You can however hire on several different squads to help in particular missions. Each of the squads has a specific duty they perform be attack, submarine warfare, etc. But only in very few missions which makes me wonder why they really included it at all since it’s one out of every five or seven missions give or take.

The game is sort of on rails in that it decides when you can have a squad and which ship you can use for some missions. Of course some of them are logical but it would have still been nice to be able to choose for some extra challenge.

Each of the levels in the game is fairly goal oriented and while you’re encouraged to explore each level thoroughly to collect the hidden items, they are few and far between often with just one or two per level. I’m not sure that there’s any value in collecting them either. They don’t seem to have any bearing on the game and are just a way to make you run around the levels. It would have been nice if you were afforded something extra for gathering them all up.

Overall there’s little new here but it’s all assembled into a good package. For 800 MSP you’ll certainly get a good looking game with a lot of potential for replay and a good amount of gameplay time. Hopefully, in the future they’ll expand the multiplayer to feature XBLA support so that you can do battle or hook up with friends in co-op mode. Though many of you will probably get tired of the voice acting, I know I did, and fast! The game is a good deal, it’s not perfect, but it has a lot of potential to improve through updates and add-on content. A lot of work went into this game and I hope that they continue to do work on it to improve and expand it over time.

• Price 800 MSP
• Size 378MB
• Game Rating: E10 (Everyone 10+)
  • Mild Fantasy Violence
  • Mild Language
• Players 1-2
• Co-op 1-2
• HDTV 720p
• In-game Dolby Digital
• Content Downloads
• Leaderboards