One of the all time great games, playability in its purest form.
Left and right mouse clicks to move and shoot, both to lob a nade and thats it. No fancy shortcut keys, no mammoth manual to swallow before u can enjoy anything this game hurls at u. Sure there are squads to form if necessary, vehicles to take control of and i seem to remember RPGs to fire but thats about it.
The celverness in it comes from the pure gameplay, the feeling of pure joy when u crack one of the harder missions, the feeling of horror as u see a soldier whose been with u for the last 8 missions and has reached a nice rank, get gunned down in his prime by some nasty type.
Superbly designed levels that increase in size as does the number of enemies / types of enemies u face. The difficulty curve is nigh on perfect.
Its a simple concept of a game, but one which carries real gameplay and emotional depth as u really feel for the tiny sprites who carry so much personality.
Perhaps thats the best way to describe this game - it carries personality by the bucketload. It doesnt try to be anything more than it is, a superbly simple, pure, hard as nails gaming experience.
PLEASE MAKE A NEW CANNON FODDER GAME FOR TODAY'S PCS WITH YESTERDAY'S GAMEPLAY - THE WORLD NEEDS CANNON FODDER!!