Once you finish the maps, there is not too much of an incentive to go back and try again.  Enemy locations and events are scripted, so once you know what's coming and when, the game becomes a lot easier.  The fast gameplay has an addictive quality at first, but can become repetitive after a while and you may not even be motivated to replay any of the levels.  This is where the game's lack of depth works against it.

The game's graphics are 3D, but the look is almost cartoon-like.  Cutscenes play out like an animated comic book, and the game's maps and features are brightly colored.  The game's camera is easy to use, and supports scrolling, rotation, and zooming.  While the zoom feature is very smooth, the camera does not pull back far enough to give you as much of a view of the area as you'd like and there's not a lot of detail when the camera is fully zoomed in.  You'll probably just leave the camera zoomed out as far as possible and not mess with it after that.

In The End, This Game Hath Been Rated: 74%.  An action-focused, arcade-like strategy game that can provide some frantic gaming fun.  However, a lack of depth makes it wear thin after a bit and hurts its long-term appeal.

System Requirements:  Pentium II 400; 64 MB RAM;  32 MB Video RAM; 4x CD-ROM;  880 MB Hard Drive Space;  Mouse.

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