As for strange game concepts this one sure is a winner. You play a reckless adventurer travelling around on this island in a "sea of floating rocks". The nonsensical excuse for a story has the usual pitfalls and pointless assignments to give you an excuse for joining a linear campaign in which you primarily get to take your floating island on a rampage through enemy domains. Between missions you'll return to base to pick up some power ups with which to enhance the capabilities of your floating fortress.
You are always represented as a person in the game world, running around your little island and maintaining and improving it. Sometimes the game will stop your island for a third person jump and blast adventure to collect some gizmo or similar. Using the recycleable building blueprints you collect you can change the design of your island at any time (or rebuild buildings left in smoldering ruins after a succesful enemy bomber attack). The mainstay island fights play a bit like naval battleship duels as the floating opponents use gun turrets and a limited airforce to dish out the damage.
Game play is very satisfying at first, althought a closer look means you will find a few minor niggles, but nothing cruical. Overall this comes highly recommended if you like a mixture of arcade flight sims and third person platform shooters à la Giants.
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