Phoenix Games have had a bad history in the gaming world over the years, dating back in 2002 a few games were released for the PlayStation one hidden gem which was called Shoot, even looking at the cover looks like Bruce Willis from Die Hard looking mean and angry in an apocalyptic world. No, it's not what you were expecting at all, what we do get is seven games in one making them feel like an arcade styled games where you'll be given a few lives and a high score if you do end up getting a game over.
Wild West is a simple shooter shooting from left to right at enemies on screen that pop up through the windows using the directional buttons left and right to move and the up and down buttons to aim; using the X button to shoot seems like a simple shooter which is the only thing that I found Shoot enjoyable for a few minutes that doesn't last very long.
War Drones lets you control a mech-robot like most rail-shooters you can move freely to avoid enemy fire, you can use the X button to fire lasers and the triangle button to fire missiles simple enough, yet another game that has a few moments, but it can be a little tricky trying to avoid missiles and attacks if you are not too careful all of it can feel a little cramped and claustrophobic.
G-Squad plays in a first-person mode kind like Space Invaders you end up shooting down enemies that try to come towards you more or less using the same controls as what War Drones uses a simple shooter using the L1 and R1 to dash from left to right and the directional buttons to move your character.
So far three of the games are simple, this is where the game really starts to go downhill where the other four games are just cut and pasted from the other three games where Ace is just set in the modern-day playing as an agent, but it just borrowing all of the gameplay elements that were used in the Wild West with a different coat of paint from the level design and setting. Where the three games IF 22, Space Rebellion and Air Rescue is just War Drones with a different model either a jet, a plane or another mech-robot there is nothing being added to either of them just different models and background settings .
The worse part is that some of the games that were used in Shoot were later used in other games released for the PlayStation 2 like Air Raid 3 which is one example if you compare that game with the games that were used in Shoot they are identical when comparing the two. I don't know how Phoenix Games got away with this after release, more and more games for the PlayStation 2 I guess that this is the game that started it all off to begin with. If you see this game cheap or at a flea market, it's not worth the time and purchase you would think seven games in one is a good deal, but all you are getting is three games in total on one disc.