Well, it looks nice and it’s all very solid. However, it’s also quite dull. I’m not sure if I missing something, but there didn’t seem to be anything much to this. Run down the linear path provided, jump over gaps, shoot and/or melee enemies. Which, um, could describe a lot of games, good and bad. It’s just that underneath the gloss this seemed to lack any life. Maybe it’s that it was so incredibly easy. I did die once, due to a mistimed jump, but that was it. The rest of the time the enemies barely seemed to touch me and when they did, there seemed to be an almost unlimited supply of health packs around.

Oh, and the fact that you can’t invert the y-axis in the demo is absolutely unforgiveable.

It’s possible, I guess, that I’m being overly harsh because I don’t want any more games on my Want List, but that didn’t stop Bladestorm from taking me by surprise and winning me over.