Simply superb!! No city management, no workers, and no collectors!! This game oozes coolness from graphics to sound!!
GamePlay: first off i am a big fan of remapping keys. To me i get to set the shortcuts where i want them (thx Massive) and i get to play for comfortable without having to remember the shortcuts which the developer has setup.
With that, controlling your members is easy, u can double click a character type and the lot will be selected on screen, click and drag thier face of direction, and having two differnt stances allows more tactical thinking than just when they come off the dropship.
Graphics: AWESOME!! so beautiful from the clouds to the planets in the sky, even when artillery is dropping from the sky pounding your tanks, its so cool to watch...From footprints, tiretracks, treadmarks even particle effects from machine gun shrapnel, the smallest detail is noticed, even more so when you pan your camera at any angle and even zoom in!!
Sound: given that i got 5.1 logitech speakers, the sound quality you can get from this is so immersive and real. It is compareable IMO to that of the CoD games in sound. Especially when you zoom in close to the action. NOTE: the further away you are from the action the sounds distance themselves...From sharp ricochets to deep booming explosions candy for the ears!
Value: this is where i had to lower the score abit for me. Although doing the missions is fun and glorious! I did find that the random maps or skirmishes to be rather repetiive, basically you choose how many enemies are gonna be in game with you and then its basically a deathmatch. Kill all your enemies and you win. Gets kinda repetitive.
To me if like the WH40K: DoW series of gaming, youll love this!!
If you liked the Empire Earth or Age series' this will be a change for you, but a good one!! ~ ripper