The format of the 'two-legged gun-bristling hopping armoured thing game' is unique, even if the scenarios you hop, cruise and hover around are fairly familiar - inner cities, foggy days, snowy wastes and what appears to be my local park. OK, my local park won't look that familiar, but you know the scene. Your 'griffon' is armed with a machine gun, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank missiles and pitted against a variety of mechanised opponents. For the levels set in night-time, green-screen thermal imagery can be pressed into service for picking your way around ruined buildings and spotting looming targets. To get a better view of each area, you can hover in mid-air for limited periods. This only really falls down with its blocky in-game graphics, although the lengthy intro sequence (which employs the new 'Trumotion' technique) is one of the best we've ever seen.

Overall 88%
This is a great game that would have been a lot better with more polished graphics.