Based on a famous 60's Steve McQueen film where you are a prisoner of World War II, the game deals with breaking out of the German prison camp and trying to make your way through the German land without getting caught. Loaded with numerous scenes taken from the film and exciting missions, The Great Escape is well able to maintain a gamer's interest. The graphics are not the best, but goode enough. In places you have to hurry through or encounter enemy fights, however most of the time it's better to use a tactical approach and avoid them. Sometimes one must steal papers before one gets a stolen truck so that the controls are known. Other times one must take an enemy's uniform or have a gunfight in an airplane hanger. One takes over different roles that reveals the stories of other war prisoners prior to their capture (at beginning of game) and enabling each one to escape. The AI is not that good but the missions are varied.