wow, what a game! the controls are tight and precise, the weapons include some of my favorites of the franchise so far, and it had several jokes that actually made me laugh aloud. there are a couple of things that i didn't like even if they weren't enough to dampen the experience as a whole.

the sixaxis motion control gimmicks are okay. i don't feel strongly about them one way or the other, with the exception of the tornado launcher. sometimes the camera gets funky with it and i ended up wasting an entire shot because i could not manage to get it under control by the time it disappeared. the space shooter segments weren't as dynamic as the ones from RAC 2. these are more like on-rails shooters. i wasn't really a fan of having a boss at the end of each one. it does suffer quite strongly from the RAC power creep in which early weapons become glorified pea shooters against the stronger enemies later in the game.

these are simply nitpicks and it didn't stop me from having a fantastic time with the game. maybe tara strong's character will get more screen time in the next one? it felt like a missed opportunity to cast one such a legendary voice actor and not use her more.