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Criminals are roaming the streets of the city, dishing out their own special blend and roast of terror and destruction to any decent citizen that gets in the way. Enter one particular cop who realises that the only solution to the problem is to flick the safety catch off on the old standard issue revolver and let the punks eat lead death!

Quite a lot of people agree with him, and thus the ESWAT (Enhanced Special Weapons And Tactics) team are assembled - only these cops are equipped with state of the art exo-armour and mega-death machine guns!

All the cops on the force aspire to become part of the elite ESWAT team, but in order to do so they must prove their eligibility for the job by blasting away two level's worth of nasty criminals. Then, and only then, are they endowed with the real tools to finish off the rest of the punks. The ESWAT armour has huge machine guns (and unlimited ammunition) and the capabilities to absorb a number of bullets before the wearer is punctured.

With five main levels (each guarded by an end-of-level crime boss), it's a good thing that extra weaponry can be bolted on to the ESWAT armour - including smart bomb-like lasers and bullet sprays!

When I first played Sega ESWAT a couple of months back, I was quite impressed. The Sega hasn't really got many decent games of this ilk available for it and this effort seemed to fit the bill quite nicely.

However, the graphics are surprisingly weak, sporting colours which give new meaning to the word "garish", and the sound consists of awful tunes and half-baked effects. ESWAT's playability is its major asset, and bringing felons to jsutice with the aid of massive Robocop-style armour and weaponry is good fun and addictive too.

Sadly, the enjoyment is short-lived because the game is far too simple to complete, especially when it's set on the easiest skill level. What's needed are some are some extra levels and baddies on higher difficulty levels, that way there'd be an incentive to play the game after you've completed the easy version.

ESWAT is a decent enough game, but I'd recommended it to less accomplished gamers, because veterans will have seen all there is to see long before they've had their £30's worth.