Much like Deadlocked, it's important when considering this game to not expect it to have the same gameplay as its predecessors. I went into this game expecting exactly what was advertised, and I had a pretty decent time. Once again, the story is inconsequential at best, but the gameplay loop of racing through the battlefield, earning your weapons, placing your defenses, and warding off waves of enemies was VERY satisfying. Not a long game by any means, but as someone who never played it until marathoning the entire series, I was surprisingly pretty happy with the time spent.