A great idea in a heavily underexplored genre (strategic shooter) hampered by absolutely abysmal aesthetics and story, repetitive and somewhat-engaging gameplay and an almost total lack of "strategy" on all but the hardest difficulty. The gunplay feels pretty bad, with shotguns being nigh-worthless (in stark contrast with EW) and generally speaking every level ends up feeling like another frustrating exercise in micromanaging your half-blind squad while gunning down 90% of the enemies by yourself with psionics and the plasma pistol.