You Do Not Need to be Good At Shooters to Love This Game
What is there to be said about this game. Its design is a combination of 3rd-person team based shooting (a la TF2), tower defense, a loot hoarding.
What makes the game play so enjoyable about this game is that one does not have to be good at shooters to be a good player in this game. As is the case with TF2 one can play as a support player and focus their energy on defending the base, escorting your team's bots, or buffing up your team members. In fact in order for your team to be successful at this game it takes a good amount of coordination, diversity of team members and communication. If you or your team is expecting to run around and just kill the bad guys, this is not going to be the game for you and in fact will often times lead to your own demise. Overall the gameplay is very solid and fairly deep with its variety of roles one can play.
Overall atmosphere of the game is well done as well. The sports arena environment is pulled of nicely, even with some fake endorsements and commercials thrown in for good measure.
All that being said though the game is not without some minor issues. There are a few bugs in the game and I found myself often times having the game freeze during loading screens. The only other major drawback is that the arenas are very similar. It would be nice to have some more variety in the environments. The game has some fantastic potential and a solid base going for it. As an XBLA it is great for its fun online battles. The developer has also created a nice world and mechanic that really could be expanded upon in the future in several different ways either through upgrades, more arenas or more game types.
