Planet Xbox 360 writes: "Upon first glance, Capcom's newly released sequel to the classic arcade shooter Commando appears to be a rather progressive title. It flips the script by swapping the order of the title and its colon-accompanying subtitle, and even offers a female character to play with. Longtime fans should not get too worried, though. For all its forward thinking, Commando 3 is an unabashedly classic arcade shoot 'em up.
There is some semblance of a story involving a dictator bent on world domination, but it is really just a lame excuse to toss you into five levels of top-down shooter action. You begin the game by choosing from one of three characters, each with their own levels of health, speed, and number of grenades they can carry. From there, the game delivers exactly the kind of non-stop explosion-filled experience you remember from the original. It is essentially your basic two-stick shooter, similar to a vertically scrolling Robotron on steroids. The same easy-to-avoid enemy fire trickles through the screen toward you, and you have the same objective as before - kill them all and blow it all up."
