Reviewed by CL on 8/22/2004
When I bought my Dreamcast, I decided that I also needed at least one game to get so I could play as soon as I got home. There were some pretty slim pickings in the Software Etc. used Dreamcast bin and I be honest, I had some pretty low expectations of this game. I mainly picked it up because it was used, but it was a complete package (game, instruction booklet, box, and microphone). When I got home, I was actually pleasantly surprised by the simple but addicting gameplay and beautiful graphics.
The idea of the game is that you drive around in either human or alien tanks and blow stuff up. When I say stuff, I mean that almost everything is destructible. You can shoot down apartment buildings and drive over cars. The coolest part is the level where you're fighting in Washington DC, you can even blow holes in the white house and the Washington Monument. This added feature adds a lot to the gameplay.
The game comes with a microphone that fits into the second VMU slot in the controller. This allows players to talk to each other during multiplayer online play. I'm not sure how well this works since I've never played online games before. For that matter, I'm not sure if you can even still play online since the Dreamcast is discontinued.
I haven't played this game enough to really give it a good review, but so far, I've been pleasantly surprised.
