



The art style is stunning with a ridiculous amount of detail that's backed up by awesome theatrical music. It's a nice change of pace while reminding me of the Waterfall level in Contra (1988, NES). You're constantly kept on your toes with the impressive amount of carnage of screen but the action frequently pauses while the disc loads. Most of the levels are side-scrolling and at certain points you can jump into a huge tank and fire off bullets in all directions which is very satisfying! Level 3 changes things up and includes a vertically-scrolling area with some tricky platforming. The action is slower paced than some other run 'n' gun games which can be quite jarring to start. Each level is short but challenging as you're outnumbered by heavily armed enemies at every turn. Your standard attacks include a pistol, knife and grenades but rescuing prisoners rewards you with additional weapons such as a Shotgun and Flame Throwers. It consists of three modes, the main one being Arcade Mission which has six levels.
