This game somehow makes giant robots boring
War World drops the ball in almost every aspect. Adapted by the PC game of the same name, War World is a shinning example of a game that “could have been”, but otherwise is laughable. Mechs you pilot range of small and speedy, to tank-like giants. Although the larger mechs are more impressive from a presentation standpoint, the maps are so grossly unbalanced the bigger mechs can hardly move in some of the smaller maps. Rather your firing mines, rockets, machine guns, or lasers, the environments don't react whatsoever. Even for an XBLA game, some environmental damage is expected. My skyscraper-size robot shouldn't be stopped by a tree.
What could have been a set of decent skirmishes with fellow LIVE gamers, fell into the shit pile when I realized no one bought the damn game. So getting a match with more than three other people is a challenge itself. The game is one of the prettier games on the LIVE Arcade, but doesn't meet the standards of it. This generation is missing mech games, but unfortunately this game's lack of customization, different weapons, and a community doesn't even warrant a download of the 45 second trial. I guess we'll have to wait for Mech Assault 3 to get any fun mech action on the 360, and don't act like Chromehounds was cool.
Steven Beynon
GamePortrait.com