Devil's Bridge is based on the British Special Air Services, an elite group of soldiers that were gathered and formed in 1941 and were considered one of most powerful Special Forces agencies in the world. Only the strongest, swiftest, and most daring were accepted to join the SAS. Here's your chance to become a member of that elite force in Devil's Bridge.

Devil's Bridge allows you to guide your 4-man squad of covert paratroopers through 9 new missions spread across 3 new campaigns. The missions revolve around, you guessed it, a bridge that must be destroyed. The scenarios themselves are mammoth in size, at least two or three times the size of the original, but many of the missions seem uninspiring. The only decent campaign is the second which features the power of a German tank. There are several maps where you get to mount a vehicle (a jeep to be exact) that includes a mounted gun, but the problem with such maps is that you can't leave your vehicle behind because if the enemy destroys your jeep, it's back to square one. You basically have to take the jeep with you wherever you go, unless you're prepared to keep one of your men behind to guard the jeep, assuming he can fend off a half dozen enemy soldiers.

Speaking of enemy soldiers, most of Devil's Bridge takes place after World War II, so it's Greek partisans you'll be battling. No Nazi soldiers for you, next! Not only are the Nazis absent from most of this expansion pack, the Greek partisans are just as ignorant as the original Nazis were. That's right, the AI is none improved. As seen in the original title, enemies continue to run around in the open for easy target practice. They don't seem to know the concept of taking cover let alone laying prone on the ground. Most of the enemy soldiers are trigger activated again, so if you can plot out the missions well, you can take out most enemy troops without them knowing you were even there. If you don't plot it out, well let's just say you'll be using that save game function a lot.

Other problems continue to present in Hidden & Dangerous: Devil's Bridge such as clipping problems, objects sinking into the ground, the ability to see through solid objects and the coup de gras, the inexplicable deaths. Have you ever been running through a snowy field, only to be teleported into the frosty river where one drowns seconds later? How can you NOT fix this problem? Finally, saving games still poses problems since there continues to be only one slot to save your game in.

One of the few bright spots in Devil's Bridge is the improved graphics. The textures seem to be much improved. Environments are extremely detailed and there are some incredible weather and other miscellaneous effects in the game such as falling snow in the Ardennes forest and Greek sunsets. Unfortunately, there's a downside to the improved visuals. Loading times are extended and there are moments of choppy gameplay.

If you were hoping Devil's Bridge would improve on the number of bugs found in the original Hidden & Dangerous, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. As an expansion pack, Devil's Bridge has the quantity but the quality is completely lacking. It fails to deliver a bug-free gaming experience and remains far too unstable. I guess we'll have to wait for Hidden & Dangerous 2 and hope by then they'll have worked everything out.