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After seeing this game, I've decided that Atari should be really ashamed of themselves... Graphically, this game blows Iron Soldier to hell, with it's great use of texture maps on buildings and such. Play control left a bit to be desired, and I really didn't get the feel of driving a mech around -- more like a floating TV camera. The game is mildly challenging, and was a reasonable amount of fun. Sound effects weren't all that bad either. If you own a 32X, rent this puppy and take if for a spin... this is about as nice as graphics get for the platform, and they're worth a look. Also, I highly recommend you read the instructions before giving this game a go.
This game to me is more of a graphical showcase of what the Sega 32x could accomplish if it attempted 3d texture mapping. The graphics in this game are advanced for their time (1995) and stretch the limits of what the 32x could accomplish. That being said, the game is quite boring. The camera views all seem to be lacking perfection for me, and the variety in weapons (grenade launcher, machine gun, laser) is somewhat limited. So is the basic premise of slowly marching around blowing up stuff. This is a first person mech game, and you move slowly, turn slowly. But the story is alright I guess and the game is rather easy. This game is only worth picking up to see the 32x's graphic capabilities, you like retro mech games...or if you simply long for a 32x first person game besides Doom.
I bought this game knowing absolutely nothing about it. I had just bought a 32x and wanted to start adding to my collection of games. Once I got it I realized that my expectations for the game were not exceeded, but it wasn't a bad game either. I am glad I bought it because I did have some fun with it. You go around and kill all the enemies in the area and... thats about it. It's a fun game that's fun to fool around with if you are bored. I recommend you give it a shot if you are curious. It's cheap, so you don't have MUCH to lose.
It's one of the only fully rendered and textured 3D games for the 32X. For it's time it was exciting but it did borrow a few elements from Descent which was released a few months before this game on DOS.
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