I do have one major complaint about the game, though. There is no way to save your game in the middle of a mission. If you die, you have to start over from scratch. This is not that big a deal on the smaller initial missions, but later in the game this often leads to a frustrating loss of several hours of gameplay. Some gaming purists believe that the lack of game saves is more realistic or more challenging. I, however, feel that games should provide the player the option to save mid-mission, and leave it as a personal choice as to whether or not to use this feature. This oversight will be of particular frustration to those that play primarily strategy games and might have some trouble making it through the game's longer action-oriented missions.

Also an annoyance is the game's stability - between the aforementioned graphical anomalies and occasional lock-ups on load screens, Giants can at times be frustrating. The game is so beautiful and so much fun to play, though, that many players will put up with these annoyances as a labor of love.

One last negative point is the inability to play as the Sea Reapers or Kabuto until the prior race's missions are complete. Playing as Kabuto is an absolute blast - you smash, grab, and eat your way through the missions - but some players may find it very challenging to reach the point where they will have an opportunity to do so.

In The End, This Game Hath Been Rated: 78%. If it wasn't so buggy, allowed for mid-mission saves, and had better multiplayer support, it would rate much higher. As it stands, though, it will be a labor of love for some, a frustrating burden for others.

System Requirements:  350 MHz Pentium II CPU; 64 MB RAM; 8 MB Video RAM; 4x CD-ROM; 900 MB Hard Drive Space; Mouse.

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