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What can I say about this game....I first picked it up on the xbox and fell absolutely in love. Here we had a new type of space story that didn't revolve around parasites or magic ninjas.

In terms of story, this game is B+. It would have an A++ if it did a better job of explaining why you are doing what you are doing halfway through. Don't get me wrong, you don't need to read the comic to get the full story but paying attention to communication chatter is key.

Graphics? This title was absolutely beutiful for the time it was made. when I played for the first time in almost 9 years, I was still taken aback by the vibrant colors and epic effects. For an original xbox title, this was gorgeous. Character design could have been a bit better done, but what can you expect from a B-list title that got nearly less than two months of television advertising (yes I do remember)

Sound......here's where I gig one of my all-time favorites. I will not lie, as much as I enjoy playing this over and over I will admit that the sound can get buggy, ESPECIALLY if you use cheats. When there's too much going on (and there will be even without the ability to infiniely spam rockets and powers) the sound just quits and says "chill dude". But you have to work for that to happen tbh. The music score is worthy of an A-list movie, the music producer had to have asked themselves "If I were boarding an enemy ship in space, what would I want playing?". Voiceovers are bery well done, I think the only time that I had a wtf moment with dialogue was in the beginning when one of the aliens says "They throw rocks..." But that was part of the great script, they incorporated an intentional miscommunication based on the natural language barrier one would have.

Gameplay....bruh. This game really lets you choose how you fight. Do you maintain your human roots and stick with gunplay? If that's the case then prepare for an astonishing arsenal of weapons to punish the reavers with, along with some interesting bullet time dodges. Maybe you want to just use powers? Each power has an alternative mode allowing you to keenly find strategic means of defense coupled with mind shatteringly painfull abilities like freeze or levitation. What about both....OF COURSE YOU CAN DO BOTH BRUTHAAAA!!! You can easily equip a rifle/pistol/rocket launcher in one hand and one of Ethan's gamebreaking (sorta) powers in the other. The ability to mix and match offense and defense in two hands is what kept me playing for almost a decade.

All in all, despite a few hiccups that are indeed design flaws, this title is well worth playing

Spoiler alert: There is no sequel