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Everybody likes a nice shoot-'em-up now and then, but for those people who feel a bit faint at the sight of red hot metal ripping through the ligaments of the innocent, this is a great new title. Paintballing in the past has always been the domain of corporate managers honing their people skills in a forest somewhere, but now we can all sample the challenge of avoiding Dulux in the woods without the threat of ruining our overalls or having an affair with Susan from accounts during the weekend.

The game itself takes the form of simply wandering around a map until you get ambushed or take on some foes in an attempt to capture their flag. It's not a very exciting proposition, or indeed a fair one. You are one person armed with a couple of paint grenades and a splat gun, whereas there are hundreds of grey blocky enemies hiding behind the two-dimensional foliage just waiting to change your colour. It provides an interesting alternative to most violent games, but it's simply not involving at all, being both ugly and simplistic. Pacifist gamers out there should wait for a better title to hone their non-lethal shooting skills on.

Graphics 60%
Hardly a work of art.

Sound 60%
Not particularly annoying.

Playability 40%
It's all a bit pointless.

Lastability 40%
You have to be an enthusiast.

Overall 50%
Buy it if you're a pacifist or a fool!