Cannon Fodder

Developer: Sensible Software
Publisher: Sensible Software
Year: 1993
Rating: 9/10

Review: You're a frontline military commander charged with completing 23 missions, each split into a number of phases (levels). Before every phase you'll get phase objectives (usually "Destroy enemy buildings and kill all enemy soldiers") and a squad of soldiers. After the mission briefing, action begins behind enemy lines where your squad has been dropped. Then you just run through the map and shoot everything that moves (with unlimited ammunition, of course).

Controlling your squad is easy - all you need is a mouse - when you click the left button the squad walks where your crosshair points, right button shoots and when you press both buttons at the same time your squad throws grenades or fires rockets. You can also penetrate enemy positions with vehicles like tanks, helicopters and snowcats.
If you like to do something more tactical than just rush towards enemy, you can for example split your squad into smaller groups, so you can attack from two directions at once.
Cannon Fodder's graphical style is more comical than photo-realistic and that's good because the game is full of blood, fire and screams of the wounded soldiers.

A nice part in the game is the soldiers who survive through a mission get promoted, and their weapons skills get better (accuracy, range and rate of fire). This means that you'll need to be very protective with veteran soldiers that have been with you for a few missions.
The game will end if you lose your men faster than they join up after each mission.
All these things and many more make Cannon Fodder the most enjoyable wargame I've ever played.

Size: 2866K
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