Mech Assault 2: Lone Wolf (Xbox only)

"Mech Warrior; destroy all signs of enemy movement in the area." The sound pulsates through your nerves. All is silent. Your enemies are pelting metal and laser into you. And when you are ready, you UNLEASH HELL. This is probably THE most destructive game that I have ever played or seen. EVERYTHING is destructable, well everything except for the ground that is. The feeling of destruction is awesome. Imagine yourself walking through a large city. Every part of it is fully interactible. You could launch a few rockets into a building, and it will go crashing down. That is the feeling of power. Unlike Mech Assault (1), however you can get out of your Mech (Giant robot) and get into other things, such as planes, turrets, tanks, battle armor etc. If you are in battle armor it means that you can actually hack into enemy Mechs. When you do so you will be required to quickly press the required buttons on your controller. Do it right and the Mech gets deactivated, and ready for you to get into. The Mech may be the strongest weapon, but there are some levels in which you are required to get into other vehicles, or sneak behind enemy mechs with absolutely no protection. There are so many Mechs to choose from in the game. Some are more powerful and therefore slower whereas others are not as powerful, but much faster. If you think that you have made a mistake in picking your Mech, then if you find another one you can just get out of yours and get into the one you found. Also when you defeat an enemy Mech, they will go crashing down and explode with extreme power unleashing a great surge of electricity. So make sure you don't stand too close to an enemy Mech when it is just about to explode. Each Mech only has three different weapons. They obviously vary between different Mechs but it does feel quite limitless. First of all you have your weak gun, which can be either a chain gun or a weak laser blaster. Then there are the homing weapons which are always rockets. And last but not least you have your Mech's special weapon. In most Mechs you need to charge up your special weapon before firing it, but if you have charged it to the max and then hit an opponent with it, he would have suffered quite a lot of damage from that. Although when doing this you have watch a meter on your screen that shows you how heated up your Mech is. If your Mech overheats you will have to wait a few seconds until it cools down so that you can start firing again. The storyline is pretty good and unlike the first Mech Assault game you get cut scenes in this one. The graphics on the cut scenes are pretty good, and the cut scenes themselves add more depth to the storyline. Altogether this game feels amazing, and the gameplay is very fluent and most importantly, destructive. However many enemies you are fighting with at once, the frame rate is perfect and never falters. This game is a must have for all XBOX owners.

Sound 7/10 - It's quite silent actually. The music picks up as you start fighting.

Gameplay 10/10 - Stunning. The frame rate never falters and the sense of destruction is thrilling.

Graphics 9/10 - The cut scene graphics are pretty good as are the ingame graphics. They are still no match compared to Ninja Gaiden or DoA graphics.

Value 9/10 - There are LOADS of levels to explore and vehicles to use. The multiplayer maps are a lot and big. Maybe too big in some cases.

Final Score - 9.1