Picked this up a while back for free from Dixons Downloads so decided to give it a bash. Just completed it, thoughts below:
+Innovative design, blending elements of racing with third person action – the actual game is fairly mediocre, but at least it is something new and the arcade slant is a welcome break from ‘tactical’ games
+Excellent performance
+Game mechanics drive you forwards in the pursuit of combos making for frantic gameplay
+Sound is fairly impressive
-Clear xbox port with labels showing pad buttons, very shoddy
-Gets quite repetitive
-Tournament mode is fairly short, there is around 50 stages set over 8 levels but each one only takes a few minutes to play through. Less than 4hrs gameplay to complete, although it is fast paced
-Mouse feels a bit inconsistent, especially when using zoom
-AI is poor and overly scripted, in siege/survivor mode often new waves of enemies will move to exactly the same position as where you’ve previously gunned them down
-Could have done with a bit more of a story/narrative – it is hard to build up any sort of empathy with the characters
-The modes are very similar, siege/survivor are basically the same except in one the health doesn't seem to respawn, and even after completing the game I still don't know the difference between Guantlet and Time Trial
All in all a strange experience, the first hour or so was enjoyable (more so than it should be) but it soon starts to get old and repetitive as the novelty wears off. Glad I didn't pay for it as the game length is very disappointing, you could blitz this in an afternoon if you wanted.
+Innovative design, blending elements of racing with third person action – the actual game is fairly mediocre, but at least it is something new and the arcade slant is a welcome break from ‘tactical’ games
+Excellent performance
+Game mechanics drive you forwards in the pursuit of combos making for frantic gameplay
+Sound is fairly impressive
-Clear xbox port with labels showing pad buttons, very shoddy
-Gets quite repetitive
-Tournament mode is fairly short, there is around 50 stages set over 8 levels but each one only takes a few minutes to play through. Less than 4hrs gameplay to complete, although it is fast paced
-Mouse feels a bit inconsistent, especially when using zoom
-AI is poor and overly scripted, in siege/survivor mode often new waves of enemies will move to exactly the same position as where you’ve previously gunned them down
-Could have done with a bit more of a story/narrative – it is hard to build up any sort of empathy with the characters
-The modes are very similar, siege/survivor are basically the same except in one the health doesn't seem to respawn, and even after completing the game I still don't know the difference between Guantlet and Time Trial
All in all a strange experience, the first hour or so was enjoyable (more so than it should be) but it soon starts to get old and repetitive as the novelty wears off. Glad I didn't pay for it as the game length is very disappointing, you could blitz this in an afternoon if you wanted.
