Hidden & Dangerous cover art

Hidden & Dangerous

Unforgiving WWII squad tactics shooter about planning commando raids behind enemy lines.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
Match your experience?
EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    5/10

    Deadly one-shot gunfights demand careful aim

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    0/10

    Enemy soldiers follow placement scripts

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    3/10

    Janky AI and patrols create surprises

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    7/10

    Squad orders, approach planning, and loadout prep

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
1999
Developer
Tarantula Studios
Platforms
PC, PS1, DC
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
IGDB users
80/100
ShooterStrategyTacticalAdventureActionHistoricalStealth