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While there are various layers and trappings that sit on top of it to further complicate matters that’s what sits at the game’s core. Playing it in handheld mode with the touchscreen is preferred as the joystick controls work but are more cumbersome. You’ll need speed to be on your side since as you progress power-ups will begin to show up on the field. These are quite powerful and can help slow down the enemy, destroy them, nullify the count of soldiers who’ve gotten through your defenses, call in an airstrike, allow you to go into a temporary free-fire mode of insanity, and more. The problem is that if any of them are within the blast radius of one of your shots (or more unfortunately within the radius of another power-up) you’ll temporarily lose the ability to fire your weapon. This means you really need to be on top of what’s happening, keep an eye (and ear) out for them popping up, and try to at least set them off before your shells hit. While they can be aggravating the feeling of crawling out from the jaws of defeat with the help of a few key power-ups is great. In terms of the downsides everything really hinges on whether or not you think you’ll enjoy the basic gist of what the game has to offer. There are multiple modes (including ZOMBIES) and 3 skill levels worth of stages, plus a survival variant in each mode as well. There’s no question that if you enjoy the core gameplay that you’ll have plenty of content to kick around with for a while. While it makes for a great “play on the couch while watching TV” game it doesn’t aspire to be anything more. It’s fun, just as long as you keep in mind its limits.
Justin Nation, Score:Good [7.0]