Xyanide

THE GOOD:
Innovative 3D-style graphics. Fast, addictive gampelay. Very interesting storyline for a basic shooter. Some Xbox Live support. Multiplayer for 2 players. Price.

THE BAD:
Complex (at first) controls. Fairly high difficulty level. Occasional slowdowns in gameplay.

SUMMARY:
A much-delayed late arrival on the Xbox, Xyanide is an interesting mix of space shooter and 3D action with a rather unusual storyline for a shooter. In the game, you play Drake, an Executioner escorting an evil witch to its grave when it gets its hands on a substance called Xyanide, causing all sorts of funky stuff to happen. It's your job to pilot a small yet agile fighter plane and make sure the witch gets to the execution.

The graphics are decent yet rather innovative, making good use of 3D environments in what looks like a 2D game. The backgrounds don't have a lot of color & variety but are fairly well-detailed and the...