Player and possibly up to a 5/10 for Multiplayer.
(SF BETA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REVEIWING OF THIS GAME)

Graphics are nice for an arcade game however im getting bored by this cartoony art in every game nowadays...tiny legs...big chest...cartoony expressions....thats just not what the original games were about...not even.

Innovation is terrible in this game, 2 tanks that are different colors wow really?  And that final boss was not stolen from a Crash Bandicoot game?  I also dont care for the weapons...once again they just look cartoony...the green spread shot is over the top toony and it coats the whole screen with green.  Not to mention the story is about as cheaply done as it could have been done...and there was such a lack of music in this game.  They put more effort into the 1942 advertisement than they did the stills on the storyboard.

Development was very buggy I mean the loading in and out of the vehicles was a frustrating joke that was only funny cause you were (Hopefully) playing with friends and laughing how stupid it was.  Coupled with parts of land that seem to cut off and force you into this one land mine if you take the same routes I tend to.  (Your walking Left and the mine I mentioned is on the bottom of the screen...there seems to be enough room to go below it but your forced diagonally upward so you walk directly into the lower mine.)

Now reviewing those factors what does this game get points for....Graphics though cartoony are nice and high def, plus its Coop...and it sort of reminds me of the OLD games that were better...does anybody else feel they were too nice when reviewing this game?  When you really think about it....   Sure you want to justify your 10bucks and you still have a Beta comming...think about it....it really wasnt a 7/10 effort...as the average here seems to be.

Overall Id give it a 4/10

I liked it...sure the art direction might not be everyone's cup of tea, but for what they were going for I thought it was well done. I didn't mind the lack of innovation that was mentioned before...I bought this game mainly for the nostalgia factor, not because I was expecting anything new and groundbreaking.

Unlike most of the people here, I found it to be rather difficult, actually. I've only been able to beat it on Cake Walk so far, and I had zero lives left and only a sliver of my health bar remaining.

In the negative category, my biggest complaint is that the driving controls for the vehicles are absolutely horrible. Like, laughably bad. But...you're not really in them for very long so it's not *that* big of a deal. Most of the weapons are useless aside from the default machine gun (spread gun has no range, rockets have too slow of a rate of fire, and the flamethrower makes it difficult to see incoming enemy fire).

But...the gameplay itself is classic old-school fun, I would imagine even moreso when playing with friends (haven't tried yet).

I give it a 7/10.

Playing like the original games, Commando 3 is however not the greatest of titles released on Xbox Live Arcade, however it will appeal to people that have played the original games and people that enjoy retro shooters, however the game does get repetitive but this is acceptable, this is an arcade game, it's not meant to be played for a long time, I can play Metal Slug for ages and I'll eventually get bored, art style isn't good but it's acceptable.

Rating: 8/10

Yeah it's a fun little game.

maybe a 7? out of 10, for that type of arcade style.

7 out of 10

Overall I enjoyed the game, but

the game is a tad easy and could use 2 or 3 more levels and a larger varity on enemies. Oh, and a boss battle at the end of each map. Also, the levels could have used some more work. I noticed that the first level is the only level you shoot enemies while moving on a platform. Voiceovers and music during the loading screens would have been nice.

It's a solid 7. It definitely could've used a little more work...but for $10, you more than get your moneys worth. Just getting the achievements and getting on the leaderboards I did a solid 5 solo runs; adding in the co-op games (local and over Live) I've got a lot of play time out of it.

It's no Assault Heroes, but it fits nicely on the arcade and is worth your time if you enjoy these kinds of games. Another level...more bosses...not having infinite respawn areas that practically break the leaderboards...making vehicle portions a little longer and not so easy/cheesy...all would've made it a bit better.

It's one of those titles like Arkadian Warriors--it certainly isn't a shining example of the genre, but for $10 you get a decent experience for the Arcade.

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