It can be annoyingly crash-prone, but when it works, it is incredibly fun, engaging and addictive. The systems are absurdly detailed for a game from 2007 (compared to most tactics games out on the market today), and tactics truly do matter more than anything else in this game. The breadth of play styles is also impressive — I can snipe enemies like it's Sniper Elite, sneak around, taking enemies down with a knife like it's Metal Gear Solid, or position my squad behind cover and shoot everyone like it's Men of War. To me, the game fully captures the fun of all of these play styles.

Other than the crashing, my one issue with the game is that characters have trouble telling when they are shooting a wall — the game will sometimes tell you thatvthe enemy is partially blocked, but other times, everything will look fine, and even the dedicated scope menu will show you that there are no obstacles in the way, only for your bullet to hit a wall along its trajectory, ruining your tactical approach. The game gives you all the information you need to figure out when this is happening, but I wish the game was just that little bit better at detecting this without forcing you to use your eyes to see if the barrel of your gun is obstructed by a loose bit of geometry when you take a shot.

Overall, I definitely recommend this game to everyone who thinks they may be interested in it (and if you're reading this review, I assume you must be).