GunMetal

Earthman, go home! GunMetal puts your thumbs to the Xbox test as a one-mech army that must defend the home planet against the evil Earthers.

GunMetal is a better-than-average basic trainer for mech marauders, featuring tough, thumb-flattening action in a good-looking but too-familiar package. Just like your giant mech outfit, called the Havoc Suit, GunMetal is solid and well-built?it?s just not going to knock your mechanical socks off in the imagination department. Using the workmanlike third-person gameplay view and the simple, easy-to-manage controls, you command the transformable Havoc Suit, which jumps from a mech to the Havoc Jet with ease.

The 25-mission combat is fierce, and GunMetal weathers the shrapnel-studded storm well. Sounds pound out some pretty good ear candy. The Xbox graphics make the whole show look sharp, even if the vehicles sport familiar, unspectacular designs and the picturesque terrain feels cramped like a 3D diorama.

The Suit offers a nice array of weaponry; however, it has a little hitch in its giddyap with a sluggish strafing move. Additionally, targeting adversaries that are operating above you is a crap shoot. The Jet moves fast and the controls are tight. Vicious bombing runs kick up a decent adrenaline rush amid insane anti-aircraft barrages. GunMetal is straightforward, blast-to-the-last stuff. The missions are no knock-overs, but they don?t qualify as knockouts either. This is a great weekend rental or an easy-to-play, mindless challenge for fresh mech recruits.

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