A cartoonish twin stick action game that plays like micro machines with high explosives. The world is under attack by a super terrorist called Inferno who is nuking cities, and it's down to an A-Team style group of military renegades to take him and his mercenary army out.
The gameplay itself is surprisingly fun as you zip around blasting enemy tanks, entrenched defences, and infantry using one of a variety of vehicles each with their own special weapon. The vehicles control really well as you skid around corners and bolt along the mostly linear paths through each of the beautifully rendered levels. The foliage and structures are very detailed and really gives this game a polished look that almost seemed too good for such a small title at the time.
The sound design and effects are highlights too with great looking explosions and the detailed way buildings are blasted to pieces, all punctuated with the clunks and dings of objectives being completed. It makes for a very satisfying game feel.
While there aren't many levels the game takes you through a variety of settings that keeps things fresh with different kinds of objectives, but enemies are very much the same throughout with little variation. It's possible the only reason the game doesn't get too repetitive is because it ends so quickly, but it's not like it doesn't have potential - the 3 mission Coldstrike DLC has all new enemies and settings that show the game could have been done bigger and better.
Overall it's a competent game that feels and looks great for what it is. The miniature style of everything is charming and there's a surprising amount of gameplay packed into such a small package, it's just a shame it's so short and phoned in.
The gameplay itself is surprisingly fun as you zip around blasting enemy tanks, entrenched defences, and infantry using one of a variety of vehicles each with their own special weapon. The vehicles control really well as you skid around corners and bolt along the mostly linear paths through each of the beautifully rendered levels. The foliage and structures are very detailed and really gives this game a polished look that almost seemed too good for such a small title at the time.
The sound design and effects are highlights too with great looking explosions and the detailed way buildings are blasted to pieces, all punctuated with the clunks and dings of objectives being completed. It makes for a very satisfying game feel.
While there aren't many levels the game takes you through a variety of settings that keeps things fresh with different kinds of objectives, but enemies are very much the same throughout with little variation. It's possible the only reason the game doesn't get too repetitive is because it ends so quickly, but it's not like it doesn't have potential - the 3 mission Coldstrike DLC has all new enemies and settings that show the game could have been done bigger and better.
Overall it's a competent game that feels and looks great for what it is. The miniature style of everything is charming and there's a surprising amount of gameplay packed into such a small package, it's just a shame it's so short and phoned in.