Pros: Who needs Metal Gear Solid, when you've got WinBack!? The star of this game is definitely the cover shooting mechanics. Which are easy to use, easy to understand. Upon taking cover behind the corner of a wall or obstruction, you're given the ability to lock onto enemies or objects you'll want to hit, where then if you let go of the cover button, you'll automatically turn towards your targets locked on to each one-by-one, shooting each with the auto-targeting, or free aim if you so desire, to then warp back to the exact cover position when you're done and ready to rinse and repeat until all targets are destroyed. An extremely satisfying mechanic that just works, and it's the basis for the entire game. It's like a mix between Time Crisis and Metal Gear, as you're still free to roam the areas of the missions, and more often than not, you're playing stealthily, trying to go undetected. And surprisingly, there's even a multiplayer mode, and using these mechanics in multiplayer death matches is pretty fun too! It's a neat game that went under the radar for a long while, but fortunately came back into the limelight thanks to a NSO+ release on Switch.

Cons: I do recall crouching and running a lot, heh, when you are spotted, or if you can't warp to the edge of a wall correctly, it can be a bit of a frustration.

What it means to me: One day, my older brother came home singing the praises of this new game he'd just played with his friend. And that game was Winback of all things, and so, we sought it out! We had to get Winback!! And so we definitely did, and treated it as a hidden gem, and I feel to this day, it is one!