Okay, enough background. This game is a fantasy shooter. You go through a lot of missions blasting your way through literal swarms of enemies and fight some nasty looking bosses. I really enjoy the blasting but they also throw in a variety of missions such as collecting items, search-and-destroy, and escort to keep things from getting monotonous. You will sometimes work alone or with your crew. Of course you will be doing most of the work. Your performance in a mission (time, kills, combo, everyone lives) determines your monetary reward to use for weapons, upgrades, and neo-psionic upgrades. Of course my favorite part of this game is facing a swarm and going for a super combo. A combo is simply a number of consecutive hits/kills with no real pause. My best right now is 262 (that�s 262 kills with no real pause), but I know I can do better. The boss battles are also a lot of fun. The best so far was facing Gammorah (their version) in Chapter 3�it was a riot.
Let me just say the graphics in this game are amazing. The cut scenes, in-game, and character designs are some of the best out there now. Only Square and Capcom (Resident Evil) have better looking cut scenes and characters in my opinion. The sound is 5.1 but the music and effects are so-so. The gameplay as mentioned above is fast-paced and frenetic. Drink lots of soda before playing and you�ll be ok. It�s also a fairly lengthy game so you will definitely get your money�s worth. So put on your swim trunks, zinc oxide your nose, grab a large energy weapon, and let�s go for a dip in the sea.
